Puppet Black Belt Services- Bronze

The City University of New York (CUNY) seeks an authorized reseller of the Perforce (Puppet) product Mfg. Part#: PUP BRONZE; Description: PUPPET BLACK BELT 5 HRS WK SVC to provide bids/ quotes for this IT subscription services item for a 1-year term by completing CUNY Pricing Request Document for Software (“PRDS”) attached in the documents section of this advertisement and emailing it to [email protected] by the established due date and time. The deadline for submitting written questions via email to [email protected] is Monday, April 20 by 1 PM EST. Pursuant to its discretionary authority under the New York State Education Law and State Finance Law, this procurement opportunity is limited to businesses certified pursuant to Articles 15-A (MWBE) and/or 17-B (SDVOB) of the New York State Executive Law. As such, CUNY has not established subcontracting goals for this procurement. NYS-certified MWBEs and SDVOBs are strongly encouraged to respond to this solicitation. Bids from vendors that do not meet the certification criteria indicated above will not be evaluated. The Procurement Lobbying Act (PI-A) Applies to this Solicitation. Compliance with the PLA: Required Forms: Vendor shall complete, sign and submit the following forms if they are selected. “Offerer’s Affirmation of Understanding of and Agreement pursuant to State Finance Law § 139-j (3) and § 139-j (6) (b)” “Offerer’s Disclosure of Prior Non-Responsibility Determinations and Certification of Compliance with State Finance Law §139-j and §139-k” The restricted period began with the publication of this ad. Contact with CUNY:Under the requirements of the PLA, all communications regarding advertised projects are to be channeled through the Designated Contact. Communication with respect to this procurement initiated by or on behalf of an interested vendor through others than the Designated Contact may constitute an “impermissible contact” under NYS law and could result in disqualification of that vendor.Rules and regulations and more information on this law, please visit:http://www.ogs.ny.gov/aboutogs/regulations/advisoryCounci l/Faq.htm (Advisory Council FAQs)http://www.jcope.ny.gov/law/lob/lobbying2.html (New York State Lobbying Act) Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Quality and Assurance Technology Corp