NEWInformation Technology Professional Services & Staff Augmentation

METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ADVANCE NOTICE OF Request for Proposals (RFP) for Information Technology Professional Services & Staff Augmentation Contract Number 22P172 The Metropolitan Council will be soliciting proposals for Information Technology Professional Services and Staff Augmentation. The anticipated schedule for this procurement is as follows: RFP Issue Date October 31 ,2022 QuestCDN Tutorial Meeting November 2, 2022, at 10:30 AM CST Pre-Proposal Meeting November 9, 2022, at 10:00 AM CST Questions Due November 16, 2022 Proposals Due December 5, 2022, at 4:30 PM Award January 2023 For this contract, the Council has not established a formal Metropolitan Council Underutilized Business (MCUB) goal, and instead, the Council intends to have a program-wide goal of MCUB 25% of the total spend under this solicitation. MCUB firms can be found in the MCUB Directory. Click Here to view and download the RFP documents (including Plan Holder Report and Addendums). Please input this QuestCDN

eBidDoc Number 8324215 on the websites Project Search page. Contact QuestCDN at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in downloading and working with the digital documents. Note RFP will be available for download starting October 31, 2022. Proposers are strongly encouraged to verify subcontractors State and Federal debarment and suspension status at: http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/debarredreport.asp. END-USER TUTORIAL FOR QUESTCDN An End-User Tutorial for QuestCDN will be held on November 2, 2022, at 10:30 AM, via Microsoft Teams. Proposer may join from the following link: Proposers may join from the following meeting link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup- join/19%3ameeting_NmQ2N2Y0NzUtOTJkMi00NzdiLTk2ZDgtYjNmZWNkODMxMmQ3%40thread.v2/ 0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221510a457-d8d4-4a01-896c- 9411657f5f9c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2298405ad2-ad1c-4bc1-b4a8-8d7f31592a48%22%7d; Meeting ID: 268 454 383 739, Passcode: euyT8s Or call in (audio only): +1 469-998-7409,,185458364# United States, Dallas, Phone Conference ID: 185 458 364# If you plan to attend End-User Tutorial for QuestCDN please e-mail marie.ozanne@metc.state.mn.us so that you can be recorded as a participant. Those proposers who do not yet have a QuestCDN account or need a refresher on navigating QuestCDN are strongly encouraged to attend. a METROPOLITAN COUNCIL https://mcub.metc.state.mn.us/ http://qap.questcdn.com/qap/projects/prj_browse/ipp_prj_browse.html?group=78&provider=663007 mailto:info@questcdn.com http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/debarredreport.asp https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NmQ2N2Y0NzUtOTJkMi00NzdiLTk2ZDgtYjNmZWNkODMxMmQ3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221510a457-d8d4-4a01-896c-9411657f5f9c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2298405ad2-ad1c-4bc1-b4a8-8d7f31592a48%22%7d https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NmQ2N2Y0NzUtOTJkMi00NzdiLTk2ZDgtYjNmZWNkODMxMmQ3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221510a457-d8d4-4a01-896c-9411657f5f9c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2298405ad2-ad1c-4bc1-b4a8-8d7f31592a48%22%7d https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NmQ2N2Y0NzUtOTJkMi00NzdiLTk2ZDgtYjNmZWNkODMxMmQ3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221510a457-d8d4-4a01-896c-9411657f5f9c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2298405ad2-ad1c-4bc1-b4a8-8d7f31592a48%22%7d https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NmQ2N2Y0NzUtOTJkMi00NzdiLTk2ZDgtYjNmZWNkODMxMmQ3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221510a457-d8d4-4a01-896c-9411657f5f9c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2298405ad2-ad1c-4bc1-b4a8-8d7f31592a48%22%7d tel:+14699987409,,185458364#%20 mailto:marie.ozanne@metc.state.mn.us REV 6/27/2022 PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING Completion dates for the project milestones in this section are tentative only and are subject to modification by the Council. Questions concerning the content of the RFP documents may be directed to: Marie Ozanne RFP Administrator Metropolitan Council 390 North Robert Street St. Paul, MN 55101 Phone: (651) 602-1272 marie.ozanne@metc.state.mn.us A pre-proposal meeting will be held on November 9, 2022, at 10:00 AM, via Microsoft Teams. 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