Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) - Request for Proposal - Curb Management Technologies with Related Services

Canoe Procurement Group of Canada, is posting the solicitation on behalf of CivicInfo BC, RMA, SARM, AMM, LAS, UMNB, NSFM, FPEIM, MNL, NWTAC, NAM 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 Curb Management Technologies with Related Services to result in a national contracting solution for use by its members. 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 4, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. Central Time, and late proposals will not be considered. 1. Sourcewell and Canoe are seeking proposals for Curb Management Technologies with Related Services to provide participating entities with products and/or services focused on advanced smart city or community technologies and systems to improve transportation efficiency, including, but not limited to: a. Digitization of inventory and regulations, including creation of sector or citywide digital curb; b. Sensors and cameras, including installation services; c. Issue application programming interfaces (APIs) and build services around them: i. Historical and/or real-time monitoring and performance reporting; ii. Curb availability (parking, loading, etc.), reservations, and driving directions; iii. Predictive modeling; d. Data, software, and hardware implementation, integration, and management; i. Internal and external integration; ii. Integration of old data and collection of new data; iii. Data warehousing; e. Digitized permit systems, including dynamic pricing; f. V2I technology with scalability; and, g. Intelligent transportation systems, such as transit signal priority, transportation system controllers, and digital signage. Proposers may include related equipment, accessories, and services to the extent that these solutions are ancillary or complementary to the equipment, products, or services being proposed. 2. This solicitation does not include those equipment, products, or services covered under categories included in pending or planned Sourcewell solicitations, or in contracts currently maintained by Sourcewell, identified below: a. Fleet Management Technologies with Related Software Solutions (RFP #020221); and, b. Parking Management Systems with Related Equipment, Supplies, and Services (RFP #080321) with the exception of solutions ancillary or complementary to RFP Subsection II. B. 1. a - g. above. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Following submission of proposals, negotiations may be permitted.