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ADDENDUM No. 2
SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
Description of RFP 7250: Microsoft Exchange Transition
OPENING DATE: 3:00 PM (Our Clock) July 8, 2011
Financial Services
Purchasing Division
215 N. Mason St. 2"" Floor
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221.6775
970.221.6707
fcgov.com/Purchasing
To all prospective bidders under the specifications and contract documents described
above, the following changes/additions are hereby made and detailed in the following
section of this addendum:
Exhibit 1 — Questions & Answers
Please contact Ed Bonnette, CPPB, CPM, Buyer, Buyer at (970) 416-2247 with any
questions regarding this addendum.
RECEIPT OF THIS ADDENDUM MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY A WRITTEN
STATEMENT ENCLOSED WITH THE BID/QUOTE STATING THAT THIS
ADDENDUM HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
Addendum 2
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Collusive or sham proposals: Any proposal deemed to be collusive or a sham proposal will be rejected
and reported to authorities as such. Your authorized signature of this proposal assures that such
proposal is genuine and is not a collusive or sham proposal.
The City of Fort Collins reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularities
or informalities.
Sincerely,
James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP
Director of Purchasing & Risk Management
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CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
7250 Microsoft Exchange Transition — Hosted to Onsite Environment
Introduction
1.1 Generallnformadon
The City of Fort Collins is soliciting proposals from qualified companies with the resources and experience to
design and configure a Microsoft Exchange 2010 architecture, and migrate from a hosted to onsite Exchange
environment.
Current Environment
The City's Exchange environment is currently hosted and consists of Exchange 2007, 2003 MAPI clients, hosted
Blackberry Enterprise Server, Outlook Web Access, Ironmail for Spam management, and a private network
between the host and City of Fort Collins.
Exchange Profile
Y Mailboxes (linked accounts) =- 1600
Resources (room, equipment and user) =- 150
Distribution Groups =- 180
Mail Contacts =- 30
Outlook Profile
• Desktops/laptops running Outlook 2003 =- 1800
➢ Windows XP client platform
Mobile Device Profile
z Blackberry devices =- 450
Future Environment
The City's future Exchange environment will be implemented onsite, and will consist of Exchange 2010 on a
Windows 2008 R2 platform, Outlook Web Access, Ironport appliance for Spam management. Our preference is to
continue to run Outlook 2003 as the client on the City's desktops and laptops, with a future planned upgrade to
Outlook 2010 within 6 months following this project.
Unknowns
The following components of the City's future Exchange architecture are unknown at this point. Proposals should
address and bid these items separately:
• Mobile devices will be a part of the City's Exchange environment, but they may or may not be
Blackberry. Given this, a Blackberry Enterprise Server may or may not be part of the City's
ongoing Exchange environment.
• A secondary domain for a partner entity may or may not be part of the City's ongoing Exchange
environment.
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1.2 Project Phases
Discovery
City of Fort Collins Requirements
Architect New Platform
Gap Analysis & Risk Assessment
Migration Plan
Implementation
Post -Migration Support
1.3 Expected Outcomes
➢ Stable, robust, reliable Exchange 2010 architecture
9 High availability and redundancy
• Continuity of operations
Migration of the hosted MS Exchange environment to an in-house environment
➢ Uninterrupted mail flow with zero data loss during the transition and after go -live
• The implementation will be a stable, secure, reliable, highly available and rapidly recoverable MS
Exchange/Outlook and mobile device environment; 24-hours a day, 7-days a week
➢ Trained and fully -functional in-house support staff
1.4 Term of Engagement & Budget
The Exchange Migration must be completed by November 2011, with post -migration support for at least 6 months
following. The project budget is estimated to be $60,000-$80,000.
1.5
Companies submitting proposals are allowed to subcontract, but the name of the proposed subcontracting firm(s)
must be clearly identified in the proposal. Top ranked firms will need to include appropriate representation of the
subcontractors during the interview/presentation process. Following the award of the contract, no additional
subcontracting will be allowed without prior written consent of the City of Fort Collins.
2 RFP Timeline
ACTION ITEM OR DELIVERABLE
DATE
Request for Proposal Issued
June 20, 2011
Request for Proposal Due back to City of Fort Collins
July 8, 2011
Selection of Top 3 Proposals
July 15, 2011
Detailed Presentations by Vendors
'Week of July 29, 2011
Selection of Top Vendor
Week of August 5, 2011
Contract Signed
Week of August 12, 2011
Contract Implementation
August 15, 2011
'Please indicate your availability for travel to Ft Collins this week in the event you make Short List.
