Decline Government Bids & RFPs

All responses must be received no later than 5:00 PM Hawaii Standard Time, on August 12, 2026.

Qualifications for memory clinics include employing clinical staff with demonstrated expertise in dementia care, cognitive assessment, care planning, and caregiver support. Dementia care specialists require a Bachelor's degree in social work, nursing, public health, or related field, with a Master's degree preferred, and a minimum of two years of professional experience working with people living with dementia, older adults, and caregivers.

The Hawaii State Legislature appropriated $3,000,000 to establish the program.

All contractor personnel performing work under this contract shall possess relevant experience in the maintenance and repair of commercial gym equipment.

The deadline for questions is June 30, 2026 @5:00 pm. All quotes must be submitted via DemandStar or email. Paper quotes will be rejected. The bid opening date is July 6, 2026.

Paper quotes will be rejected.

Delivery is requested ASAP after notice of award, receipt of purchase order, or authorized calls for delivery, unless otherwise specified. Bidders guaranteed delivery is days. The county reserves the right to reject any bids that propose a lengthy delivery schedule if the items are required promptly.

The county terms of payment are 2 10 net 30. Bidder may offer alternate terms here: discount and alternate terms will not be used in award determination.

The bid includes Dell hardware limited warranty plus onsite service, 1 ProSupport next business day onsite service after problem diagnosis, and ProSupport 7x24 technical support and assistance for 7 years.

Awards may be made by individual item, grouped items or lot. The county reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any portion thereof. The purchasing agent reserves the right before making award to make investigations as to whether or not the items, qualifications or facilities offered by the bidder meet the requirements set forth herein and are sufficient to insure the proper performance in the event of an award. The bidder must be prepared, if requested, to present evidence of experience, ability and financial standing. If it is found that any of these criteria are not satisfactory, the county may reject bids. Delivery time may be a factor in determining the winning bidder.

The bidder must be prepared, if requested, to present evidence of experience, ability and financial standing. If it is found that any of these criteria are not satisfactory, the county may reject bids.

Should the vendor fail to perform as required by the specifications, the county may cancel the order and terminate the order/contract. In such event, the county will assume no responsibility for, nor will it reimburse the vendor for any expense or loss to the contractor because of such termination or cancellation. County will then purchase products/service on the open market and charge back the difference to the defaulting vendor.

Samples, when required, must be delivered prior to the bid opening and free of charge. Samples will be returned at bidder's expense and bidder is required to arrange for pick up.

Vendors protesting or disputing bid specifications must do so in writing during the bid opening period prior to the due date to be considered. Such protests must be in the possession of the bureau of purchase and supplies three working days prior to the bids opening.

Failure to complete this bid in its entirety may result in disqualification. Copies obtained from any other source are not considered official documents and will be considered incomplete if missing addenda, if any, resulting in disqualification.

The contractor shall submit invoices in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) ****, Payment Instructions in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website WAWF module. The government will pay for services according to the price list. The contractor shall be reimbursed for actual miles and hours incurred if a scheduled flight is canceled after the aircraft has departed its home base. The government will reimburse for airport fees, federal transportation taxes, and food and lodging if required to remain overnight. Fuel will be reimbursed using aircraft burn rates. A summary invoice shall be submitted at least monthly or upon contract expiration.

Ordering service procedure: When ordering services, the approved ordering officials shall perform a best value decision that considers price and may consider other factors such as aircraft availability, past performance, estimated transit time, contractor response time to mission notifications, and other factors that may be deemed appropriate. Price considerations are significantly more important than nonprice considerations.

Carriers must be both DoD approved and accredited for basic life support and critical care life support by either the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) or the National Accreditation Alliance of Medical Transport Applications (NAAMTA). Medical attendants shall be qualified according to the patient care needs, as validated by the Patient Movement Requirements Center (PMRC). Aircraft must be licensed, operated, and maintained in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations of the FAA and Department of Transportation (DOT), giving particular attention to the responsibility of the air carrier to perform air transportation with the highest degree of safety. Air carriers must have a required FAA operations specification (OpSpec) to perform air ambulance service using its aircraft. The contractor shall have a current FAA authorization certificate to operate over routes and into the airfields specified under both Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and Visual Flight Rules (VFR) conditions and rules. The contractor must satisfy DoD quality and safety requirements as described in 32 CFR part 861.

Failure to provide asset location or updated status of aircraft location for point-to-point missions may result in the loss of a mission which may have otherwise been awarded. Failure to accept or decline a mission within one hour may result in award of the mission to another carrier. Failure to maintain a reliability rate of at least 95% may be cause for cancellation of the contract/agreement.

If the government notifies the contractor that the employment or the continued employment of any contractor personnel is prejudicial to the interests or endangers the security of the United States of America and/or USTRANSCOM personnel, information, or assets, that employee shall be removed and barred from the worksite. This includes security deviations/incidents and credible derogatory information on contractor personnel as noted in the DoD personnel security system of record. Personnel who have incident reports posted in the DoD personnel security system of record will be denied the ability to support the contract/agreement until the issues have been resolved and the incident has been removed in the DoD personnel security system of record.