Wastewater Management Sustainable Solutions - RFP CAN-2023-019
Solicitation number BC157944
Publication date
Closing date and time 2023/03/09 17:00 EST
Description
Wastewater Management Program - Canoe Procurement Group of Canada
This RFP is issued by CANOE for the provision of its Wastewater Management Program. The intended outcome of this competitive solicitation is for CANOE to establish compliant supplier partnerships for the purposes of offering a Wastewater Management Program for Members within the broader public and MASH sectors across Canada. This Program is to include reclamation, desludging, wastewater maintenance, along with any/all other related solutions. CANOE is seeking the inclusion of a Proponent’s complete solution in accordance with the scope of this RFP. Additionally, this RFP is seeking waste-to-energy solutions as part of the scope.
More detailed requirements are set out in the Appendix 1 - Goods/Services.
This RFP may result in the award of one or more Agreements. The maximum initial term of the Agreement is intended to be for a period of 3 years, with an option in favour of CANOE to extend the term (without any other change in the Agreement) for 1 additional period of up to 2 years for a combined 5-year total term length.
The value of contracts resulting from this RFP is assessed at $5,000,000 annually, however this is an estimate only and not a commitment or guarantee of purchase volumes or value.
A Supplier may be allocated a Canada wide contract or a contract for specific geographical locations or provinces based on the Supplier’s network and capability, and on the evaluation process under this RFP.
CANOE requests that Proponents submit their entire line of Goods/Services as it applies and relates to the scope of this RFP.
THIS IS A NON-BINDING RFP. IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT THESE EVENTS WILL NOT OCCUR DUE TO THE DISCRETION OF CANOE PROCUREMENT GROUP OF CANADA AND/OR ANY PROPONENT TO NOT PROCEED, AS THERE IS NO LEGALLY BINDING OBLIGATION ON CANOE PROCUREMENT GROUP OF CANADA OR ANY PROPONENT TO PROCEED. SEE SECTION 2.3 (Not a Tender, No “Contract A” / “Contract B”).
About Canoe Procurement Group of Canada and Other Provincial Associations Represented in this RFP
CANOE is the lead agency and procurement authority in a group of partners representing MASH, public, and not-for-profit entities across Canada. CANOE is a trade name of the RMA, a public agency incorporated by Alberta legislation and is registered in a number of provinces across Canada. On behalf of its partner organizations, CANOE facilitates a competitive solicitation and contracting process on behalf of and based on the needs of itself and Members. This process results in regional and/or national procurement contracts with various Suppliers of products/equipment and services which Member’s desire to procure.
CANOE is governed by publicly elected officials that serve as the RMA Board of Directors. RMA’s Board of Directors oversee and authorize the calls for all new proposals and holds those resulting contracts for the benefit of its own and Members’ use.
CANOE currently serves over 2,200 Member agencies nationally. Both membership and utilization of CANOE contracts continue to expand, due in part to the increasing acceptance of cooperative purchasing throughout the government and education of communities nationally. CANOE is currently partnered with the following provincial counterparts:
• Civicinfo BC (“Civicinfo”);
• Rural Municipalities of Alberta (“RMA”);
• Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (“SARM”);
• Association of Manitoba Municipalities (“AMM”);
• Local Authorities Services (“LAS”);
• Municipalities Newfoundland & Labrador (“MNL”);
• Federation of PEI Municipalities (“FPEIM”);
• Nova Scotia Federations of Municipalities (“NSFM”);
• Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick (“UMNB”);
• Northwest Territories Association of Communities (“NWTAC”).
In addition, this RFP may apply to Canada-wide MASH sectors including academic institutions, schools, and hospitals and other public sector and not for profit entities in Yukon Territory, Nunavut and the rest of Canada.
For a complete list of current CANOE members, as well as the current members of the provincial associations represented in this RFP, and other entities represented in this RFP see https://rmalberta.com/provincial-
associations-public-sector-agencies-2022-2-2/.
