Infoblox Appliance Subscriptions and Hardware Maintenance

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, MD (the "WSSC"), is soliciting sealed responses for Infoblox Appliance Subscriptions and Hardware Maintenance. Responses are to be submitted via WSSC's eProcurement Portal via https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/wsscwater PRIOR TO 2:00 pm on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Late responses will not be accepted.

Project work includes renewal of WSSC's Infoblox Appliance Subscription and Hardware Maintenance.

Background

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) is renewing maintenance and support on its Enterprise Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name Server (DNS) Infoblox appliances, which support redundancy, at its Richard G. Hocevar (RGH) Support Center in Laurel, Maryland, and Modular Data Center (MDC) in Germantown, Maryland.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 756
• Department: Information Technology Department
• Department Head: Joseph Edwards (Chief Information Officer)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-07-07T18:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Key Personnel (35 pts)
• Firm's Experience (30 pts)
• Technical Approach (20 pts)
• Price (15 pts)

Submission Requirements

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS —

  Each Bidder must meet and provide proof of the following qualifications in order to be considered for the Award:

• The bidder must be authorized to resell Infoblox products and services in accordance with Infoblox's Bloxcare maintenance and support program.  (required) —

  If other than the manufacturer, Bidder must submit official verifiable documentation that demonstrates current authorization to resell Infoblox products and services under the BloxCare Maintenance and Support Program. 
  
  
  

• Please provide how many years experience your firm has in performing the requested goods or services: (required)
• Appendix A: OSDI PARTICIPATION —

  Bidders/Offerors must provide the required documents that meet the requirements of the Optimization of Diverse Business Development Program to be considered for an award. 

• Does your firm meet the Optimization of Diverse Business Development Program requirements? (required)
• Provide proof of approved MBE business certifications or SLBE registrations? (required)
• Please download and complete the attached OSDI Forms (required) —

  If subcontracting, please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Appendix B: CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE
• Please upload your up to date Certificate of Insurance here (required)
• Appendix C: SUBMISSION FORMS
• Technical Proposal (WITHOUT COST) (required) —

  Please upload your technical proposal here

• CONSENT TO USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• CERTIFIED INSURANCE CONFIRMATION (required) —

  I certify that I will have on file within 10 days of Notice of Award, Certificates of Insurance acceptable to the Commission, meeting all requirements set forth in the Contract Document.

• CONTRACT CERTIFICATION AFFIDAVIT (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• CONSULTANT CONFLICT OF INTEREST AFFIDAVIT (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• IRAN INVESTMENT ACTIVITY CERTIFICATION (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• STATEMENT OF BIDDER’S QUALIFICATIONS FORM (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• STATEMENT OF OFFEROR’S QUALIFICATIONS FORM (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• PRICING
• Please upload your pricing here (required)
• Are you registered in WSSC Water's Supplier Portal? (required)
• Please provide your Supplier Portal identification number (ID): (required)
• Please confirm that you have registered prior to bid submittal (required) —

  Please register at: www.wsscwater.com/supplier.

• Prompt Payment Discount (required)
• Solicitation Purpose? (required)
• RFP purpose? (required)
• IFB Purpose (required)
• General Terms and Conditions? (required)
• How will you be collecting pricing? (required) —

  Select electronic pricing table if providing line items for the vendor to fill out

• Bonding Requirements? (required)
• Please select all relevant insurance types: (required)
• Will you be awarding a single or multiple vendors? (required)
• Will the Mid-Atlantic Purchasing Team Intergovernmental & Cooperative Purchasing Clause apply? (required) —

  Select yes to show the Mid-Atlantic Purchasing Team Intergovernmental & Cooperative Purchasing Clause in the attachments

• Identify OSDI's Participation Recommendation (required)
• MBE Bid Price Preference: (required)
• SLBE Bid Price Preference: (required)
• MBE/SLBE Goal (required)
• Select the Optimization of Diverse Business Development Program (required)