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of Work
The project will include but is not limited to the following services:
Exchange 2010 Architecture Design, Implementation, Testing and Troubleshooting
➢ Implement Data Center Redundancy
MAPI Client and Firewall Configurations
9 Application Program Integrations
➢ Migrate existing Exchange 2007 hosted environment to an onsite Exchange 2010 environment,
including but not limited to:
Mailboxes
Calendars & Resources
Contacts, Distribution Lists & Owners
Policies (retention schedules, mailbox & attachments size limits, forwarding rules, etc.)
• Mobile Device Migration and Configuration
• Blackberry Enterprise Server Configuration, Implementation and Migration
• Outlook Web Access Configuration
➢ Anti -virus and Anti-spam Management (existing Ironport appliance)
• Update Outlook Client Configuration and Verification
➢ Knowledge Transfer to City of Fort Collins
➢ Post -Migration Support
• Ad -hoc Questions and Inquiries
4 RFP Submittal and Response Requirements
4.1 RFP Submittal
In order to simplify the review process and maximize the degree of comparative analysis, the RFP Response
should be organized in the following manner:
1. Methods and Approach - Describe your expected or recommended approach and tasks, including a clear
and detailed description of your proposed "cutover strategy". Describe the anticipated interaction with the
City. Provide an outline of your anticipated schedule for completing consultant tasks.
2. Deliverables - Provide a list and description of expected deliverables, tools, or other items that you will
use to provide services and outcomes of your approach.
3. Qualifications and Experience - Provide relevant information regarding previous experience related to this
or similar Projects, to include the following (Please limit this to a maximum of two pages!):
Brief Company History including time in business
Experience in Microsoft Exchange 2010 architecture design and administration
Experience in Microsoft Exchange migrations between environments and different versions
Certified Microsoft Business Partner — REQUIRED
Names and location of similar projects
Name, address, and phone number of public agency reference(s) overseeing the planning
effort
Samples (preferably three via a web link or "pdf" files) of work products for similar systems
cutover projects.
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4. List of Project Personnel - This list should include the identification of the contact person with primary
responsibility for this contract, the personnel proposed for this contract, and any supervisory personnel,
including partners and/or sub consultants, and their individual areas of responsibility. A resume for each
professional and technical person assigned to the contract, including partners and/or sub consultants,
shall be submitted. The resumes shall include at least three references from previous assignments.
5. Organization Chart/Proposed Project Team — An organization chart containing the names of all key
personnel and sub consultants with titles and their specific task assignment for this contract shall be
provided in this section.
6. Availability — Describe the availability of project personnel to participate in this project in the context of the
consultant firm's other commitments.
7. Estimated Hours by Task — Provide estimated hours for each proposed or optional task, including the
time required for meetings, conference calls, etc.
8. Schedule of Rates and Cost by Task — Provide a schedule of billing rates by category of employee to be
used during the term of the contract, and an anticipated cost of each task identified in the section "Scope
of Work Considerations" or for tasks that are recommended as part of this planning effort. All direct costs
(i.e., travel, printing, postage, etc) specifically attributed to the project and not included in the billing rates
must be identified.
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Vendor Statement:
I have read and understand the specifications and requirements for this bid and I agree to comply with
such specifications and requirements. I further agree that the method of award is acceptable to my
company. I also agree to complete PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT with the City of Fort
Collins within 30 days of notice of award. If contract is not completed and signed within 30 days, City
reserves the right to cancel and award to the next highest rated firm.
FIRM NAME:
ADDRESS:
EMAIL ADDRESS: PHONE:
BIDDER'S NAME:
SIGNATURE:
PRIMARY SERVICES ISSUES CONTACT:
TELEPHONE: FAX:
EMAIL:
CELL: EMERGENCY:
BACKUP:
Compensation and Contract Process
1. After contract award, progress invoices shall be billed in quarterly installments, subject to
review and approval by the City's Project Manager. City payment terms will be Net 30 Days
from receipt of invoice.
2. The City reserves the right to award directly as a result of the written proposals. The City may
or may not opt to conduct oral interviews.
3. The selected Contractor shall be expected to sign the City's standard Professional Services
Agreement prior to commencing Services (see sample attached to this Proposal).
