ADDENDUM 1
Addendum 1 serves to change the deadline for receipt of proposals to August 01, 2023, and to answer questions from potential offerors.

PURPOSE OF THE RFP
The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Support Services, is soliciting proposals for a mineralogical Hyperspectral Scanning Instrument (HSI) for analysis and digital preservation of significant portions of its rock sample holdings for the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
In order for offers to be considered responsive offerors must meet these minimum requirements:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 1. The company must have more than a three-year history of development of similar commercial scanning products utilizing RGB, laser surface profiler, VNIR, SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR cameras for use in an industrial production environment.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 2. The company must operate under a quality management system, such as ISO 9001:2015 or State approved, related to hyperspectral products and connected systems.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 3. The company must engage in active geologic scanning research and partners in external R&D projects.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 4. The company scanning platform must have the ability to generate, quality assure, transform, and co-register spectral data sets profiling geologic samples meeting industry standards and provided in open-source formats.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 5. The company must provide vetted product development and integration of hardware, firmware, and software, including a list of product development deficiencies.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 6. The company must guarantee the proper operation of the instrument and related systems.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 7. The company must develop a maintenance timeline estimate for the lifecycle of all components for the HSI platform and guarantee equivalent replacement parts for a defined lifecycle of the instrument.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 8. The company must offer a variety of local and remote support options for training, operation, troubleshooting, and local repair.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 9. The scanning box width size must be at a minimum of 51 centimeters.

Offerors must identify in their proposal how they meet the minimum requirements identified above. Proposals that do not identify how they meet the minimum requirements will be deemed non-responsive and rejected.

ADA: The State of Alaska complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Individuals with disabilities who may need auxiliary aids, services, and/or special modifications to submit a proposal should contact the DNR Procurement Section via; email to shawn.olsen@alaska.gov ; telephone at 1 (907) 269–8687; or TTY/TDD at 711 (Alaska Relay) not later than 10 calendar days prior to the proposal due date to make necessary arrangements.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you receive this solicitation from the State's Online Public Notice website you must register with the DNR Procurement Section to receive subsequent amendments. Registration must be in writing and may be made via email to shawn.olsen@alaska.gov . Failure to register with the DNR Procurement Section may result in rejection of your offer.