RFSO for 2019 Accommodation Directory

Request for non-commissionable rates for standard guest rooms, superior guest rooms, bachelor/studios with kitchen and/or one bedroom suites with or without a kitchen in Canada, the USA and other countries.

Employees of federal departments and agencies, provincial government of Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, territorial government of Northwest Territories and of the Yukon, as well as Federal Government cost reimbursable contractors, will be able to access the directory through the Internet Web site.

As a minimum, the accommodation must be safe, clean and comfortable. A successful bid will be based on the supplier’s proper completion of the Request for Standing Offer (RFSO), acceptance of the terms and conditions, remittance of the listing fee ($200.00CDN per establishment in Canada except for the following markets where the fee is $500: Gatineau (Downtown), Montréal (Downtown), Montréal (Airport), Ottawa (Downtown), Toronto (Downtown), Toronto (Airport), Vancouver (Downtown) and Vancouver (Airport); $200.00US per establishment in the United States and other countries and/or a flat fee of $400.00US for chains that wish to submit rates for their establishments in countries other than Canada). Also, rates bid must not exceed the limit established by the Government of Canada ($200.00CDN for Canada, $200.00US for the United States and various limits in American dollars depending on the country for countries other than Canada and United States) for publication in the Accommodation Directory for Government Employees.

The Government of Canada maintains a source list of accommodation suppliers in Canada, the USA and other countries around the world. Each year a Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) to provide room rates for the Government of Canada Electronic Accommodation Directory for Government Employees is made available to each supplier on the source list. Each year thereafter, the source list is purged of suppliers who have not responded to the RFSO for any of the last three (3) years.

Properties on the source list may be notified via e-mail that the RFSO is available and the requirement will also be published on the Government Electronic Tendering Service. The period of the Standing Offer will be from January 01, 2019 to December 31, 2019. Properties which are not on the source list but would like to be added and receive the RFSO, should send a request in writing to:

rhelvdgt.acrdtnd@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

Your request for the RFSO should include the following information:

Name of property

Complete address of property

Name and title of the person to receive the RFSO notice

E-mail address of the person to receive the RFSO notice

Telephone number and fax number.

The RFSO, duly completed, must be received on or before September 14, 2018 for the publication of the Accommodation and Car Rental Directory on January 01, 2019.