4. The City reserves the right to negotiate with any vendor as meets the needs of the City.
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5 Evaluation Process
5.1 Assessment of
Review and Assessment
Proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria. These criteria will be the basis for review of the written
proposals and any optional interview session. The rating scale shall be from 1 to 5, with 1 being a poor rating, 3
being an average rating, and 5 being an outstanding rating.
WEIGHTING
FACTOR
QUALIFICATION
STANDARD
Does the proposal show an understanding of the project
2.0
Scope of Proposal
objective, methodology to be used and results that are
desired from the project?
Do the persons who will be working on the project have
2.0
Assigned Personnel
the necessary skills? Are sufficient people of the
requisite skills assigned to the project?
Can the work be completed in the necessary time? Can
the target start and completion dates be met? Are other
1.0
Availability
qualified personnel available to assist in meeting the
project schedule if required? Is the project team
available to attend meetings as required by the Scope of
Work?
1.0
Motivation
Is the firm interested and are they capable of doing the
work in the required time frame?
Do the proposed cost and work hours compare favorably
2.0
Cost and Work Hours
with the Project Manager's estimate? Are the work hours
presented reasonable for the effort required in each
project task or phase?
Does the firm have the support capabilities the assigned
2.0
Firm Capability
personnel require? Has the firm done previous projects
of this type and scope?
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5.2 Reference Evaluation (Top Ranked Company)
The Project Manager will check references using the following criteria. The evaluation rankings will be labeled
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
QUALIFICATION
STANDARD
Overall Performance
Would you hire this Professional again? Did they show
the skills required by this project?
Timetable
Was the original Scope of Work completed within the
specified time? Were interim deadlines met in a timely
manner?
Was the Professional responsive to client needs; did the
Completeness
Professional anticipate problems? Were problems
solved quickly and effectively?
Budget
Was the original Scope of Work completed within the
project budget.
Job Knowledge
If a study, did it meet the Scope of Work?
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COMMODITY CODES.
COMMODITY CODES USED FOR THIS RFP:
918-29 Computer Software Consulting
918-30 Computer Network Consulting
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into the day and year set forth below, by and between
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, a Municipal Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the
"City" and hereinafter referred to as "Professional'.
WITNESSETH:
In consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations herein expressed, it is agreed by and
between the parties hereto as follows:
1. Scope of Services. The Professional agrees to provide services in accordance with the
scope of services attached hereto as Exhibit "A", consisting of ( ) page and
incorporated herein by this reference.
2. The Work Schedule. (Optional) The services to be performed pursuant to this
Agreement shall be performed in accordance with the Work Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit "B",
consisting of ( ) page, and incorporated herein by this reference.
3. Contract Period. This Agreement shall commence 200 and shall
continue in full force and effect until 200 , unless sooner terminated as herein provided. In
addition, at the option of the City, the Agreement may be extended for additional one year periods not
to exceed four (4) additional one year periods. Renewals and pricing changes shall be negotiated by
and agreed to by both parties. The Denver Boulder Greeley CPIU published by the Colorado State
Planning and Budget Office will be used as a guide. Written notice of renewal shall be provided to the
Professional and mailed no later than ninety (90) days prior to contract end.
4. Early Termination by City. Notwithstanding the time periods contained herein, the City
may terminate this Agreement at any time without cause by providing written notice of termination to
the Professional. Such notice shall be delivered at least fifteen (15) days prior to the termination date
contained in said notice unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties.
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All notices provided under this Agreement shall be effective when mailed, postage prepaid and sent to
the following addresses:
Professional:
City:
With Copy to:
City of Fort Collins
City of Fort Collins , Purchasing
Attn:
PO Box 580
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Fort Collins, CO 80522
In the event of any such early termination by the City, the Professional shall be paid for services
rendered prior to the date of termination, subject only to the satisfactory performance of the
Professional's obligations under this Agreement. Such payment shall be the Professional's sole right
and remedy for such termination.
5. Design, Proiect Indemnity and Insurance Responsibility. The Professional shall be
responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy, timely completion and the coordination of
all services rendered by the Professional, including but not limited to designs, plans, reports,
specifications, and drawings and shall, without additional compensation, promptly remedy and correct
any errors, omissions, or other deficiencies. The Professional shall indemnify, save and hold harmless
the City, its officers and employees in accordance with Colorado law, from all damages whatsoever
claimed by third parties against the City; and for the City's costs and reasonable attorneys fees, arising
directly or indirectly out of the Professional's negligent performance of any of the services furnished
under this Agreement. The Professional shall maintain commercial general liability insurance in the
amount of $500,000 combined single limits and errors and omissions insurance in the amount of
$ Optional: according to the Insurance Requirements attached hereto as Exhibit " ", consisting
of one (1) page.
