The Senate of Canada (Senate) is seeking bids to establish one standing offer agreement for the supply and delivery of Multi-Purpose Paper and envelopes. The period of the resulting standing offer agreement will be for three (3) years from the date of standing offer award, with two (2) additional one (1) year options as defined in the statement of requirement at Annex “A”. Enquiries regarding this Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) must be received by e-mail at: P••••••••@•••.••••.••.ca by the contracting authority, no later than August 25, 2021 at 11h00 DST. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered. Bidders should reference as accurately as possible the numbered item of the RFP to which the enquiry relates. Care should be taken by Bidders to explain each question in sufficient detail in order to enable the Senate of Canada to provide an accurate answer. Enquiries that are of a proprietary nature must be clearly marked “proprietary” at each relevant item. Items identified as “proprietary” will be treated as such except where the Senate of Canada determines that the enquiry is not of a proprietary nature. The Senate of Canada may edit the question(s) or may request that the Bidder do so, in order that the proprietary nature of the question(s) is eliminated, and the enquiry can be answered to all Bidders. Enquiries not submitted in a form that can be distributed to all Bidders may not be answered by the Senate of Canada. To ensure the equality of information among Bidder, answers to enquiries which are relevant to the RFSO will be provided to all Bidders simultaneously via Buy and Sell without revealing the sources of the inquiry.