Please note, “Members”, as referred to in this RFP, include all of those listed, whether current or potential future members, but does not in any way guarantee that any or all Members will want to participate.
This RFP is issued by CANOE for the provision of its Wastewater Management Program. The intended outcome of this competitive solicitation is for CANOE to establish compliant supplier partnerships for the purposes of offering a Wastewater Management Program for Members within the broader public and MASH sectors across Canada. This Program is to include reclamation, desludging, wastewater maintenance, along with any/all other related solutions. CANOE is seeking the inclusion of a Proponent’s complete solution in accordance with the scope of this RFP. Additionally, this RFP is seeking waste-to-energy solutions as part of the scope.
More detailed requirements are set out in the Appendix 1 - Goods/Services.
This RFP may result in the award of one or more Agreements. The maximum initial term of the Agreement is intended to be for a period of 3 years, with an option in favour of CANOE to extend the term (without any other change in the Agreement) for 1 additional period of up to 2 years for a combined 5-year total term length.
The value of contracts resulting from this RFP is assessed at $5,000,000 annually, however this is an estimate only and not a commitment or guarantee of purchase volumes or value.
A Supplier may be allocated a Canada wide contract or a contract for specific geographical locations or provinces based on the Supplier’s network and capability, and on the evaluation process under this RFP.
CANOE requests that Proponents submit their entire line of Goods/Services as it applies and relates to the scope of this RFP.
THIS IS A NON-BINDING RFP. IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT THESE EVENTS WILL NOT OCCUR DUE TO THE DISCRETION OF CANOE PROCUREMENT GROUP OF CANADA AND/OR ANY PROPONENT TO NOT PROCEED, AS THERE IS NO LEGALLY BINDING OBLIGATION ON CANOE PROCUREMENT GROUP OF CANADA OR ANY PROPONENT TO PROCEED. SEE SECTION 2.3 (Not a Tender, No “Contract A” / “Contract B”).
About Canoe Procurement Group of Canada and Other Provincial Associations Represented in this RFP
CANOE is the lead agency and procurement authority in a group of partners representing MASH, public, and not-for-profit entities across Canada. CANOE is a trade name of the RMA, a public agency incorporated by Alberta legislation and is registered in a number of provinces across Canada. On behalf of its partner organizations, CANOE facilitates a competitive solicitation and contracting process on behalf of and based on the needs of itself and Members. This process results in regional and/or national procurement contracts with various Suppliers of products/equipment and services which Member’s desire to procure.
CANOE is governed by publicly elected officials that serve as the RMA Board of Directors. RMA’s Board of Directors oversee and authorize the calls for all new proposals and holds those resulting contracts for the benefit of its own and Members’ use.
CANOE currently serves over 2,200 Member agencies nationally. Both membership and utilization of CANOE contracts continue to expand, due in part to the increasing acceptance of cooperative purchasing throughout the government and education of communities nationally. CANOE is currently partnered with the following provincial counterparts:
• Civicinfo BC (“Civicinfo”);
• Rural Municipalities of Alberta (“RMA”);
• Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (“SARM”);
• Association of Manitoba Municipalities (“AMM”);
• Local Authorities Services (“LAS”);
• Municipalities Newfoundland & Labrador (“MNL”);
• Federation of PEI Municipalities (“FPEIM”);
• Nova Scotia Federations of Municipalities (“NSFM”);
• Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick (“UMNB”);
• Northwest Territories Association of Communities (“NWTAC”).
In addition, this RFP may apply to Canada-wide MASH sectors including academic institutions, schools, and hospitals and other public sector and not for profit entities in Yukon Territory, Nunavut and the rest of Canada.
For a complete list of current CANOE members, as well as the current members of the provincial associations represented in this RFP, and other entities represented in this RFP see https://rmalberta.com/provincial-
associations-public-sector-agencies-2022-2-2/.
Please note, “Members”, as referred to in this RFP, include all of those listed, whether current or potential future members, but does not in any way guarantee that any or all Members will want to participate.
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Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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CivicInfoBC
- Email
- proposals@canoeprocurement.ca
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