Request For Proposal

RFP VPD20200925 - APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM

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Addendum

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Amendment

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Questions & Answers

March 26, 2021

CONTACT

CONTACT PERSON

All enquiries regarding the RFP must be addressed to:
Richard Kwai, Supervisor, Purchasing and Inventory Unit
Email: purchasing@vpd.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 VPD staff other than the contact person regarding the contact of this RFP may lead to disqualification of the Proponent from this RFP process, at the VPD’s sole discretion.

PHONE NUMBER

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FAX NUMBER

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ENQUIRIES

Email: purchasing@vpd.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), Friday, April 2, 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 above (the “Closing Time”).

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

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

Document format for submissions:
-RFP Part C in PDF format – 1 combined PDF file,
-Appendix 3 (pricing tab) 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@vpd.ca do not deliver a physical copy to the City of Vancouver or the Vancouver Police Department.

If you did not receive an automated email within few minutes, check your junk folder first, and then contact Purchasing@vpd.ca

Submitting the files via Drop box, FTP, or similar programs, is not acceptable.

To be considered by the VPD, 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.

Amendments to a Proposal may be submitted via the same methods, at any time prior to the Closing Time.

Proposals are revocable and may be withdrawn at any time before or after the Closing Time.

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 Proposals (the “RFP”) provides an opportunity to submit proposals for review by the VPD and, depending on the VPD’s evaluation of proposals, among other factors, to potentially negotiate with the VPD to enter into a contract. EXCEPT WHERE EXPRESSLY STATED OTHERWISE IN APPENDIX 1 TO PART C OF THE RFP: (I) NO PART OF THE RFP CONSISTS OF AN OFFER BY THE VPD TO ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP; AND (II) NO PART OF THE RFP IS LEGALLY BINDING ON THE VPD.

The RFP concerns the VPD’s interest in procuring an applicant tracking system for the VPD Recruiting Unit. Details of the VPD’s objectives and requirements to which the RFP relates are set out in Part B of the RFP. The VPD welcomes proposals that are responsive to this RFP (“Proposals”) respecting innovative or novel approaches to the VPD’s objectives and requirements.

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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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Description

APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM

Schedule 1 - IT Security Questionnaire

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Amendment

No amendment at this time.

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Addendum

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Questions and Answers

Q&A No. 1 PDF 116 KB

Q&A No. 2 PDF 163 KB

ISSUED MARCH 12, 2021

ISSUED MARCH 26, 2021

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