Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. The City of Tucson is seeking proposals for Information Technology Products, Solutions, and Services, to include a complete electronic catalog system permitting the City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies to make web-based purchases, and receive delivery of: a. Computer hardware, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and related devices; b. Networking, server, and data storage equipment, including servers, server appliances, racks and cabinets, data storage or data protection devices, and switching technology; c. Peripherals, accessories, components, and options, including printers, scanners, monitors, AV equipment, unified communication hardware, mobility hardware, cabling, modems, routers, switches, power management, and supplies; d. Software related to the purchase of the equipment described in subparts a – c above; and, e. Tech support or assessment services related to the purchase of the equipment or software described in subparts a – d above. The catalog must be designed to populate with the City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies pricing offered by Offeror. To the extent that Offeror has retail store locations, the system must be capable of providing City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies pricing for purchases at Offeror’s retail store locations. The primary focus of this solicitation is on the offering of a technology catalog, but alternate forms of transaction (e.g., PO and invoice transactions) are a permissible ancillary service method. 2. Offerors may include related equipment, accessories, and services to the extent that these solutions are complementary to the equipment, products, or services being proposed. Generally, the solutions for the City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies are turn-key solutions, providing a combination of equipment, products and services, delivery, and installation to a properly operating status. However, equipment or products only solutions may be appropriate for situations where City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies possess the ability, either in-house or through local third-party contractors, to properly install and bring to operation those equipment/products being proposed. City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies prefer vendors that provide a sole source of responsibility for the products and services provided under a resulting contract. If Offeror requires the use of dealers, resellers, or subcontractors to provide the products or services, the Proposal should address how the products or services will be provided to City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies and describe the network of dealers, resellers, and/or subcontractors that will be available to serve City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies under a resulting contract. City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies desire the broadest possible selection of products/equipment and services being proposed over the largest possible geographic area and to the largest possible cross-section of City of Tucson and Participating Public Agencies.
