OBJECTIVE
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has a requirement for OEM Toners to be supplied and delivered to employees of the Agency located in offices across Canada on an as and when requested basis in accordance with the Statement of Requirement.
The CRA’s e-commerce solution for ordering, receiving and reconciling goods and services is an Ariba tool which has been branded internally as “Synergy”. Synergy is being used in this requirement in order to expedite the ordering process under any resulting contract.
It is the CRA’s intention to award one Contract to fulfill the requirement. The period of the contract will be for three (3) years with two one-year options to extend the period.
The Agency will include a minimum spend commitment of $500,000.00 (all applicable taxes included) Canadian over the entire period of the resulting contract, which includes any exercised option periods.
PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT
The period of the Contract will be three (3) years from the date of Contract award.
CONTRACTOR SELECTION METHODOLOGY
The evaluation of proposals will be performed five (5) steps as follows:
Step 1 – Evaluation against Mandatory Criteria
Step 2 – Evaluation of Financial Proposals
Step 3 – Selection
Step 4 - Proof of Synergy Compliance (POSC) Testing
Step 5 – Contract Entry
The CRA reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
RFP CLOSING DATE:
Bids must be received on or before June 15, 2015, no later than 2:00 p.m EDT, at the following address:
Canada Revenue Agency
Bid Receiving Unit
Ottawa Technology Centre
Receiving Dock
875 Heron Road
Room D-95
Ottawa, ON K1A 1A2
CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
All enquiries regarding this Request for Proposal must be directed in WRITING (see email address below) to:
Katherine Hutton
Senior Supply/Business Analyst
Canada Revenue Agency
Administration Directorate
Contracting Division
250 Albert St., 8th Floor
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0L5
Telephone: (613) 286-5340
Facsimile: (613) 957-6655
E-mail: K••••••••@•••••••.••.ca
Please refer to the solicitation documents for further information and instructions regarding this opportunity.
