County of Alameda, General Services Agency – Purchasing

RFP No. 900977, Addendum No. 2

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA

ADDENDUM No. 1

to

RFP No. 901403

for

Federal Legislative Advocacy Services

Specification Clarification/Modification and Recap of the Networking/Bidders Conferences

Held on August 4, 2015 and August 5, 2015

This County of Alameda, General Services Agency (GSA), RFP Addendum has been electronically issued to potential bidders via e-mail. E-mail addresses used are those in the County’s Small Local Emerging Business (SLEB) Vendor Database or from other sources. If you have registered or are certified as a SLEB, please ensure that the complete and accurate e-mail address is noted and kept updated in the SLEB Vendor Database. This RFP Addendum will also be posted on the GSA Contracting Opportunities website located at .

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RFP No. 900977, Addendum No. 2

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County of Alameda, General Services Agency – Procurement & Support Services

RFP No. 901403, Addendum No. 1

The following Sections have been modified to read as shown below. Changes made to the original RFP document are in bold print and highlighted, and deletions made have a strike through.

Responses to Verbal Questions

Q1) Page 23 of the RFP, Section T (SUBMITTAL OF BIDS), states:

Bidders must also submit an attached electronic copy of their proposal. The electronic copy must be in a single file (PDF with OCR preferred), and shall be an exact scanned image of the original hard copy Exhibit A – Bid Response Packet, including additional required documentation.

Can the County explain what OCR means?

A) Optical character recognition (OCR) is the mechanical or electronic conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. The bidder can convert all their files/bids into a PDF and upload the files/bids to the Strategic Sourcing Supplier Portal.

Q2) Can the County provide instructions on how to register and submit bid responses through Strategic Sourcing?

A) The first page of the RFP includes the following hyperlink which will direct Bidders to the Strategic Sourcing Supplier Portal:

This hyperlink provides information on: a) Bidder Registration Guide, b) Guide to Online Bidding and c) Online Tutorial. Bidders can also contact the Procurement & Contracts Specialist, Evelyn Benzon (510.208.9622; ) for any additional questions regarding Strategic Sourcing.

The following participants attended the Bidders’ Conferences:

Company Name / Address / Representative / Contact Information
CJ Lake, LLC
525 9th Street, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004 / Emily Bacque / Phone: 202.669.5593
E-Mail:
Prime Contractor: Prime
Subcontractor:
Certified SLEB: No

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EXHIBIT C

VENDOR LIST

RFP No. 901403 – Federal Legislative Advocacy Services

Below is the Vendor Bid List for this project consisting of vendors who have been issued a copy of this RFP. This Vendor Bid List is being provided for informational purposes to assist bidders in making contact with other businesses as needed to develop local small and emerging business subcontracting relationships to meet the requirements of the Small Local Emerging Business (SLEB) Program:

This RFP Addendum is being issued to all vendors on the Vendor Bid List; the following revised vendor list includes contact information for each vendor attendee at the Networking/Bidders Conferences.

RFP No. 901403 - Federal Legislative Advocacy Services
Business Name / Contact Name / Contact Phone / Address / City / ST / Email
CJ Lake, LLC / James M Copeland, Jr / (202) 465-3000 / 525-9th St., Suite 800 / Washington / DC /
Alcalde & Fay / Lisa Hack / (703) 841-0626 / 2111 Wilson Blvd, 8th Flr / Arlington / VA /
BKSH & Associates/ Prime Policy Group / Laine Maestas / (202) 530-0500 / 1110 Vermont Ave, NW Ste 1000 / Washington / DC /
Carpi & Clay / Kelly Baldassarri / (202) 822-8300 / One Massachusetts Ave, NW Ste 330 / Washington / DC /
The Ferguson Group / David Grenham / (202) 331-8500 / 1130 Connecticut Ave, Ste 300 / Washington / DC /
Anchor Consulting / H Anderson / (703) 333-6013 / 5101 Cherokee Ave / Alexandria / VA /
Holland & Knight, LLP / Joe Berger / (202) 955-3000 / 2099 Pennsylvania Ave, NW / Washington / DC /
Platinum Advisors / Jennifer Davis / (916) 443-8891 / 1215 K Street, Suite 1150 / Sacramento / CA /
CJ Lake, LLC / Emily Bacque / (202) 669-5593 / 525 9th Street, NW Suite 800 / Washington / DC /

Exhibit C – RFP No. 901403

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