Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) - Request for Proposal - Scoreboards, Digital Displays, and Video Boards with Related Services

Canoe Procurement Group of Canada is posting this notice of solicitation on behalf of CivicInfo BC, RMA, SARM, AMM, LAS, UMNB, NSFM, FPEIM, MNL, NWTAC, NAM, AYC and its current and potential Members and represented Associations and their Members, which includes all MASH/MUSH sectors, Provincial Governments, Federal Agencies, Crown Corporations, local Governmental and other not-for-profit organizations located in all provinces and territories in Canada including but not limited to British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territories and Nunavut. Request for Proposal ("RFP") to result in regional and/or national contract solutions under the rules and regulations of Canadian trade agreements (including Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Chapter 5, Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Chapter 19, New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWPTA), Atlantic Trade and Procurement Partnership (ATPP) as applicable).

Canoe/Sourcewell is requesting proposals for Scoreboards, Digital Displays, and Video Boards with Related Services in a national contracting solution for use by its members.

A full copy of the Request for Proposals can be found on the Sourcewell Procurement Portal [https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov]. Only proposals submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal will be considered. Proposals are due no later than December 1, 2026, 3:30 pm Central Time, and late proposals will not be considered.

Members include thousands of governmental, higher education, K-12 education, not-for-profit, tribal government, and other public agencies located in Canada. A full copy of the Request for Proposals can be found on the Sourcewell Procurement Portal [https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov]. Only proposals submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal will be considered. Proposals are due no later than December 1, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time, and late proposals will not be considered.

Sourcewell, a State of Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, is requesting proposals for Scoreboards, Digital Displays, and Video Boards with Related Services to result in a procurement solution for use by its Participating Entities. Sourcewell Participating Entities include thousands of governmental, higher education, K-12 education, nonprofit, tribal government, and other public agencies located in the United States and Canada. Sourcewell encourages the use of Small, Minority-owned, Women’s Business Enterprise, Veteran-owned Business Enterprise (S/M/WBE/VBE) suppliers both as prime and subcontractors and encourages the participation of these suppliers in the solicitation process. A full copy of the Request for Proposals can be found on the Sourcewell Procurement Portal [https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov]. Only proposals submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal will be considered. Proposals are due no later than December 1, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. Central Time, and late proposals will not be considered.

Requested Equipment, Products, or Services:

Sourcewell and Canoe are seeking proposals for Scoreboards, Digital Displays, and Video Boards with Related Services for indoor and outdoor applications, including but not limited to:

A. Scoreboards and Athletic Scoring Systems — traditional indoor/outdoor scoreboards, sport/statistics displays, scorer’s tables, shot/play clocks, timing/scoring systems, controllers, and related accessories/services;
B. Video Boards and Large-Format LED Displays — athletic/event video boards, center-hung, end-zone, ribbon, fascia, perimeter, architectural, portable, and trailer-mounted athletic and event display systems;
C. Digital Displays and Digital Signage — dvLED, video walls, flat-panel/interactive displays, message centers, marquees, wayfinding, transportation/emergency displays, and signage networks;
D. Integrated Display, Audio, and Production Systems — complementary audio, production/replay/streaming, control-room, content-management and integrated technology as long as its complementary to those items proposed in a.-c. above; and
E. Related Services — design, installation, commissioning, training, maintenance, monitoring, rental, replacement/removal, etc. as long as its complementary to those items proposed in a.-c. above.

Proposers may include directly related equipment, accessories, and services to the extent that they are complementary to the primary solutions being proposed.

2. The primary focus of this solicitation is on Scoreboards, Digital Displays, and Video Boards with Related Services . This solicitation should NOT be construed to include services-only, audio-only, software-only, or accessory-only solutions.

Generally, the solutions for Participating Entities are turn-key solutions, providing a combination of equipment, products and services, delivery, and installation to a properly operating status. However, equipment-only or products-only solutions may be appropriate for situations where Participating Entities possess the ability, either in-house or through local third-party contractors, to properly install and bring to operation the equipment or products being proposed.

Sourcewell prefers suppliers that provide a sole source of responsibility for the equipment, products, and services provided under a resulting master agreement. If proposer is including the equipment, products, and services of its subsidiary entities, the proposer must also identify all included subsidiaries in its proposal. If proposer requires the use of distributors, dealers, resellers, or subcontractors to provide the equipment, products, or services, the proposal must address how the equipment, products or services will be provided to Participating Entities, and describe the network of distributors, dealers, resellers, and/or subcontractors that will be available to serve Participating Entities under a resulting master agreement.

2. The term of any resulting contract(s) awarded by Sourcewell under this solicitation will be four years. Sourcewell and supplier may agree to up to three additional one-year extensions based on the best interests of Sourcewell and its Participating Entities. Sourcewell retains the right to consider additional extensions beyond seven years as required under exceptional circumstances.

3. A full copy of the Request for Proposals can be found on the Sourcewell Procurement Portal [https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov]. Only proposals submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal will be considered. Proposer’s complete proposal must be submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal no later than the date and time specified in the Solicitation Schedule. Any other form of proposal submission, whether electronic, paper, or otherwise, will not be considered by Sourcewell. Only complete proposals that are timely submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal will be considered. Late proposals will not be considered. It is the Proposer’s sole responsibility to ensure that the proposal is received on time.

4. Following submission of proposals, negotiations may be permitted.

5. List of current and Potential Members and represented Associations and their Members which includes all MASH/MUSH sectors, Provincial Governments, Federal Agencies, Crown Corporations, local Governmental and other not-for-profit organizations located in all provinces and territories in Canada including but not limited to British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territories and Nunavut located here, https://canoeprocurement.ca/canoe-current-future-memb…