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County of Riverside Purchasing & Fleet Services Request for Quote # PUARC -1200 Closing Date: 10/11/2011(&,1:30 P.M. b) The California County Information Services Directors Association (CCISDA) is the official organization of the county information technology directors in the state of California. They represent the 58 California counties in the area of information technology and county government. c) The Municipal Information Systems Association (MISAC) of California is a statewide organization of approximately 150 member agencies. They represent the 475 Cities and Special Districts in the state of California in the area of information technology and county government. d) Current participation in this successful contract has surpassed 488,000 desktops and over 460 separate enrollments to this Microsoft Enterprise Agreement. The current Large Account Resellers (LAR) have worked with each of these entities to explain the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, helped them make decisions about their licensing needs, provided enrollment assistance, and coached them during annual EA requirements including true -ups and annual payments. The awarded LAR(s) will be required to deliver this same level of service, as well as provide continuing education to enrollees on other services and benefits provided to participants in the EA. e) The LAR(s) must allow CCISDA/MISAC members with the opportunity to continue to enroll in the Enterprise Agreement after the open enroll period at a highly discounted price based on cumulative volumes of desktops enrolled under the new and existing contracts. f) In addition, many government entities could not purchase from a sole LAR due to local preference purchasing requirements. The intent of this RFQ is to award to multiple Large Account Resellers (LARs) under a single agreement and to get credit for volumes under the existing contract and for those that want to change to the renewal contract or for those governments enrolling for the first time. g) Many counties do not upgrade their software on their desktops on an annual basis and most do so every two to three years. As a result, most may not benefit from Software Assurance under the Select Program nor can justify an Enterprise Agreement. Therefore, to make an Enterprise Agreement a tool for government, it must be cost effective, ease licensing management, and encourage government to stay current with new software versions to take advantage of the latest technological improvements that could benefit employee productivity. An additional benefit can be realized through other offerings made available to EA participants. When such offerings are introduced, it is imperative that the LAR make the offering known to the agency in order for them to obtain the most out of their EA investment. 4.0 PRODUCT LINE 4.1 Enterprise Agreement Program Products The products offered under the Enterprise Agreement (EA) may be purchased individually or in total as follows: 4.2 Enterprise Products a) The Enterprise Agreement offers California County Governments access to the most recent releases of the Desktop Professional Platform products. The Enterprise Agreement Desktop Platform products are: i. Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition with MDOP ii. Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 iii. Microsoft Core Client Access License Suite or Enterprise Client Access License Suite Form # 116 -101 RFQ Public Purchase Revision 04/12/11 25