B2300065 - Cisco Network Switches

Weld County will award the bid to the reseller/vendor with the best offering deemed most advantageous to the County, price/cost being the primary consideration.  The determination of whether the bid is acceptable and meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation is solely within the discretion of the County.
 

• ONLY CISCO BRANDED EQUIPMENT bids will be accepted.
• The items contained in this bid are Cisco products and are identified by Cisco part numbers. Bids on alternate brands will not be accepted. 
• Reseller/Vendor must certify that it is a CISCO authorized distributor or reseller as of the date of the submission of its bid, and that it has the certification/specialization level required by the manufacturer to support both the product sale and services, in accordance with CISCO certification/specialization requirements.
• Reseller/Vendor must be a Cisco gold partner in the state of Colorado, currently under the state contract, have a minimum of 2 CCIE level Cisco Engineers on staff, and have an office with a robust test environment or “network lab” that may be utilized by Weld County within 90 miles of Weld County’s offices at 1401 North 17th Ave, Greeley, CO
• All quotes must be submitted using the same format provided in the embedded excel spreadsheet.
• All bid submission pricing must be honored for a minimum of 60 days to assure sufficient time is allocated to the Weld County purchasing process as it relates to bid awards.