SWC317 Copy Paper - UPDATED

Event Description This event is to bid Copy Paper for the State of Tennessee. Specifications and terms & conditions are attached. Procurement Contact: DeRenne Raley, DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov, (615) 251-5173 READ THE ENTIRE BID, including the Event Details, Specifications, and Terms and Conditions and any other attachments. If the Review and bid on this event link included in the e-mail notification does not work, please go to http://www.edison.tn.gov/ and click the link to the Supplier Portal Home Page. Log in with your vendor ID and password in order to search bid opportunities. NOTE: Internet Explorer and Firefox are the recommended browsers to access the Supplier Portal and bid on events. Google Chrome is not supported and should not be used. Need help with EDISON? Call the Edison HELP Desk at 866-376-0104 or 615-741-4357 Please do not wait until the last

day to POST YOUR BID. The Edison system will sign you out after 30 minutes of inactivity. Your password expires EVERY 90 DAYS. It is the responsibility of the Edison User (bidder/vendor) to maintain their own profile information (Email address, phone numbers, address or contacts) and to continue to keep it current by logging into the Supplier Portal and making changes as needed. Supplier Portal link: http://www.edison.tn.gov (Maintain supplier information) Central Procurement Office Website: https://www.tn.gov/generalservices/procurement The website is constantly being updated with information to assist the agencies and vendors; you are encouraged to visit the website frequently. General Questions Question UOM Best Worst Response Confirm if you have attached your completed evaluation model/pricing worksheet. Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments Event Details Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 1 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Question UOM Best Worst Response Please complete the attached form, included with the Terms and Conditions document, and attach all pertinent documentation regarding your company's efforts to achieve diversity business participation. This information must be submitted with the bid document and monthly thereafter until a reasonable level of diversity business participation is achieved. Confirm below that you have completed this attached form by choosing, "Yes." Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments Does the discount listed on this line include all items in the above catalog listed for this line? Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments I (we) agree to strictly abide by all the statutes and terms contained in the rules of the Department of General Services, Central Procurement Office, which are by reference made a part hereof, in addition to the special terms, conditions and specifications embodied in the invitation to bid. IMPORTANT: By Selecting YES, the bidder certifies compliance with the above and further certifies that this bid is made without collusion or fraud. Yes Required: Yes Mandatory Response:Yes Response Comments Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 2 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Question UOM Best Worst Response How many days after receipt of purchase order will it take to deliver item(s)? 0 Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments The purpose of this Invitation to Bid is to establish a source or sources of supply for all Tennessee State Agencies and Authorized Users. Tennessee State Agencies refers to the various departments, institutions, boards, commissions, and agencies of the executive branch of government of the State of Tennessee with exceptions as addressed in Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0690-03-01-.01. The Contractor shall provide all goods or services and deliverables as required by this Contract to all Tennessee State Agencies. Authorized Users are those entities that are authorized to purchase off of Statewide Contracts and include the following: a) all Tennessee State governmental entities (this includes the legislative branch; judicial branch; and, commissions and boards of the State outside of the executive branch of government); b) Tennessee local governmental agencies; c) the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee system, the Tennessee board of regents system, or the State university boards; d) any private nonprofit institution of higher education chartered in Tennessee; and, e) any corporation which is exempted from taxation under 26 U.S.C. Section 501(c)(3), as amended, and which contracts with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to provide services to the public (Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-2-1001). Any contracts awarded from this Invitation to Bid shall be made available to Authorized Users in addition to Tennessee State Agencies, unless a letter is attached to this Invitation to Bid, requesting that the contract is only available for use by Tennessee State Agencies. NOTE: To request that any resulting contract be available only to Tennessee State Agencies, enter No and attach an exemption request letter addressed to the Central Procurement Office. Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 3 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Response Comments Question UOM Best Worst Response Please enter the number of days, from the bid opening date, after which your bid offer will expire: 0 Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments We ask that you take a few short minutes to complete this survey. The purpose of this survey is to capture Respondents' assessments of CPO procurement processes. Your responses will remain anonymous, and will have no bearing or consideration on contract award. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/stateoftncpocustomer Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments The Respondent affirms the following statement, as required by the Iran Divestment Act Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-12-111: "By submission of this response, each Respondent and each person signing on behalf of any Respondent certifies, and in the case of a joint response each party thereto certifies as to its own organization, under penalty of perjury, that to the best of its knowledge and belief that each Respondent is not on the list created pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-12-106." For reference purposes, the list is currently available online at: https://www.tn.gov/generalservices/procurement/central- procurement-office--cpo-/library-/public-information-li brary.html Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 4 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Question UOM Best Worst Response Will the respondent accept the State's Purchasing Card (P-Card) as a form of payment under the awarded Contract? Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments Please list the following information: List the Contract Administrator's Name List the Contract Administrator's Address List the Contract Administrator's Phone Number List the Respondent's Toll Free Phone Number List the Contract Administrator's Pager or Cell Number List the Contract Administrator's Email Address List the Respondent's Website Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments Please answer yes or no to the following. If YES, describe using additional pages and attach to the Response including any relevant details: (a) is the Respondent presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal or state department or agency; (b) has the Respondent within the past three (3) years, been convicted of, or had a civil judgment rendered against the contracting party from commission of fraud, or a criminal offence in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (federal, state, or local) transaction or grant under a public transaction; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; (c) is the Respondent presently indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a government entity (federal, state, or local) with commission of any of the offenses detailed above; and (d) has the Respondent within a three (3) year period preceding the contract had one or more public transactions (federal, state, or local) terminated for cause or default. Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 5 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Response Comments Question UOM Best Worst Response Service Experience, Time in Business, Contracts List the length of time respondent's company has been in business. A respondent must have occupied a bona fide place of business for at least one year with suitable equipment, supplies and a trained staff capable of performing the services requested. List the description of services. Please enter the information for three (3) comparable contracts on-going or completed within the last two (2) years. Comparable Contract List Name/Address of Comparable Contract List the Contact Person List the Phone Number List the Contact Person's Email Address Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments Associated Terms: A respondent must have occupied a bona fide place of business for at least one (1) year with suitable equipment, supplies and a trained staff capable of performing the services requested. A respondent must furnish satisfactory evidence of successful completion of comparable contracts for at least three (3) customers within the past two (2) years and any other evidence required and requested in order to establish evidence of its ability to provide services in accordance with the terms and conditions and specifications. Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 6 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Question UOM Best Worst Response If the Respondent is bidding on Group 1: Regular Copy Paper, confirm you have attached a catalog of colored copy paper to be evaluated as part of Line 16 of the Evaluation Model. If the Respondent is not bidding on Group 1, answer "No" to this question. Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments Please attach documentation that reflects you are registered with the Department of Revenue for sales and use tax, as stated in the Terms and Conditions. If you are exempt, please provide a copy of the communication from the Department of Revenue supporting this exemption. Required: Yes Mandatory Response:No Response Comments Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 7 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Line Details No Bid: Line: 1 Item ID: Line Qty: 1.00 UOM: Each Bid Qty: 1 Required: No Reserve Price: No Description: Dummy Line - Please see and complete Evaluation Model Question UOM Best Worst Response What is the unit price of this item? Required: Yes Mandatory Response: No Response Comments Please enter the number of days that your bid offer will expire from the bid opening date: 0 0 Required: No Mandatory Response: No Response Comments Associated Terms: Bid Offer Expiration Enter the expiration date of your bid offer in the space provided on this Invitation to Bid. A minimum period of thirty (30) days from the bid closing date is requested. The state shall have sixty (60) days to accept the bid if a minimum period is not stated. Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 8 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Bidder Information Firm Name: Name: Signature: Date: Phone #: Fax #: Street Address: City & State: Zip Code: Email: Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 9 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Appendix A - Line Specifications Line: 1 Item ID: Line Qty: 1 UOM: Each Description: Dummy Line - Please see and complete Evaluation Model Item Specifications Manufacturer: Mfg Item ID: Item Length: 0 Item Height: 0 Item Width: 0 Dimension UOM: Item Volume: 0 Volume UOM: Item Weight: 0 Weight UOM: Item Size: Item Color: Shipping Information Schedule: 1 Ship To: Quantity: 1 Due Date: 11/05/2022 Freight Terms: Ship Via: Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 10 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No Appendix B - Terms & Conditions 1. The undersigned acknowledges that all submitted information and documentation will become the property of the state of Tennessee. The undersigned also affirms that the information given above is true, accurate, and includes pertinent information necessary to identify and explain the operation of this organization to the best of my knowledge and is in no way misleading. 2. Should any data change in the future, the Supplier agrees to immediately submit the correct information electronically through the State's Supplier Portal. If the information will be submitted in writing please mail to the following address: Department of Finance and Administration 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave. 21st Floor Tennessee Tower ATTN: Supplier Maintenance Nashville, TN 37243 3. No person on the grounds of handicap or disability, age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, creed, or any other classification protected by Federal and/or Tennessee State constitutional and/or statutory law shall be excluded from participation in, or denied benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination in the performance of the Contract or in the employment practices of the Contractor. The Contractor shall, upon request, show proof of such non-discrimination, and shall post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants, notices of non-discrimination. Last Updated: 08/30/2016 Event Details (cont.) Bidder: PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS Submit To: General Services - CPO 312 ROSA L PARKS AVE 3rd Floor NASHVILLE TN 37243 United States Contact: DeRenne Raley Phone: (615) 251-5173 Email: DeRenne.Raley@tn.gov PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Event ID Format Type Page 32110-0000012579 Sell RFx 11 Event Round Version 1 2 Event Name SWC317 Copy Paper Start Time Finish Time 11/10/2022 10:00:00 CST 11/30/2022 14:00:00 CST Event Currency: US Dollar Bids allowed in other currency: No