Addendum #1

April 13, 2018

Question 1.  What is current work week for Computer Operations?

Response: 2 employees are on-site for 2 - 8 hour shifts for a total of 16 hours between the 2 employees.

Question 2. Will Account Manager present proposal after award of RFP?  

Response:  This will be determined after award.

Question 3.  Does a business need to be an Illinois MBE or an MBE of any state?

Response:  No.

Question 4.  Is there County Staff that provide support for any Operating System/Operating System Products of County Information Technology? If so, which products?

Response:  Currently we have 5 Operational staff members who support the following products:

z/VSE, z/VM, z/VM Hidro Backup, z/VM RSCS, CICS for VSE, ACF/VTAM for VSE, Cobol for VSE, Ditto for VSE, DFSORT, DB2LUW, IBM Optim Performance Manager, IBM Host Integration Server, BIM Alert, Doctor D /VSE, BIM EPIC, BIM FAQs, TCP/IP VSE, TVE-ASG-TMON, Bluezone, Unicenter  VMOperator/Spool/Backup, Redhat Linux for IBM system z, Communications Server - IBM

Question 5.  Does the County supply the software for Remote Access? Which product is used?

Response:  Citrix for remote access.

Question 6.  What is the County hourly work day?

Response:  8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Question 7.  Does Lake County accepts RFP electronically?

Response:  No.

Question 8.  Does Lake County expect OCM (Organizational Change Management) resources to be onboarded in addition to PM? 

Response:  No.

Question 9.  Is the reference to fixed price for a fixed hourly rate that includes travel and additional costs? 

Response:  Lake County is requesting an hourly rate to perform the services required in the RFP.  If travel expenses are required please provide those separately. 

Clarification:  Question 8 and 9 have been removed from this addendum.