This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Sacramento, California. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Response: The written, signed and sealed complete document(s) submitted according to the bid instructions. Response does not include any verbal or documentary interaction apart from submittal of a formal Response. Request/Proposal/Bid: The completed and released solicitation document, including all subsequent addenda, made publicly available to all prospective bidders. We/Us/Our: Terms that refer to the County of Sacramento, a duly organized public entity. They may also be used as pronouns for various subsets of the County organization, including, as the context will indicate: Purchasing - the Contracts and Purchasing Services Division of the Department of General Services. Department/Division - The department or division requesting the goods or services contained in this request, for which this bid is prepared and which will be the end user of the requested goods or services. Constituency - the client base or County population which may benefit from the procurement of goods and/or services requested herein. You/Your: Terms that refer to businesses/individuals submitting a response. The term may apply differently as the context will indicate. Supplier - A business entity engaged in the business of providing goods, equipment and/or services. Bidder - A business entity submitting a Response to this bid. Suppliers which may express interest in this bid, but who do not submit a Response, have no obligations with respect to the bid requirements. Contractor - The Bidder(s) whose Response to this bid is evaluated as meeting the needs of the County. Contractor(s) will be selected for award, and will enter into a contract(s) for provision of the services described in this bid. Contractor's Employee - All persons who can be offered to provide the goods, equipment and/or services described in the bid. All employees of the Contractor shall be covered by the insurance programs normally provided to persons employed by a company (ex: Worker's Comp, SDI, etc.). Mandatory: A required element of this request/proposal/bid. Failure to satisfy any element of this request/proposal/bid defined as "mandatory" will disqualify the particular response. Default: A failure to act as required by any contract resulting from this request, which may trigger the right to sue or may excuse the other party's obligation to perform under the contract. Cancellation/Termination: A unilateral or mutual decision to not complete an exchange or perform an obligation under any contract resulting from this request. "Or Equal": A statement used for reference to indicate the character or quality desired in a requested product or service. When specified in a bid document, equal items will be considered, provided the response clearly describes the article. Offers of equal items must state the brand and number, or level of quality. When brand, number, or level of quality is not stated by bidder, the offer will be considered exactly as specified. The determination of the Purchasing Agent as to what items are equal is final and conclusive. Q&A added 10/17/2022