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Application of Accessibility Standards

Solicitation number NRCan-5000088269

Publication date

Closing date and time 2026/03/26 14:00 EDT

Last amendment date


    Description

    By means of this RFSO, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is seeking offers from offerors for Completion of accessibility to already developed content that cannot be completed in-house. Includes creating accessible PDFs from desktop applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and InDesign. Coding and accessibility of PDF fillable forms and adding accessible elements to video and recorded webinars as part of post-production (no video production), accessibility elements like transcripts, closed captioning and audio descriptions.
    Offerors can qualify for any of the three (3) streams.
    Stream 1: Creation of accessible PDFs
    Stream 2: Coding and Accessibility of PDF Fillable Forms
    Stream 3: Video Accessibility

    The Standing Offer will be valid from the Standing Offer award date to March 31, 2027, inclusive, and will include three (3) additional optional periods of twelve (12) months each.

    Only offers submitted using CPC Connect service will be accepted. See section 2.2 - Submission of offers for details.

    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 12 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2026/04/01.

    Trade agreements

    • No trade agreements are applicable to this solicitation process

    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:

    • None

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)
    Address

    1055 du PEPS, PO Box 10380

    Quebec, QC, G1V 4C7
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Marie-Josée Michaud
    Phone
    (418) 563-6916
    Email
    marie-josee.michaud@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
    Address

    1055 du PEPS, PO Box 10380

    Quebec, QC, G1V 4C7
    Canada
    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.
    Caption
    Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
    001 EN and FR 11 2026/03/18
    001 EN 8 2026/03/18
    001 FR 1 2026/03/18
    001 EN and FR 22 2026/03/04
    001 EN 65 2026/02/24
    001 FR 14 2026/02/24
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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Standing Offer
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Canada
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Contract duration
    12 month(s)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding
    Selection criteria
    Variations or combinations of the above methods
    Commodity - UNSPSC
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