Canada - #2024-476 - Professional Security Guard Services

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January 7, 2025NOTICE OF PROFESSIONAL SECURITY GUARD SERVICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) #2024-476 POSTED ON OTPPlease note this is not an RFP. No RFP is attached.OECM, a collaborative sourcing organization, has issued a non-binding RFP, as noted above on the Ontario Tenders Portal (OTP).There are numerous benefits for doing business with OECM. Refer to our website at https://oecm.ca/suppliers for more information.The objective of the RFP is to enter into Master Agreements with up to a maximum of six (6) Suppliers for the provision of the Services for OECM customers.Proposals will be evaluated in seven (7) stages, as detailed in Part 3 of the RFP.The term of the resulting Master Agreements is intended to be for a term of five (5) years, with an option in favour of OECM to extend the Term on the same terms and conditions for up to two (2) additional years.The Master Agreements will be available to organizations such as educational entities (e.g., school boards or authorities, Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch with the Ontario Ministry of Education, colleges, and universities, and may also include Private Schools and Private Career Colleges), health and social service entities, hydro, Local Housing Corporations, the Legislative Assembly, Municipalities and related Service Organizations, not-for-profit organizations, Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation, Ontario Power Authority, provincially funded organizations (“PFO”), shared service organizations, utilities and local boards, and any other Ontario Broader Public Sector (“BPS”) agency, Ontario Public Service (“OPS”) ministry, agency, board or commission, Crown corporations, First Nations federal agencies, Indigenous Organizations and Communities, and other provincial, territorial and federal public sector entities/agencies or similar entities not mentioned here.OECM makes no guarantee of the value or volume of work to be assigned from the award of any Master Agreements resulting from this procurement.The following is the RFP timetable (i.e. local times in Toronto, Ontario, Canada):Request for Proposals TimetableEventTime/DateOECM’s Issue Date of Request for Proposals:January 7, 2025Proponent’s Information and Ontario Tenders Portal Demonstration Session:2:00 pm on January 14, 2025Proponent’s Deadline to Submit Questions:5:00 pm on January 15, 2025OECM’s Deadline for Issuing Answers:January 22, 2025Proponent’s Deadline to Submit Questions Related to Addenda & Question and Answer Documents:5:00 pm on January 28, 2025OECM’s Deadline for Issuing Final Documents:February 4, 2025Proponent’s Intent to Submit a Proposal:February 4, 2025Closing Date:2:00:00 pm on February 11, 2025Anticipated Master Agreement Start Date:March 2025All times specified in this timetable are local times in Toronto, Ontario, CanadaIn the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this notice and the RFP, the RFP shall prevail.This RFP is open to all organizations, and is ONLY available on OTP at https://ontariotenders.app.jaggaer.com/esop/nac-host/public/web/login.html.Contact OTP customer support if it experiences technical difficulties or to seek support about the use of OTP via:Email at etenderhelp_CA@jaggaer.com;By phone at 866-722-7390; or,Accessing website information at https://ontariotenders.app.jaggaer.com/esop/nac- host/public/attach/eTendering_responding_to_tender_guide.pdf.The below instructions explain how to access this opportunity on OTP.Proponents are advised that there will not be a public opening of this RFP. OECM will open proposals at a time subsequent to the closing date indicated in the RFP timetable above, in the RFP itself, and on OTP.OECM will not post the RFP documents, or any amendments associated with this RFP, outside of this notice, on MERX™ or Biddingo. All communication will occur directly through OTP.This procurement is subject to Chapter Five – Government Procurement of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and Chapter Nineteen of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).OTP INSTRUCTIONS TO LOCATE THE OECM PROFESSIONAL SECURITY GUARD SERVICES (RFP) #2024-476Step 1: Go to: https://ontariotenders.app.jaggaer.com/esop/nac-host/public/web/login.htmlClick on “To View and Search “Current Tender Opportunities” link on the landing page.Step 2: Click on the “Select a Filter” button, select “Purchasing Organization Info”.Step 3: Search Purchasing Organization Info using criteria “Contains” and “OECM”, then click on “Search” button.

Opportunity closing date

11 February 2025

Value of contract

to be confirmed