6. Compensation. [Use this paragraph or Option 1 below.] In consideration of the
services to be performed pursuant to this Agreement, the City agrees to pay Professional a fixed fee in
the amount of ($ ) plus reimbursable direct costs. All such fees and costs shall not exceed
($ ). Monthly partial payments based upon the Professional's billings and itemized
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EXHIBIT 1
Questions and Answers
1. Does the City of Ft. Collins have a preferred hardware vendor (i.e. Dell, HP, Other)? Are we to
recommend and specify specific hardware and specific storage solution(s) for the deployment? I
am wanting to understand how we can best integrate the Exchange 2010 deployment into
existing operations, processes (for example, for hardware maintenance and replacement) and
relationships the City may have.
HP is our server hardware standard; we are looking for guidance and
recommendations for hardware sizing and specifications.
2. Is there capacity in existing City of Ft. Collins Data Center(s) for the new Exchange 2010
deployment? Is there capacity in 2 different geographically dispersed data centers so that the
design can mitigate against local disasters in one data center?
This migration will be to a single datacenter, which includes sufficient physical and
virtual capacity for the new environment.
3. Does virtualization play any major role in the current City of Ft. Collins infrastructure? If so, what
platforms/products are in production? Should consideration be given to virtualizing the Exchange
2010 deployment?
The City of Fort Collins uses VMWare, and we hope to leverage virtualization in the
migration whereever possible.
4. We know the desktop environment includes Outlook 2003. What are the desktop Operating
Systems?
The desktop environment is primarily Windows XP sP3 operating system.
5. Is there a workstation per user? Or does some percentage of the 1600 user base share
workstations?
Refer to RFP for total count of workstations. In some cases, there are multiple
devices per user (e.g. desktop and laptop).
6. What percentage of the 3.5 TB of data to be migrated is in mailboxes?
All of the data to be migrated is in mailboxes, including attachments.
7. Does the City of Ft. Collins support or require mailbox quotas? If so, what are the existing and/or
desired quotas or quota tiers?
The current mailbox is 2GB; we anticipate this quota remaining post -migration.
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statements are permissible. The amounts of all such partial payments shall be based upon the
Professional's City -verified progress in completing the services to be performed pursuant hereto and
upon the City's approval of the Professional's actual reimbursable expenses. [Optional] Insert
Subcontractor Clause Final payment shall be made following acceptance of the work by the City. Upon
final payment, all designs, plans, reports, specifications, drawings, and other services rendered by the
Professional shall become the sole property of the City.
6. Compensation. [Option 1] In consideration of the services to be performed pursuant to
this Agreement, the City agrees to pay Professional on a time and reimbursable direct cost basis
according to the following schedule:
Hourly billing rates:
Reimbursable direct costs:
with maximum compensation (for both Professional's time and reimbursable direct costs) not to exceed
($ ). Monthly partial payments based upon the Professional's billings and itemized
statements of reimbursable direct costs are permissible. The amounts of all such partial payments
shall be based upon the Professional's City -verified progress in completing the services to be
performed pursuant hereto and upon the City's approval of the Professional's reimbursable direct costs.
Final payment shall be made following acceptance of the work by the City. Upon final payment, all
designs, plans, reports, specifications, drawings and other services rendered by the Professional shall
become the sole property of the City.
7. City Representative. The City will designate, prior to commencement of work, its project
representative who shall make, within the scope of his or her authority, all necessary and proper
decisions with reference to the project. All requests for contract interpretations, change orders, and
other clarification or instruction shall be directed to the City Representative.
8. Project Drawings. [Optional] Upon conclusion of the project and before final payment,
the Professional shall provide the City with reproducible drawings of the project containing accurate
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information on the project as constructed. Drawings shall be of archival, prepared on stable Mylar base
material using a non -fading process to provide for long storage and high quality reproduction. "CD"
disc of the as -built drawings shall also be submitted to the City in an AutoCAD version no older then the
established city standard.
9. Monthly Report. Commencing thirty (30) days after the date of execution of this
Agreement and every thirty (30) days thereafter, Professional is required to provide the City
Representative with a written report of the status of the work with respect to the Scope of Services,
Work Schedule, and other material information. Failure to provide any required monthly report may, at
the option of the City, suspend the processing of any partial payment request.
