Amendment 01 - This amendment 01 is to answer questions 1 to 7 and update the RFSO document and Basis of Payment Notice of Proposed Procurement This requirement is for Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). Objective: The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to issue multiple Standing Offers for 10 geographic region(s). To provide scheduled and ad hoc onsite shred services (where a vendor truck performs shred services at the client site for materials that have never been within the vendor’s storage site) of up to Protected B documents to Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) / Service Canada (SC) offices (an approximate 302 total sites – please refer to Appendix “1” – ESDC Locations and Estimated Usages by Geographical Region for the list of sites and estimated usages - number of sites to vary throughout the duration of this agreement) located throughout the 10 geographic regions outlined below. The purpose of these Regional Master Standing Offers (RMSO) are to provide scheduled and ad hoc on-site mobile shredding services of up to Protected B documents in each geographic region as defined in Annex “D“ - Geographical Regions. Offerors may submit an offer considering the region they wish to cover over Canada. The regions are described as follow: Region Number Region Name 1 British Columbia 2a Alberta (Rural) 2b Alberta (Urban) 3 Saskatchewan 4 Manitoba 5 Ontario 6 Quebec 7 New Brunswick 8 Nova Scotia 9 Prince Edward Island 10 Newfoundland and Labrador The services are to be provided on a scheduled AND an ‘’as and when requested’’ (AKA ad-hoc) basis for the duration of the Standing Offer period. Proposed period of contract: The initial period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer is from date of contract award to March 31, 2025. If the Standing Offer is authorized for use beyond the initial period, the Offeror offers to extend its offer for an additional five (5) periods, of one (1) year each, under the same terms and conditions and at the prices calculated in accordance with the formula specified in the Standing Offer.
