CMHC is seeking proposals from capable firms specialized in low-rise residential design services to produce a series of flexible designs for varying housing typologies, including drawings in a digital format, specifications, energy models, and any other necessary technical documentation that will form the federal low-rise housing design catalogue. The firms must be able to assemble a regional, multi-disciplinary design team which may include architects, engineers, planners, and other associated disciplines as required to produce the housing designs.
Proponent(s) may submit a proposal for any or all of the following seven (7) geographic regions:
1. British Columbia
2. Alberta
3. Prairies (Saskatchewan and Manitoba)
4. Ontario
5. Quebec
6. Atlantic (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador)
7. North (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut)
Mandatory Requirements:
MTR 1 Data Residency. Proponents must ensure that all of CMHC Data, while at rest or in transit, must be encrypted and reside in Canada at all times. Data residency in Canada is not mandatory for regular business communication that does not include sensitive and/or protected or secret information (including personal information).
MTR 2 Data Security. In the event CMHC must share documents containing sensitive and/or protected information (including personal information) with the selected proponent, the selected proponent must be able to comply with, and facilitate CMHC’s compliance with the applicable Canadian privacy and access to information legislation and warrants that it has all necessary safeguards in place to protect CMHC Data (including personal information) in its computer network.
MTR 3 Experience of Firm. Proponents including all constituent entities and sub-consultants, must be an established entity for a minimum of five (5) years from issuance date of this RFP.
