SUPPLY DOCUMENT SHREDDING SERVCES

• Provide onsite shredding services at six separate locations within CBRM. • 17 security cabinets with key lock or equivalent must be provided for various locations within CBRM. • Cabinets to hold minimum 80 pounds of paper. • A record of destruction to be issued for each service. • Cabinets to be serviced regularly every four (4) weeks or as required. • Non-scheduled service within 48 hours. • Company staff must be bondable if requested. • Company must agree to an enhanced reliability check if requested. • Onsite Company staff must agree to a CBRPS enhanced reliability check. List to be supplied to company, company responsible to supply updates. • Onsite company staff should have photo ID visible at all times. • Comply with Federal Treasury Board policy concerning shredding. All CBRM documents will have a strip-cut to a maximum width of 3/8 of an inch (10mm) as the minimum shredding standard. • NOTE: Treasury Board policy establishes a strip-cut to a maximum width of 3/8 of an inch (10mm) as the minimum shredding standard for information designated as Protected A and Protected B. We expected to find that all contracts would have uniform specifications to meet or exceed the minimum standard – thus all CBRM documents would have a strip-cut to a maximum width of 3/8 of an inch (10mm) as the minimum shredding standard. • Contract Term: Date of award – MARCH 31, 2024—with option to extend for an additional 12 months. • Failure to provide the non-scheduled service within the above mentioned 48 hours may result in termination of contract. Also - Small font documents, those less than 12 point, will be presorted to the best of contractor’s ability and shredded a second time. - All documents will be shredded on site, during the same day as pickup. - If requested, a designated CBRM representative may accompany the shredding staff when picking up and during the shredding process. - The company must submit the names of drivers to CBRPS for a CBRPS enhanced reliability check.

Cost of acquiring documents: Not Applicable

Terms of payment for acquiring documents: Not Applicable

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