Maintenance services for photocopiers and printers for the Senate of Canada

The Senate of Canada (Senate) is seeking to establish a contract to provide maintenance services for photocopiers and printers for the Senate of Canada, as outlined in the Statement of Work in Annex “A” for a period of one (1) year from award of contract with an option to extend the contract by two (2) additional one-year option periods. RFP enquiries regarding this RFP must be received by e-mail at: Proc-Appr@sen.parl.gc.ca by the contracting authority, no later than August 11, 2021 at 11h00 EDT. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered. Bidders should reference as accurately as possible the numbered item of the RFP to which the enquiry relates. Care should be taken by Bidders to explain each question in sufficient detail in order to enable the Senate of Canada to provide an accurate answer. Enquiries that are of a proprietary nature must be clearly marked “proprietary” at each relevant item. Items identified as “proprietary” will be treated as such except where the Senate of Canada determines that the enquiry is not of a proprietary nature. The Senate of Canada may edit the question(s) or may request that the Bidder do so, in order that the proprietary nature of the question(s) is eliminated, and the enquiry can be answered to all Bidders. Enquiries not submitted in a form that can be distributed to all Bidders may not be answered by the Senate of Canada. To ensure the equality of information among Bidder, answers to enquiries which are relevant to the RFP will be provided to all Bidders simultaneously via Buy and Sell without revealing the sources of the inquiry.