Cartage Services for the Winnipeg Tax Centre

Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) for Cartage Services for the Winnipeg Tax Centre (“WTC”)

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) intends to enter into a contract with a single contractor for the provision of scheduled and unscheduled mail pick-up and delivery services for the Winnipeg Tax Centre of the Canada Revenue Agency.

The contract period will be from date of Contract award until March 31, 2025, with services commencing April 1, 2024.

The resultant contract will contain four additional one (1) year irrevocable options to extend the Contract period.

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory criteria to be declared responsive. The CRA will award one (1) Contract based on the selection methodology of Lowest Priced Responsive Proposal.

Proposal documents and supporting information must be submitted in either English or French.

Conditional Set-Aside Under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business:
• This procurement may be conditionally set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business.
• In order to be considered for the set-aside, 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.
• For more information on Indigenous business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Indigenous Business, refer to Eligibility for Indigenous procurement set aside and Procurement information for Indigenous business owners

Questions must be directed in writing to the contracting authority via email: Henrik.Schwerdtfeger@cra-arc.gc.ca

Bids must be submitted by using the Connect service provided by the Canada Post Corporation. When responding, the proposal MUST be delivered to:
Canada Revenue Agency
Bid Receiving Unit
BRUg@cra-arc.gc.ca
Bids will not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. This email address must be used to request that CRA open a Connect conversation (at least 6 business days prior to the closing date of the solicitation to guarantee a successful bid submission), as detailed in Standard Instructions 2003. Bidders must not use their own licensing agreement for Connect to initiate a Connect conversation with CRA.

The CRA reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult the bid solicitation document.

This requirement is subject to the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) and Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), but not subject to the following trade agreements:

 Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Annex Kbis-01.1- 4; Section B – Excluded Coverage; Part 1(V)
 Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCoFTA); Annex 1401-4 Services Section B - Excluded Coverage; Part 1(V)
 Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement (CHFTA); Annex 17.4 Services; Section B – Excluded Coverage; Part 1(V)
 Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Annex 14-E General Notes; 1(E)
 Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPaFTA); Annex 7 General Notes; Section 2
 Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Annex 1401.1-4; Section B - Excluded Coverage; Part 1(V)
 Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Annex 15-A; Section G - 1(C)
 World Trade Organization – Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP); Appendix 1; Annex 7 General Notes; Section 5
 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Annex 19-7 – General notes; Section 1(C)