Office Seating, Parks Canada Collections and Curatorial Centre, QC

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 stools;
- Product sub-category 2 - Side chairs;

2. Parks Canada Agency has a requirement for the purchase, delivery and installation of office seating to Parks Canada Collections and Curatorial Centre, 555 Av. des Entreprises, Gatineau, QC J8R 2X5 by July 31, 2023.

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

4. This procurement is set aside under the federal government’s Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business. This procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for set-asides for small and minority businesses. Further to Article 800 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), CFTA does not apply to this procurement.

5. There is no security associated with the requirement

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.

7. Inquiries:
Inquiries regarding this requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above.

If you wish to find out how you can be a pre-qualified SA holder, please contact TPSGC.PARCNAmeublement-APNCRFurniture.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

8. Submission of Bids

PARKS CANADA IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING BIDS VIA SAP ARIBA, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR BID VIA FAX OR EMAIL AS INDICATED IN THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT.

Bids must be submitted only to the Parks Canada Agency (PCA) Bid Receiving Unit by the date and time indicated on page 1 of the bid solicitation.

Bids submitted in-person or by courier will not be accepted.

The only acceptable facsimile for responses to bid solicitations is 1-866-246-6893.

The only acceptable email address for responses to bid solicitations is soumissionsouest-bidswest@canada.ca.

The maximum email file size that Parks Canada is capable of receiving is 15 megabytes. The Bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size.

The Bidder should be cognisant of the size of the email as a whole, and not only the attachments. Please take into consideration that some attachments, when sent, may be resized during the email transfer. If the email size is too large, the Bidder should send the bid in multiple emails properly labeled with the solicitation number, project name, and indicate how many emails are included (ex. 1 of 2).

Emails with links to bid documents will not be accepted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachments.