Belt, Ceremonial

Notice of Proposed Procurement

Item Required: Belt, Ceremonial

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a requirement for a firm quantity of 1750 Belt, Ceremonial in accordance with RCMP Specification 1045-257 dated 2016-11-10.

The Specification can be found attached to the Request for Proposal (RFP).

The RCMP viewing sample will only be available to bidders that are requested to submit a pre-contract award sample.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade, the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization – Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP).

The responsive bid with the lowest total evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract (1 contract only).

The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

The Ineligibility and Suspension Policy and integrity clauses are being incorporated in RCMP contracting activities as outlined in this solicitation.

Bids must be submitted only to Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Bid Receiving Unit by the date, time and place indicated on page 1 of the bid solicitation.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

The bid solicitation documents contain all the requirements relating to the bid solicitation. Any other information or documentation provided to or obtained by a bidder from any source are not relevant. Bidders should not assume that practices used under previous contracts will continue, unless they are described in the bid solicitation. Bidders should also not assume that their existing capabilities meet the requirements of the bid solicitation simply because they have met previous requirements. It is the Bidder's responsibility to obtain clarification of the requirements contained in the bid solicitation, if necessary, before submitting a bid.

For more information on the RCMP National Procurement Plan for fiscal year 2016-2017 please visit http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/rcmp-national-procurement-plan.

All enquiries related to this solicitation must be addressed in writing to:

Tabitha Legault

73 Leikin Drive

M1-4^th Floor, Mail Stop #15

Ottawa, Ontario

K1A 0R2

Phone: 613-843-6466 Fax: 613-825-0082

Email: tabitha.legault@rcmp-grc.gc.ca