ObjectiveThe Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has a requirement to purchase respiratory protective equipment on an "as and when requested" basis, to support the Criminal Investigations Directorate’s (CID) employees while conducting property searches, which could involve exposure to airborne hazardous substances and/or the handling of contaminated documents. To ensure the proper usage of this equipment, the CRA requires Individual Respirator Fit Testing to be provided for each employee to ensure that the equipment fits properly, and Respiratory Protection Training Sessions to explain how to properly use and care for this equipment. The CRA will also require the Subject Matter Experts to be made available during regular business hours, in order to answer employee questions regarding the respiratory equipment.It is the CRA’s intention to award one Contract to fulfill the requirement. The period of the contract will be for two (2) years with two (2) one-year options to extend the period.The Agency will include a minimum spend commitment of $10,000.00 Canadian (all applicable taxes included) over the entire period of the resulting contract, which includes any exercised option periods.This is a retender of an RFP that originally was posted on October 28th, 2021 and closed on November 26th.CONTRACTOR SELECTION METHODOLOGYThe evaluation of proposals will be performed as follows:Step 1 – Evaluation against Mandatory CriteriaStep 2 – Evaluation of Financial ProposalsStep 3 – Basis of SelectionA bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.Step 4 – Conditions Precedent to Contract AwardStep 5 – Proof of Synergy (Ariba) ComplianceStep 6 – Contract EntryThe CRA reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. TRANSMISSION BY CONNECTBids must be submitted by using the Connect service provided by the Canada Post Corporation.To submit a bid using the Connect service, the Bidder must send an email to the Bid Receiving Unit as early as possible, at least six business days prior to the solicitation closing date and time, (in order to ensure a response), which includes the bid solicitation number and requesting to open a Connect conversation. Requests to open a Connect conversation received after that time may not be answered. In the email, the Bidder must include the name and email address of all individuals who need to participate in the Connect conversation.RFP CLOSING DATE:Bids must be received on or before March 7th, 2022 no later than 14:00 EST, as follows:When responding, the proposal MUST be delivered to the Bid Receiving Unit address indicated below by the time and date indicated on Page 1.BIDDERS ARE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO:Canada Revenue AgencyBid Receiving U•••••••@•••••••.••.caBids will not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. This email address must be used to request that CRA open a Connect conversation, as detailed in Standard Instructions 2003. Bidders must not use their own licensing agreement for Connect to initiate a Connect conversation with CRA.Due to the nature of this solicitation, electronic transmissions of a proposal by facsimile is not considered to be practical and therefore will not be accepted.Contracting AuthorityAll enquiries regarding this Request for Proposal must be directed in WRITING (see email address below) to:Katherine HuttonSenior Supply/Business AnalystCanada Revenue AgencyAdministration DirectorateContracting Division250 Albert St., 8th FloorOttawa, ON, K1A 0L5E-mail: K••••••••@•••••••.••.caPlease refer to the solicitation documents for further information and instructions regarding this opportunity.
