Dated April 3, 2023: The City of Rochester Hills is accepting sealed bids for Darktrace Cyber AI System. Sealed bids for will be received by the City of Rochester Hills, Purchasing Division/Fiscal Team, 1000 Rochester Hills Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48309 via electronic submission ONLY through the MITN (www.mitn.info) website until exactly 3:00 P.M. EST, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023 and publicly read via Zoom Teleconference.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some City processes have been affected and as such, are requiring adjustment to the normal processes. It is important that you read all the information to ensure you submit your bid response to the City in the correct manner. Please ensure all documents are signed. If you are interested in providing a bid, please read the document in its entirety and submit the requested information and proper forms and upload to the MITN website. Electronic submission ONLY will be accepted. Hardcopy, emailed, faxed and late submittals will not be accepted.
The City of Rochester Hills officially distributes bid documents from the Purchasing Division or through the Michigan Intergovernmental Trade Network (MITN). Copies of bid documents obtained from any other source are not considered official copies. Only those vendors who obtain bid documents from either the Purchasing Division or the MITN System are guaranteed access to receive addendum information, if such information is issued. The first step to do business with the City is to become a registered vendor by visiting the City website at www.rochesterhills.org, select Departments, Fiscal, Accounting & Purchasing, Procurement Division, Vendor Registration to link to the MITN website.
Any deviations from the specifications must be noted on the proposal.
THE CITY OF ROCHESTER HILLS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS.
Please submit bid through the MITN website on or before the date and time given above to:
Lisa Cummins, CPPB
Procurement Manager
City of Rochester Hills
1000 Rochester Hills Drive
Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309
Bids shall be in conformance with the documents. The Bid Form must be completed entirely and submitted with the Bid. Any deviation from the specifications must be noted on the bid. Failure to complete every space on the bid form may disqualify bid. Bids shall be in accordance with the Purchasing Ordinance and the requirements of this notice in order to be deemed “responsive.”
As this Invitation to Bid is being made available by electronic means, the bidder accepts full responsibility to ensure that no changes are made to the Invitation to Bid documents. In the event of conflict between a version of the Invitation to Bid submitted by bidder, the version maintained by the City of Rochester Hills Purchasing Division shall govern.
All bids must be submitted electronically via the MITN website. Hardcopy responses will not be accepted. The City of Rochester Hills is capable of accepting documents in docx, xlsx, pdf, jpg, tif or rtf formats. It is requested that you upload one complete document, versus that of several individual sheets. Please name your files accordingly if more than one file is uploaded to the site.