Trade Agreement: Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business (SPAB)
Tendering Procedures:
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP)
1. This NPP is issued pursuant to PWGSC Supply Arrangement (SA)
# E60PQ-120001/B, E60PQ-120001/C and E60PQ-120001/D, and covers
a requirement from the following Sub-Category(ies) of the SA:
Rotary Task Chair.
2. Canada School of Public Service has a requirement for the
purchase, delivery and installation of 420 of Sub-Category
Rotary Task Chairs to Gatineau, QC by March 31, 2015.
The bid solicitation is open to PSAB Suppliers who are
pre-qualified in their SA to supply, deliver and install the
required products and services to the National Capital Region.
3. This NPP covers a requirement to be solicited amongst the
PSAB stream of Suppliers (SA holders).
4. This procurement is set aside under the federal government's
Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business. This procurement
is set aside from the international trade agreements under the
provision each has for set-asides for small and minority
businesses. Further to Article 1802 of the Agreement on Internal
Trade (AIT), AIT does not apply to this procurement.
5. The bid solicitation is also open to suppliers who are not
Supply Arrangement (SA) holders. In order for new suppliers to
bid on this solicitation, the new supplier must first qualify
for a SA. The process to qualify for a SA is detailed in RFSA #
E60PQ-120001/B, E60PQ-120001/C and E60PQ-120001/D, and can be
found on the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS -
https://buyandsell.gc.ca/policy-and-guidelines/standa…
on-clauses-and-conditions-manual). Canada is not required to
delay the award of a resulting contract pending the evaluation
of an arrangement and issuance of a SA by the PWGSC Supply
Arrangement Authority.
6. Following are the basic features and attributes required by
Canada:
Rotary Chair
Rotary Office Chair
High Back
Adjustable lumbar support
Fixed armrests
Canadian Content
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
