12/12/2018 - DEO hereby posts the Technical Questions and Answers.

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), the Procurement Office is soliciting formal, competitive, sealed proposals for solicitation number 19-RFP-011-BM, to provide lending solutions and loan servicing specializing in credit bureau and business information. The contractor must provide lending, credit processing, and deposit opening technology as well as accept loan repayments, monitor loan repayment status, and report defaulted loans to the collection agency contracted with DEO. The contractor must perform loan origination – including application intake, underwriting, due diligence, client interfacing application, data archiving, and provide matrix standards. The contractor must have identification and anti-fraud services. The contractor must provide a web-based Software as a Service Client Tracking software solution to support the Office of Small Business (OSB) loan programs. The system must allow OSB and subrecipients to collect client data, services and outcomes as well as track, assess, and determine eligibility for a variety of loan programs. The contractor shall be responsible for supplying all training, input equipment, business rule analysis, system configuration, installation, maintenance, and software. The solution must be scalable, reliable, and meet the requirements outlined in this RFP. The software must have “business logic” and “domain logic” to ensure program compliance with federal grant rules. “Business logic” and “domain logic” is the part of the program that encodes the business rules that determine how data can be created, displayed, stored, and changed. The purpose of this procurement is to acquire a cloud-based solution automating the loan application, approval process, loan payment and distribution, and repayment process.
 
Request for Proposal will be opened at the below address at 03:00 P.M., January 03, 2019.
 
Please direct all questions to:
Blake McGough
Phone: (850) 245-7443
FAX: (850) 245-7470
 
107 E. Madison Street
B047 Caldwell Building
Tallahassee FL, 32399
 
Email: Blake.McGough@deo.myflorida.com
 
Any person with a disability requiring special accommodations at the pre-solicitation conference and/or bid/proposal opening shall contact purchasing at the phone number above at least five (5) working days prior to the event. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact this office by using the Florida Relay Services which can be reached at 1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD).
 
The Department reserves the right to reject any and all bids or accept minor irregularities in the best interest of the State of Florida.
 
Certified Business Enterprises are encouraged to participate in the solicitation process.
 
Pursuant to Section 287.057(23), Florida Statutes: Respondents to this solicitation or persons acting on their behalf may not contact, between the release of the solicitation and the end of the 72-hour period following the agency posting the notice of intended award, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays, any employee or officer of the executive or legislative branch concerning any aspect of this solicitation, except in writing to the procurement officer or as provided in the solicitation documents. Violation of this provision may be grounds for rejecting a response.
 

Downloadable Files for Advertisement

Version	Description	Type	Required
Original	19-RFP-011-BM Request for Proposal (Open/Save/View)	Complete Document
Original	Section D - DEO Vendor Core Contract (Open/Save/View)	Complete Document
001	Technical Questions and Answers (Open/Save/View)	Complete Document
002	Addendum No. 1 (Open/Save/View)	Complete Document
003	Addendum No. 2 (Open/Save/View)	Complete Document
004	Addendum No. 3 (Open/Save/View)	Complete Document