Flatbed Tow Truck Acquisition

Solicitation number 1575146-24

Publication date

Closing date and time 2024/02/05 13:00 EST

Last amendment date

Status Status Expired

Description
Description
Request for Quotation (RFQ) # 1575146-24
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is issuing this Request for Quotation (RFQ) to provide pricing for a flatbed tow truck.

Submission Requirements
Quotations must be submitted through the MERX Electronic Bid Submission (“EBS”) System (https://www.merx.com/).

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Bidders are to submit their Quotation through the MERX EBS System prior to 1:00:00 P.M. local time on February 5, 2024

Scope of Work and Specifications
The TPS is seeking to acquire one (1) flatbed tow truck meeting the criteria below. The scope of this RFQ includes the delivery of a newly manufactured flatbed tow truck as per the Specifications. The successful Vendor Must be within the GTA boundary, Must be able to perform warranty work, Must have parts readily available, and Must have established a permanency in the industry for a minimum of the last five (5) yearsThe TPS is seeking to acquire one (1) flatbed tow truck meeting the criteria below. The scope of this RFQ includes the delivery of a newly manufactured flatbed tow truck as per the Specifications. The successful Vendor Must be within the GTA boundary, Must be able to perform warranty work, Must have parts readily available, and Must have established a permanency in the industry for a minimum of the last five (5) years

Delivery Date: December 31, 2024. The vendor must gurantee delivery of the vehicle by this date. 

Term of the Contract
The initial contract term shall be for 1 year, commencing after the successful completion of security background checks of assigned vendor personnel and TPSB approvals. 

The Vendor shall not assign or sub-contract any part of this contract to a third party without the prior written approval of TPSB.

Piggyback (if applicable)
The TPSB may, upon request, permit other public bodies and the Police Cooperative Purchasing Group (PCPG) to purchase against any part of the contract which may result from this RFQ.
Bidders are requested to indicate on the Pricing Submission form if they will extend the pricing, terms and conditions of this Quotation to other government agencies including PCPG, if the Bidder becomes the successful services provider.

If the successful Bidder agrees to this provision, participating agencies may enter into a contract with the successful Bidder for the purchase of services described herein based on the terms, conditions, prices, and percentages offered by the Bidder. Minor changes in terms and conditions may be negotiated by participating agencies.
Please note: copies of the Bidders submission may need to be provided to the interested agency (in confidence) in order to review prior to participating

Non-Exclusivity
The creation of this RFQ shall not be a guarantee of exclusivity.

Negotiations
The TPSB reserves the right to enter into negotiations with any one or more Bidders regarding price, scope of services, or any other term of their applications, and such other agreement or contractual terms as the TPSB may require, at any time prior to execution of an agreement, whether or not a notice of intent to develop an agreement has been issued to any Bidder and without reissuing this RFQ; and to enter into simultaneous, competitive negotiations with multiple Bidders or to negotiate with individual Bidders, either together or in sequence, and to permit or require, as a result of negotiations, the expansion or reduction of the scope of services or changes in any other terms of the submitted applications, without informing other Bidders of the changes or affording them the opportunity to revise their applications in light thereof, unless the TPSB, in its sole discretion, determine that doing so is in the TPSB’s best interest; and, to discontinue negotiations with any Bidder at any time prior to the execution of an agreement, whether or not a notice of intent to develop an agreement has been issued to the Bidder, and to enter into negotiations with any other Bidder, if the TPSB, in its sole discretion, determine it is in the best interest of the TPSB to do so.

All in accordance with the requirements stated in the RFQ document to be downloaded.

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    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 0 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2024/12/31.

    Trade agreements

    • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
    • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Toronto Police Service
    Address
    40 College Street
    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2J3
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Shazea Naroo
    Phone
    416-808-0321
    Email
    shazea.naroo@torontopolice.on.ca
    Address
    416-808-0321
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    Summary information

    Language(s)
    English
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding

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