Request For Expressions of Interest
CFI CALL FOR INNOVATION PS20220333 - DIGITAL REGULATORY & BUSINESS RULES ECOSYSTEM
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Addendum
No updates
Amendment
March 31, 2022
Questions & Answers
April 6, 2022
CONTACT
All enquiries regarding the CFI must be addressed to wen.shi@vancouver.ca
All enquiries must be made by email.
In-person or telephone enquiries are not permitted.
PHONE NUMBER
N/A
FAX NUMBER
N/A
ENQUIRIES
[Please specify bid number, bid title and purchasing agent's name when sending email.]
Questions will be accepted, and answers posted, ONLY IF they are submitted in writing five working days prior to the bid closing date
CLOSING DATE & TIME
3:00:00 pm (Local Vancouver Time), Thursday, April 14, 2022
All references to time in the CFI are references to the time in the City of Vancouver, as indicated in the electronic timestamp the Proposal receives upon delivery to the email address specified herein, which is in turn synchronized to Network Time Protocol (NTP) provided by the National Research Council of Canada adjusted to local Pacific Time Zone.
CLOSING LOCATION
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Proponents should submit their Proposals on or before the time and date specified in the bottom row
of the table in Section 5 above (the “Closing Time”).
Each Proponent should submit its Proposal by email.
Send your
submissions to Bids@vancouver.ca do not deliver a physical copy to the City of Vancouver.
Submitting the files via Drop box, FTP, or similar programs, is not acceptable.
Due to cybersecurity concerns, the City of Vancouver will quarantine any inbound email with
attachments not in PDF or Microsoft Office formats, which will result in non-delivery to Supply
Chain Management and will be deemed not submitted. Non-compliant file formats will be
detected and quarantined even if they are compressed, zipped, renamed, and include password
protected zipped files.
The maximum number of attachments allowed in an email message is 250
attachments.
The maximum size limit for an email message, including all attachments, is 20MB per message.
Applicants may submit Proposals at any time prior to (the “Closing Time”). Applicants
may submit multiple Proposals, which may be submitted concurrently or individuallyat different
times prior to the Closing Time.
All costs associated with the preparation and submission of a Proposal, including any
costs incurred by an Applicant after the Closing Time, will be borne solely by the Applicant.
The City is willing to consider Proposals from two or more Applicants that wish to
form a consortium solely for the purpose of submitting a joint Proposal in response to the CFI,
provided that they disclose the names of all members of the consortium and all members accept the
legal terms and conditions of the CFI.
Proposals that are submitted after the Closing Time or that otherwise do not comply in full with
the terms hereof may or may not be considered by the City and may or may not be returned to
in the City’s sole discretion.
Submissions received after the closing time may be returned unopened.
Fax submission will not be accepted.
Please visit our Bidding Procedures page for additional information.
General Description of Requirement
With this Call for Innovation (“CFI”), the City of Vancouver (the “City”) is seeking proposals from innovators who can provide solutions that will help to address the challenge statement below for the benefit of the residents of Vancouver and customers and staff of the City.
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Information Meeting
No information meeting at this time.
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Downloading the Document
Proponents must not electronically alter any portion of downloaded documents with the exception of adding the information requested. To do so will invalidate your bid.
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Amendment
Amendment No. 1 
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RE: PART A - INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, Section 4.0 - EVALUATION CRITERIA;
RE: PART A - INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
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Addendum
No addendum at this time.
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Questions and Answers
Q&A No. 1 93 KB
ISSUED APRIL 6, 2022
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