Office Supplies (Stream 1) and Copy Paper (Stream 2)

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has the need for the supply and delivery of general office supplies (Stream 1) and copy paper (Stream 2) to CRA employees at offices across Canada, on an as-and-when requested basis.

Stream 1 – Office Supplies and Stream 2 – Copy Paper will be evaluated separately. Bidders may submit proposals for one or both streams. If the same bidder is successful in both streams, a single contract will be awarded covering both streams.

The resulting contract(s) will be for a period of two (2) years, with four (4) optional one-year extensions.

The CRA guarantees the following minimum spend commitments over the full contract period, including any extensions (amounts in Canadian dollars, inclusive of applicable taxes):

•        Stream 1 – Office Supplies: $250,000.00

•        Stream 2 – Copy Paper: $56,000.00

If a single contract is awarded for both streams, the combined minimum spend commitment will be $306,000.00.

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The Bidder with the highest ranked responsive bid in each stream and meeting all the requirements listed above will be recommended for award of a contract.

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

Questions must be directed in writing to the contracting authority via email: christina.eryuzlu@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, 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.

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

This solicitation is open only to Canadian suppliers and to Suppliers of an applicable trading partner. For additional information, consult the bid solicitation document.

A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

• None