Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) - Request for Proposal - Job Order Contracting (JOC) or Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery JOC or IQCC Program Management Consulting Services

Canoe Procurement Group of Canada (CANOE) is requesting proposals for Job Order Contracting (JOC) or Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery JOC or IQCC Program Management Consulting Services to result in a national contracting solution for use by its members. About CANOE: CANOE is the lead agency and procurement authority in a group of partners representing MASH, public, and not-for-profit entities across Canada. CANOE is a trade name of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA), a public entity incorporated in 1923 by Alberta legislation who has been executing Group Procurement on behalf of its members for 100 years. CANOE is registered in a number of provinces across Canada. On behalf of its partner organizations, CANOE facilitates a competitive solicitation and contracting process on behalf of and based on the needs of itself and Members. CANOE is governed by publicly elected officials that serve as the RMA Board of Directors. RMA’s Board of Directors oversee and authorize the calls for all new proposals and holds those resulting contracts for the benefit of its own and Members’ use. CANOE is posting the solicitation on behalf of CivicInfo BC, RMA, SARM, AMM, LAS, UMNB, NSFM, FPEIM, MNL, NWTAC, NAM, AYC and its current and potential Members and represented Associations and their Members, which includes all MASH sectors, Provincial Governments, Federal Agencies, Crown Corporations, local Governmental and other not-for-profit organizations located in all provinces and territories in Canada including but not limited to British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territories and Nunavut. Request for Proposal (RFP) to result in regional and/or national contract solutions under the rules and regulations of Canadian trade agreements (including Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Chapter 5, Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Chapter 19, New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWPTA), Atlantic Trade and Procurement Partnership (ATPP) as applicable). The term of any resulting contract(s) awarded by CANOE under this solicitation will be five years. CANOE and supplier may agree to up to five additional one-year extensions. A full copy of the Request for Proposals can be found on the CANOE Procurement Portal (https://canoe.bidsandtenders.ca) at no cost. Only proposals submitted through the Canoe Procurement Portal will be considered. Proponent’s complete proposal must be submitted through the CANOE Procurement Portal no later than the date and time specified in the Procurement Portal. Any other form of proposal submission, whether electronic, paper, or otherwise, will not be considered by CANOE. Only complete proposals that are timely submitted through the CANOE Procurement Portal will be considered. Late proposals will not be considered. It is the Proponent’s sole responsibility to ensure that the proposal is received on time. Following evaluation of proposals, negotiations may be permitted.