Department of Administration, Division of Purchasing for State Department of Education Idaho Students Come First Mobile

1. Department of Administration, Division of PurchasingforState Department of EducationIdaho Students Come First Mobile Computing Initiative State of Idaho RFP02449 RFP issued April 11, 2012 Pre-Proposal Conference April 23, 2012 Questions Due April 30, 2012 Closing Date 5:00 p.m. MT May 25, 2012

2. Welcome and Overview of the Procurement Process Division of Purchasing (DOP), RFP Lead Mark Little, State Purchasing Manager Purpose of the Conference: Introduce the State’s procurement team and representatives of State Department of Education (SDE) for this Project and provide a forum to receive questions from interested Offerors. We will open the question period of this conference after brief presentations by both DOP and SDE. Please hold your questions until after these presentations. All responses to questions asked during the conference will be unofficial, will not amend the RFP, and may not be relied upon by interested Offerors. Official responses will be provided to written questions which are submitted to the RFP Lead by 11:59:59 pm MT, April 30, 2012. All timely received written questions will be answered in the form of an amendment to the RFP, which will be posted to IPRO (the Idaho eProcurement System). If you have any questions regarding the specifications, including the State’s Standard Terms and Conditions, the Special Terms and Conditions, the Solicitation Instructions to Vendors, or any other requirements or specifications in the RFP, you need to address those during the question and answer period (which ends April 30, 2012).

3. Offerors which condition their proposal on the state’s acceptance of alternative terms and conditions, or Offerors which state in their proposal that they do not agree to the terms, conditions, requirements or specifications contained in the RFP will be found non-responsive, as provided in the RFP document. Interested Offerors are advised to read RFP02449 carefully and thoroughly. Proposals must be submitted manually; Business and Scope of Work and Cost proposals must be sealed separately, and identified as provided in the RFP document. Offerors are reminded to include a State of Idaho Signature Page, with an original handwritten signature. Proposals will first be reviewed to ensure that they meet the mandatory requirements of the RFP. All written questions with their official responses, the pre-proposal conference sign-in sheet, and this Power Point presentation will be posted to IPRO as a part of Amendment 1.

4. Overview of scope of services and goals of the Project SDE is seeking the services of an OEM with experience providing a large-scale deployment of mobile computers in a managed environment, to 9th through 12th grade students, teachers and administrators, in Idaho Public Schools, as specifically detailed in RFP02449. The Contractor will perform a number of services, including (but not limited to): Lease Mobile Computing Devices and maintain and upgrade the operating system and BIOS as necessary Manage the deployment of the Mobile Computing Device Provide asset tracking Provide help desk support and imaging Provide and manage the software loaded on each Device Deploy and manage the leased wireless infrastructure Provide professional development at multiple levels Provide project management Work with the State Department of Education and/or its vendors or contractors, school districts and other related parties to successfully implement the initiative.

5. Organizational Structure for Provision of Service SDE envisions the following structure in the provision of services under RFP02449:

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7. If you have a question, please raise your hand and state your question. Your question must also be submitted in writing, in order to receive an official answer, which will be posted to IPRO as an amendment to the RFP, along with all timely received written questions and the State’s responses. Any oral responses provided at this Pre Proposal Conference are unofficial, and may not be relied upon. RFP02449 may only be amended by a written amendment posted to IPRO. Please continue to monitor IPRO for any amendments: http://ipro.sicomm.net/IPRO.

8. Proposers are reminded that the sole point of contact for this RFP is the Division of Purchasing RFP Lead: Mark Little, State Purchasing Manager Ph: 208.332.1611 Fax: 208.327.7320 mark.little@adm.idaho.gov Submit all questions in writing using Attachment 1 of the RFP - Offeror Questions prior to 11:59:59 p.m. MT, (April 30, 2012) Review the RFP thoroughly, and respond to all requirements. Submit a State of Idaho Signature Page with a handwritten original signature. We appreciate your participation.