10. Independent Contractor. The services to be performed by Professional are those of an
independent contractor and not of an employee of the City of Fort Collins. The City shall not be
responsible for withholding any portion of Professional's compensation hereunder for the payment of
FICA, Workers' Compensation, other taxes or benefits or for any other purpose.
11. Personal Services. It is understood that the City enters into this Agreement based on
the special abilities of the Professional and that this Agreement shall be considered as an agreement
for personal services. Accordingly, the Professional shall neither assign any responsibilities nor
delegate any duties arising under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the City.
12. Acceptance Not Waiver. The City's approval of drawings, designs, plans, specifications,
reports, and incidental work or materials furnished hereunder shall not in any way relieve the
Professional of responsibility for the quality or technical accuracy of the work. The City's approval or
acceptance of, or payment for, any of the services shall not be construed to operate as a waiver of any
rights or benefits provided to the City under this Agreement.
13. Default. Each and every term and condition hereof shall be deemed to be a material
element of this Agreement. In the event either party should fail or refuse to perform according to the
terms of this agreement, such party may be declared in default.
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14. Remedies. In the event a party has been declared in default, such defaulting party shall
be allowed a period of ten (10) days within which to cure said default. In the event the default remains
uncorrected, the party declaring default may elect to (a) terminate the Agreement and seek damages;
(b) treat the Agreement as continuing and require specific performance; or (c) avail himself of any other
remedy at law or equity. If the non -defaulting party commences legal or equitable actions against the
defaulting party, the defaulting party shall be liable to the non -defaulting party for the non -defaulting
party's reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred because of the default.
15. Binding Effect. This writing, together with the exhibits hereto, constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties and shall be binding upon said parties, their officers, employees, agents
and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the respective survivors, heirs, personal representatives,
successors and assigns of said parties.
16. Law/Severability. The laws of the State of Colorado shall govern the construction,
interpretation, execution and enforcement of this Agreement. In the event any provision of this
Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding
shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement.
17. Prohibition Against Employing Illegal Aliens. Pursuant to Section 8-17.5-101, C.R.S., et.
seq., Professional represents and agrees that:
a. As of the date of this Agreement:
1. Professional does not knowingly employ or contract with an illegal alien who will
perform work under this Agreement; and
2. Professional will participate in either the e-Verify program created in Public Law
208, 104th Congress, as amended, and expanded in Public Law 156, 108th Congress,
as amended, administered by the United States Department of Homeland Security (the
"e-Verify Program") or the Department Program (the "Department Program"), an
employment verification program established pursuant to Section 8-17.5-102(5)(c)
C.R.S. in order to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees to
perform work under this Agreement.
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b. Professional shall not knowingly employ or contract with an illegal alien to perform work
under this Agreement or knowingly enter into a contract with a subcontractor that knowingly
employs or contracts with an illegal alien to perform work under this Agreement.
C. Professional is prohibited from using the e-Verify Program or Department Program
procedures to undertake pre -employment screening of job applicants while this Agreement is
being performed.
d. If Professional obtains actual knowledge that a subcontractor performing work under this
Agreement knowingly employs or contracts with an illegal alien, Professional shall:
1. Notify such subcontractor and the City within three days that Professional has
actual knowledge that the subcontractor is employing or contracting with an illegal alien;
and
2. Terminate the subcontract with the subcontractor if within three days of receiving
the notice required pursuant to this section the subcontractor does not cease employing
or contracting with the illegal alien; except that Professional shall not terminate the
contract with the subcontractor if during such three days the subcontractor provides
information to establish that the subcontractor has not knowingly employed or contracted
with an illegal alien.
e. Professional shall comply with any reasonable request by the Colorado Department of
Labor and Employment (the "Department") made in the course of an investigation that the
Department undertakes or is undertaking pursuant to the authority established in Subsection 8-
17.5-102 (5), C.R.S.
f. If Professional violates any provision of this Agreement pertaining to the duties imposed
by Subsection 8-17.5-102, C.R.S. the City may terminate this Agreement. If this Agreement is
so terminated, Professional shall be liable for actual and consequential damages to the City
arising out of Professional's violation of Subsection 8-17.5-102, C.R.S.
g. The City will notify the Office of the Secretary of State if Professional violates this
provision of this Agreement and the City terminates the Agreement for such breach.
