Request For Proposal
RFP PS20210888 - SECURITY SERVICES
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Addendum
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Amendment
November 26, 2021
Questions & Answers
November 30, 2021
CONTACT
All enquiries regarding the RFP must be addressed to:
Harinder Kainth, Contracting Specialist
Email: harinder.kainth@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
[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, December 7, 2021
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: PS20210888 - RFP - Title - Vendor name.
Document format for submissions:
RFP Part C in PDF format – 1 combined PDF file,
-Part C - Appendix 3 (pricing tab) in Excel format,
-Part C - Appendix 2 (questionnaire) in Excel format and;
-Any other attachments if necessary.
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
This Request for Proposal (“RFP”) identifies a business opportunity for the successful Proponent(s) to provide security and technology support services for the City of Vancouver, including the business units within the purview of City Protective Services (“CPS”), the libraries within Vancouver Public Library (“VPL”), and Vancouver Civic Theatres (“VCT”) in accordance with the Requirements as set out in Part B – City Requirements.
The successful Proponent(s) will support the City of Vancouver (“City”) in providing a wide range of security and technology support services over a broad diversity of locations. The City is looking for an optimum total solution for Security Services.
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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
PS20210888 1,840 KB
Part B - Appendix - Security Systems Inventory 2021 81 KB
Part C - Appendix 2 - Questionnaire 218 KB
SECURITY SERVICES
Part B - Appendix - Security Systems Inventory 2021
Part C - Appendix 2 - Questionnaire
Part C - Appendix 3 - Commercial Proposal - Revised
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Amendment
1. RE: PART A – INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
1. RE: PART B – Section 3.5.18 – Guard Hours and Hours of Coverage for Central Library and n?c?a'mat ct Strathcona Branch (NCS); 2. Part C – Appendix 3 – Commercial Proposal – Tab 3 – Pricing – VPL
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Addendum
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Questions and Answers
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