RFI - To understand capabilities of industry stakeholders in the secure document destruction industry
Solicitation number 1000395992A
Publication date
Closing date and time 2024/01/31 14:00 EST
Last amendment date
Description
Note ***** Amendment to extend the RFI closing date to January 31, 2024*****
The CRA is seeking feedback from various industry stakeholders, including but not limited to Indigenous businesses, small and medium enterprises (SME), to better understand how the secure document destruction industry operates, which regions within Canada they can service off-site and the challenges that would prevent them in submitting a bid in response to the future RFP.
KEY OBJECTIVES
The purpose of the RFI is to:
1) Solicit feedback from industry on operational and security capabilities and practices for secure document destruction as detailed in Annex A, Statement of Work of RFI attachment entitled ”Attachment A - Sample RFP”; and
2) Solicit feedback on the sample Annex A, statement of work, Attachment 1 and 2 evaluation criteria and Attachment 3, Financial Proposal of the RFI attachment entitled ”Attachment A - Sample RFP” to ensure that the CRA receives responsive bid(s) and reduce potential problems when the eventual RFP is posted.
Responses to this RFI must be submitted using one of these two formats:
Option 1 – Written Responses:
The responses to questions in writing must be submitted by email to the Contracting Authority by the closing date in the order shown. The CRA requests that all sections of this document be answered as concisely as possible. The CRA requests that any response that deviates from the question or requirements, or that cannot be satisfied by the supplier, be clearly identified. Any information of a confidential or proprietary nature contained in a supplier’s response should be clearly marked ‘PROPRIETARY’ or ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ by item or at the top of each page. After reviewing all of the submitted responses, additional information may be requested from individual respondents by the Contracting Authority. This request could be made by email or by an invitation to a virtual session.
OR
Option 2: Verbal responses
Respondents must request a virtual individual session to provide verbal responses, this request must be made by email to the Contracting Authority, before the RFI closing date. Respondents will be contacted to schedule an individual session. CRA will use desktop audio video conferencing tools such as WebEx or Microsoft Teams to conduct individual sessions. The CRA reserves the right to request additional information from the respondent during the session.
It is recommended that all electronic submissions contain a read receipt option to confirm that the email was received.
Respondents are requested to provide a contact name, email address and telephone number when submitting their response.
Contracting Authority:
Marie-Claude Lepage
Email: marie-claude.lepage@cra-arc.gc.ca
From December 29, 2023 to January 8, 2024
Contracting Authority:
Henrik Schwerdtfeger
Henrik.Schwerdtfeger@cra-arc.gc.ca
Contract duration
The estimated contract period will be 24 month(s).
Trade agreements
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Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Reason for limited tendering
A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:
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None
Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Canada Revenue Agency
- Address
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320 Queen Street, Place de Ville, Tower A, 10th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0L5Canada
- Contracting authority
- Marie-Claude Lepage
- Phone
- (343) 572-7146
- Email
- marie-claude.lepage@cra-arc.gc.ca
- Address
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320 Queen Street, Place de Ville, Tower A, 10th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0L5Canada
Bidding details
Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
Document title | Amendment no. | Language | Unique downloads | Date added |
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RFI_e.pdf | 001 |
English
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40 | |
DDR.f_0.pdf | 001 |
French
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7 |
Access the Getting started page for details on how to bid, and more.