Office Seating - Category 1

1. This NPP is issued pursuant to PWGSC Supply Arrangement (SA) # E60PQ-120001/H and covers a requirement from the following product sub-category (ies) of the SA:

Product sub-category 1 - Rotary chairs and Rotary stools;

2. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a requirement for the purchase, delivery and installation of office seating to 1 Sandridge Road, Ottawa, ON, K1K 2X5 by August 12, 2024.

3. This NPP covers a requirement to be solicited amongst the PSIB Suppliers (SA holders).

4. This procurement is conditionally set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business. In order to be considered, the Bidder must certify that it qualifies as an Indigenous business as defined under PSIB and that it will comply with all requirements of PSIB. If bids from two (2) or more Indigenous businesses are compliant with the terms of the Request for Proposal, the contracting authority will limit the competition to those Indigenous businesses and will not consider bids from any non-Indigenous businesses that may have been submitted.

This requirement is subject to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Chili Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement and Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement and the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement.

5. There is a security requirement associated with the requirement. For additional information, consult the bid solicitation document.

6. Only suppliers who are pre-qualified and have been issued a supply arrangement are eligible to bid. Non-Supply Arrangement (Non-SA) holders may submit a bid to the Identified User (IU) but must also submit an arrangement to the Supply Arrangement Authority (SAA) for evaluation.

The non-SA holders cannot be awarded a contract unless and until the SAA has issued an SA to that supplier for the products and services contained in the bid. The process to qualify for a SA is detailed in RFSA # E60PQ-120001/H and can be found on the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS - https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders).

Canada is not required to delay the award of a resulting contract pending the evaluation of an arrangement and issuance of a SA by the PWGSC Supply Arrangement Authority.