18. Special Provisions. [Optional] Special provisions or conditions relating to the services to
be performed pursuant to this Agreement are set forth in Exhibit "
pages, attached hereto and incorporated herein
", consisting of
by this reference.
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THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
By:
James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP
Director of Purchasing & Risk Management
DATE:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Assistant City Attorney
[Insert Professional's name] or
[Insert Partnership Name] or
[Insert individual's name] or
Doing business as [insert name of business]
Lfi
Title:
CORPORATE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT
Date:
ATTEST:
Corporate Secretary
(Corporate Seal)
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INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
1. The Professional will provide, from insurance companies acceptable to the City, the
insurance coverage designated hereinafter and pay all costs. Before commencing work under
this bid, the Professional shall furnish the City with certificates of insurance showing the type,
amount, class of operations covered, effective dates and date of expiration of policies, and
containing substantially the following statement:
"The insurance evidenced by this Certificate will not be cancelled or materially altered,
except after ten (10) days written notice has been received by the City of Fort Collins."
In case of the breach of any provision of the Insurance Requirements, the City, at its option,
may take out and maintain, at the expense of the Professional, such insurance as the City may
deem proper and may deduct the cost of such insurance from any monies which may be due or
become due the Professional under this Agreement. The City, its officers, agents and
employees shall be named as additional insureds on the Professional's general liability and
automobile liability insurance.policies for any claims arising out of work performed under this
Agreement.
2. Insurance coverages shall be as follows
A. Workers' Compensation & Employer's Liability. The Professional shall maintain
during the life of this Agreement for all of the Professional's employees engaged in work
performed under this agreement:
Workers' Compensation insurance with statutory limits as required by
Colorado law.
2. Employer's Liability insurance with limits of $100,000 per accident,
$500,000 disease aggregate, and $100,000 disease each employee.
B. Commercial General & Vehicle Liability. The Professional shall maintain during
the life of this Agreement such commercial general liability and automobile liability
insurance as will provide coverage for damage claims of personal injury, including
accidental death, as well as for claims for property damage, which may arise directly or
indirectly from the performance of work under this Agreement. Coverage for property
damage shall be on a "broad form" basis. The amount of insurance for each coverage,
Commercial General and Vehicle, shall not be less than $500,000 combined single limits
for bodily injury and property damage.
In the event any work is performed by a subcontractor, the Professional shall be
responsible for any liability directly or indirectly arising out of the work performed under
this Agreement by a subcontractor, which liability is not covered by the subcontractor's
insurance.
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[Optional]
EXHIBIT " "
CONFIDENTIALITY
IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICES provided to the City of Fort Collins (the "City") pursuant to
this Agreement (the "Agreement"), the Professional hereby acknowledges that it has been
informed that the City has established policies and procedures with regard to the handling of
confidential information and other sensitive materials.
In consideration of access to certain information, data and material (hereinafter individually and
collectively, regardless of nature, referred to as "information") that are the property of and/or
relate to the City or its employees, customers or suppliers, which access is related to the
performance of services that the Professional has agreed to perform, the Professional hereby
acknowledges and agrees as follows:
That information that has or will come into its possession or knowledge in connection with the
performance of services for the City may be confidential and/or proprietary. The Professional
agrees to treat as confidential (a) all information that is owned by the City, or that relates to the
business of the City , or that is used by the City in carrying on business, and (b) all information
that is proprietary to a third party (including but not limited to customers and suppliers of the
City) . The Professional shall not disclose any such information to any person not having a
legitimate need -to -know for purposes authorized by the City. Further, the Professional shall not
use such information to obtain any economic or other benefit for itself, or any third party, except
as specifically authorized by the City.
The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, the Professional understands that it shall have no
obligation under this Agreement with respect to information and material that (a) becomes
generally known to the public by publication or some means other than a breach of duty of this
Agreement, or (b) is required by law, regulation or court order to be disclosed, provided that the
request for such disclosure is proper and the disclosure does not exceed that which is required.
In the event of any disclosure under (b) above, the Professional shall furnish a copy of this
Agreement to anyone to whom it is required to make such disclosure and shall promptly advise
the City in writing of each such disclosure.
In the event that the Professional ceases to perform services for the City, or the City so requests
for any reason, the Professional shall promptly return to the City any and all information
described hereinabove, including all copies, notes and/or summaries (handwritten or
mechanically produced) thereof, in its possession or control or as to which it otherwise has
access.
