Request For Proposal

RFP PS20211042 - SUPPORTING ANALYSIS FOR SEISMIC RISK REDUCTION POLICY DEVELOPMENT

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Addendum

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Amendment

January 14, 2022

Questions & Answers

January 10, 2022

CONTACT

All enquiries regarding the RFP must be addressed to:
Donna Lee, Buyer

Email: donna.lee@vancouver.ca

All enquiries must be made in writing and are to be directed only to the above contact person. In-person or telephone enquiries are not permitted. Any communication from potential Proponents to City staff other than the contact person regarding the content of this RFP may lead to disqualification of the Proponent from this RFP process, at the City’s sole discretion.

PHONE NUMBER

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FAX NUMBER

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ENQUIRIES

donna.lee@vancouver.ca

[Please specify proposal document number, proposal 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), Tuesday, January 11, 2022

3:00:00 pm (Local Vancouver Time), Thursday, January 20, 2022

3:00:00 pm (Local Vancouver Time), Tuesday, January 25, 2022

All references to time in the RFP 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 2.1 (the “Closing Time”).

Each Proponent should submit its Proposal by email in accordance with the following:

Subject of the file to be: PS20211042 - RFP - Title - Vendor name.

Document format for submissions:

-RFP Part C in PDF format – 1 combined PDF file,
-Appendix 3 – Commercial Proposal (Pricing Table) in Excel format, and;
-Any other attachments if necessary- 1 combined PDF file

Zip the files to reduce the size or email separately if needed.

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.

To be considered by the City, a Proposal must be submitted in the form set out in Part C (the “Form of Proposal”), completed and duly executed by the relevant Proponent.

Proposals received after the closing time may be returned unopened.

Faxed proposals will not be accepted.

Please visit our Bidding Procedures page for additional information.

General Description of Requirement

The work within this Request for Proposals supports the City of Vancouver’s ongoing effort to develop seismic risk reduction policy for its 90,000 existing, privately held buildings, in partnership with the Province of British Columbia. Specifically, this request for proposals seeks local engineering expertise to complete a series analysis tasks aimed at understanding some of the key technical elements, described below, and their cost-barrier implications to support seismic risk reduction target setting and policy option development.

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Information Meeting

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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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Description

SUPPORTING ANALYSIS FOR SEISMIC RISK REDUCTION POLICY DEVELOPMENT

 

Part C - Proposal Form

 

 

Commercial Proposal

 

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Amendment

RE: CLOSING DATE EXTENSION

RE: CLOSING DATE EXTENSION

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Addendum

No addendum at this time.

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Questions and Answers

Q&A No. 1 PDF 132 KB

Q&A No. 2 PDF 98 KB

ISSUED DECEMBER 14, 2021

ISSUED JANUARY 10, 2022

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