Office Seating

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Office Seating

Solicitation No.:             EP803-183135/F
Contracting Authority:        Ian Arboleda
Telephone No.:                613-990-7280
E-mail Address:               ian.arboleda@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT
 
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Parliamentary Precinct Acquisitions Services Division (PPASD) intends to seek multiple Offerors to supply, deliver and install Office Seating for the Parliamentary Precinct buildings and facilities as part of the Long Term Vision and Plan (LTVP) to modernize Parliamentary accommodations.  

PSPC Parliamentary Precinct Branch is the client.

BACKGROUND

PSPC is responsible for the rehabilitation of Parliamentary Precinct facilities in the National Capital Area which accommodate the House of Commons, the Senate and the Library of Parliament members and administrative personnel.  

Currently, requirements for commercial and household goods for each fit-up or renovation project are procured independently. In most cases, the requirement for each project is for similar items. 

There is a need for a long-term solution where the procurement is expeditious (through call-up) and delivery lead times are aligned with project schedules.

METHOD OF SUPPLY 

The requirement will be fulfilled through a Request for Standing Offer that will cover two procurement streams:

1. Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) for Aboriginal suppliers wishing to submit an offer;
2. General Offerors for any Supplier and Aboriginal Suppliers wishing to submit an offer not pursuant to the PSAB.

It is anticipated that there will be up to five (5) Standing Offers issued per item per stream as a result of this process.

TRADE AGREEMENT

1. Under the PSAB stream:
This procurement is set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business. For more information on Aboriginal business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business, see Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual.

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.

The requirement is not subject to the Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements.

2. For the General stream, the requirement is subject to the provisions of:
• Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
• Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• World Trade Organization-Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP)
• Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
• Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
• Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)


DURATION OF CONTRACT and ESTIMATED COST

The contract period and estimated business volume for this requirement with Goods and Services Tax or Harmonized Sales Tax included is as follow:  

Office Seating - $1M/per year or total of $7M (1 year plus 6 year options)

The delivery and installation will be determined at call-up award, however, there is a current requirement for the summer and fall 2018.  There are product-related services (inventory & assessment and storage) included in the resulting Standing Offer. 

EVALUATION PROCESS AND SELECTION METHODOLOGY

This information is provided in the solicitation document.

The Phased Bid Compliance Process applies to this requirement.

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

There is no security requirements associated with the Request for Standing Offer solicitation. However, there may be security requirements associated with the resulting call-ups.  

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.