The Professional understands and agrees that the City's remedies at law for a breach of the
Professional's obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement may be inadequate and that the
City shall, in the event of any such breach, be entitled to seek equitable relief (including without
limitation preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and specific performance) in addition to all
other remedies provided hereunder or available at law.
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8. Are there any Terminal Services/Remote Desktop/Citrix Servers in the environment, used by
users as their desktop environment?
No.
9. What Forest functional level is the City of Ft. Collins Active Directory Forest currently running at?
Both Forest and Doman functional levels are Windows Server 2003.
10. What version(s) of Windows Server are the Domain Controllers currently running? Are they
running x64 or x86 versions of the OS?
Root domain controllers are Windows Server 2008 112; domain controllers are
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit).
11. Does CoFC wish to have the Exchange 2010 organization span multiple Datacenter locations for
Disaster Recovery?
Yes, however, not as part of this migration. Please see Question 2.
12. Does CoFC have a preference for Physical Servers or Virtual Servers hosting the Exchange 2010
services?
Please see Question 3.
13. What involvement will CoFC IT staff have in the building and configuration of the new Exchange
2010 organization? Should the vendor assume that all work will be completed by Vendor
Resources and CoFC will only take over the environment once all mailboxes and data has been
migrated?
The vendor should assume full responsibility for the design and configuration of the
new Exchange 2010 environment.
14. What Forest and Domain Functional level is currently deployed for the on -premise Active
Directory environment?
Please see Question 9.
15. Is there a synchronization mechanism today for on -premise Active Directory accounts to the
current hosting provider?
The current synchronization method is a manual process.
16. Do Active Directory accounts exist for all mailbox users and resources in the on -premise Active
Directory?
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Yes.
17. Do we have an idea of the size of the mail storage in the hosted environment?
We expect to migrate approximately 3.5 Terabytes of data.
18. How fast is the connection with the hosted provider, or internet connection, whichever one is
utilized for connectivity with the hosted provider?
VPN tunnel between firewalls limited to 100 Mb.
19. What are the number of physical sites where Exchange will be located?
Please see Question 2.
20. Are you utilizing public folders, if so how much public folder data is present?
No.
21. Who is the current hosting company?
The City of Fort Collins is currently in a shared services model, with email being
hosted by Poudre School District.
22. Does the current hosting company provide a way for extracting and migrating data?
This is unknown at this time.
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ADDENDUM No. 1
SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
Description of RFP 7250: Microsoft Exchange Transition
OPENING DATE: 3:00 PM (Our Clock) July 8, 2011
Financial Services
Purchasing Division
215 N. Mason St. 2n° Floor
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221.6775
970.221.6707
fcgov. corn/purchasing
To all prospective bidders under the specifications and contract documents described
above, the following changes/additions are hereby made and detailed in the following
section of this addendum:
Exhibit 1 — Questions & Answers
Please contact Ed Bonnette, CPPB, CPM, Buyer, Buyer at (970) 416-2247 with any
questions regarding this addendum.
RECEIPT OF THIS ADDENDUM MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY A WRITTEN
STATEMENT ENCLOSED WITH THE BID/QUOTE STATING THAT THIS
ADDENDUM HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
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EXHIBIT 1
Questions and Answers
1. What level of cooperation can we expect from your current host? Virtually any
software used to migrate mailboxes is going to require administrative access to
the Source (hosted) Exchange environment. We need to know if it is reasonable
to expect that we will have that level of access, or if we need to bid on this as
though we will have no administrative access in that environment — it makes a
huge difference.
We expect full cooperation from our current Exchange host.
2. Does the proposed budget of $60k-$80k include any software that might be
required, or does that figure account for consulting hours and software would fall
into a different category?
The $60K-$80K estimate is for consulting hours only. Required software
should be identified as a separate item in the response.
3. How much total mail and PF data must be migrated?
Approximately 3.5 Terabytes.
4. What is the connectivity (type and bandwidth) between the hosted location and
the destination location?
VPN tunnel between firewalls limited to 100 Mb.
5. What are the packet round trip times between the two sites?
Two to eight milli -seconds.
6. What does the network topology look like for the CoFC environment?
The network topology includes fiber ring with a VPN tunnel between hosted
location and City of Fort Collins environment.
7. Will vendor be allowed to Synchronize email data 24x7?
This question is unclear and not specific enough to accurately respond.
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8. Will CoFC purchase, and will vendor have the rights to run Quest Migration
Manager, or is another migration tool required?
