Certification of contract

3.9 Estimated Sales
State agencies have spent $23,109,159 on the commodity codes listed in Section 1.1 between January 1, 2008 and November 5, 2009. Respondents are reminded that these figures do not represent any guarantee on the number of orders or continued spend by the agencies or eligible users. Other eligible users’ spend is not included in this number. This figure is given only as a guideline for preparing your response and should not be construed as representing actual commitment figures under the contract.
The historical spend data, gathered from 17 state agencies is as follows and again does not guarantee any level of business to the awarded supplier(s);

2008	Agency for Health Care Administration	$244.55
2009	Agency for Health Care Administration	$16.52
2008	Agency for Persons with Disabilities	$233,764.94
2009	Agency for Persons with Disabilities	$163,883.47
2008	Department of Children and Families	$170,963.74
2009	Department of Children and Families	$38,263.41
2008	Department of Community Affairs	$60,208.07
2009	Department of Community Affairs	$40.68
2008	Department of Corrections	$4,892,597.27
2009	Department of Corrections	$1,810,788.33
2008	Department of Education	$855.14
2009	Department of Education	$733.20
2008	Department of Environmental Protection	$39,167.44
2009	Department of Environmental Protection	$8,096.64
2008	Department of Financial Services	$2,422.17
2009	Department of Financial Services	$0.00
2008	Department of Health	$6,251,929.83
2009	Department of Health	$8,446,395.73
2008	Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles	$46,595.00
2009	Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles	$15,649.15
2008	Department of Juvenile Justice	$118,405.45
2009	Department of Juvenile Justice	$87,510.45
2008	Department of Law Enforcement	$23,611.15
2009	Department of Law Enforcement	$20,923.99
2008	Department of Veterans Affairs	$487.00
2009	Department of Veterans Affairs	$663,751.08
2008	Executive Office of the Governor	$196.89
2009	Executive Office of the Governor	$3.90
2008	Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission	$1,295.00
2008	Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind	$3,309.20
2009	Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind	$2,232.51
2008	State Courts System	$28.65
2009	State Courts System	$4,789.04
	Total	$23,109,159.59

3.10 Evaluation and Selection Process
The Department shall evaluate and rank responsive replies against all evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation. The Department shall award a contract to the responsive and responsible Respondent(s) that the Department determines will provide the best value to the State and whose response earned a minimum of 70 points. The Department reserves the right to reject any and all replies, if the Department determines such action is in the best interest of the State.
Responses will be scored on a scale of 1 to 100 using the following criteria:
Qualifications: 40% 40 points

Price 60% 60 points

Total 100% 100 points
There will be three Evaluators. These Evaluators will rank the Responses independently and their scores will be averaged to obtain a Respondents actual score per category and in total.
Qualifications: Measuring the Respondent’s qualifications, capability, and experience in successfully serving facilities of similar size and scope to those required by this solicitation - Maximum 40 points. A minimum of 30 points must be achieved in the Qualifications section to be eligible for final award.

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  General Capabilities: maximum 20 points
  

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  Consider responses in File A
  
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  Licenses, certifications, and insurance should be current.
  
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  Consider size of company, locations and extent of company’s services to potential contract needs.
  
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  Consider Respondents Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) capabilities.
  

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  Financial Status: maximum 10 points
  

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  Consider responses in File A.
  
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  Historical sales, accounting reports and identifiable trends should identify strong financial practices.
  
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  Recent financial report (Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent) should identify short-term viability.
  

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  Experience and References: maximum 10 points
  

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  Preference for companies with more than 5 years experience producing and or distributing quality medical and dental supplies.
  
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  Preference for companies that have considerable and satisfactory experience providing services to governmental entities.
  
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  Preference for companies that have a proven ability to effectively service and manage multiple sites in a regional area.
  

Price: 60 Maximum points are available in this category. Respondent’s price will be compared against other responses and against national industry averages.

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  Consider Respondent’s pricing in comparison with other Respondents.
  
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  Final prices on Core items are more important than the discount percentage.