The Senate of Canada (Senate) is seeking bids to establish one (1) or more Standing Offers (SOs) for each of the two streams described in Annex “A” — Statement of Work: one for the provision of labour and employment law services (Stream 1) and one regarding litigation relating to parliamentary privilege (Stream 2). Each SO would be valid for a period of three (3) years, with the Senate having the option to renew the SOs for two (2) additional one-year (1-year) periods. All communications regarding this RFSO must be received by email by the Standing Offer Authority at P••••••••@•••.••••.••.ca no later than October 20, 2021 at 11:00 EDT. Enquiries received after that time and date may not be answered. The bidder should reference as accurately as possible the numbered clause of the RFSO to which the enquiry relates. Care should be taken by the bidder to explain each question in sufficient detail that the Senate may provide a responsive answer. Unless a bidder submits an enquiry that is proprietary in nature, the question and answer will be made available to all bidders. Enquiries that the bidder believes are of a proprietary nature must be clearly marked “Proprietary”. Enquiries identified as proprietary will be treated as such unless the Senate determines otherwise. The Senate 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 for all bidders. Enquiries not submitted in a form that can be distributed to all bidders may not be answered by the Senate.