The City of Fort Collins will consider purchasing recommended tools to
ensure a successful migration. Please identify this as a separate item in the
response.
9. Will the CoFC helpdesk handle support calls escalating as required to vendor, or
is vendor required to be the frontline for calls?
The City of Fort Collins HelpDesk will be the first respondent to calls and
escalate to the vendor as necessary.
10. What level of support is expected for the 6 months post -migration? Presumably
only lingering migration -related issues, is that correct?
The post -migration support will include any and all outstanding migration -
related issues, knowledge transfer to City of Fort Collins staff, Exchange
administration Support, and Exchange architecture optimization.
11. Will the migration be into the existing production Forest, or will we be building a
new local resource Forest for this migration?
The migration will be into an existing forest.
If it's a new Forest,
a. Will this environment be built by CoFC personnel?
b. Can CoFC personnel handle all Antispam, MIX record, infrastructure
routing, etc. issues as needed?
12. If using the production forest, please provide details of that forest (Sites, User
Count, Topology)?
Sites = 1
User Count =- 1600 (as defined in the RFP)
Topology = single forest with multiple domains
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13.If BES is migrated (we understand that this is still undecided), will CoFC
personnel build out the target server(s) for BES or will vendor be expected to
handle this task?
The vendor will be expected to handle all aspects of the BES migration.
14. If BES is migrated, will CoFC obtain a temporary SRP to use in the new BES
environment for the duration of the migration?
This is unknown at this time.
15. Does CoFC have an existing Support agreement with RIM?
No.
16. Will the users' Primary email addresses be expected to change during the
migration?
Users primary email addresses will not change as part of the migration.
There will, however, be a small percentage of users that will have their
username change as part of post -migration cleanup (e.g. "jsl@fcgov.com"
to "js@fcgov.com").
17. Are there dates and/or times when mailboxes must not be migrated (blackout
dates)?
The blackout dates will need to align with departmental hours of operation.
18.Is there any integration into the Hosted Exchange with such products as
Rightfax, Cisco Unity, Office Communications Server, etc?
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19. What are the change management processes/timelines within CoFC?
This question is unclear and not specific enough to accurately respond.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
7250 Microsoft Exchange Transition
The City of Fort Collins is soliciting proposals from qualified companies with the resources and
experience to design and configure a Microsoft Exchange 2010 architecture, and migrate from a
hosted to onsite Exchange environment.
Written proposals, four (4) copies, will be received at the City of Fort Collins' Purchasing
Division, 215 North Mason St., 2n° floor, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524. Proposals will be
received before 3:00 p.m. (our clock), July 8, 2011 and identified as Proposal No. 7250. If
delivered, they are to be sent to 215 North Mason Street, 2ntl Floor, Fort Collins, Colorado
80524. If mailed, the address is P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580.
Questions concerning the scope of the project should be directed to Project Manager Jamie
Heckman, MIS, (970) 221-6636 or Iheckman(a fcgov.com .
Questions regarding bid submittal or process should be directed to Ed Bonnette, CPPB, C.P.M.,
Buyer (970) 416-2247 or ebonnette(a)fcgov.com .
A copy of the Proposal may be obtained as follows:
Download the Proposal/Bid from the BuySpeed Webpage,
www.fcqov.com/eprocurement
2. Come by Purchasing at 215 North Mason St., 2ntl floor, Fort Collins, and
request a copy of the Bid.
The City of Fort Collins is subject to public information laws, which permit access to most
records and documents. Proprietary information in your response must be clearly identified and
will be protected to the extent legally permissible. Proposals may not be marked 'Proprietary' in
their entirety. Information considered proprietary is limited to material treated as confidential in
the normal conduct of business, trade secrets, discount information, and individual product or
service pricing. Summary price information may not be designated as proprietary as such
information may be carried forward into other public documents. All provisions of any contract
resulting from this request for proposal will be public information.
Sales Prohibited/Conflict of Interest: No officer, employee, or member of City Council, shall have
a financial interest in the sale to the City of any real or personal property, equipment, material,
supplies or services where such officer or employee exercises directly or indirectly any decision -
making authority concerning such sale or any supervisory authority over the services to be
rendered. This rule also applies to subcontracts with the City. Soliciting or accepting any gift,
gratuity favor, entertainment, kickback or any items of monetary value from any person who has
or is seeking to do business with the City of Fort Collins is prohibited.
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