Request For Proposal

RFP VPD20201001 - SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF LEVEL IIIA SOFT BODY ARMOUR AND LEVEL III+ ICW HARD ARMOUR PLATES FOR THE VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT

LAST UPDATED:

 

Addendum

January 20, 2021

Amendment

No updates

Questions & Answers

February 9, 2021

CONTACT

All enquiries regarding the RFP must be addressed to:

Richard Kwai, Supervisor,  Purchasing and Inventory Unit

Email: richard.kwai@vpd.ca

All enquiries must be made in writing. In-person or telephone enquiries are not permitted.

PHONE NUMBER

N/A

FAX NUMBER

N/A

ENQUIRIES

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, February 12, 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# - Title – Vendor name.

•Document format for submissions:

o RFP Part C in PDF format – 1 combined PDF file,

o Appendix 3 (pricing tab) in Excel format, and;

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Proposals are revocable and may be withdrawn at any time before or after the Closing Time.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

The RFP concerns the VPD’s interest in procuring Level IIIA soft body armour, Level III+ ICW hard armour plates, and internal/external carriers. 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

VPD20201001 PDF 471 KB

SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF LEVEL IIIA SOFT BODY ARMOUR AND LEVEL III+ ICW HARD ARMOUR PLATES

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Amendment

No amendment at this time.

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Addendum

RE: PART B: VPD REQUIREMENTS – 1.3 SHIPPING OF MANDATORY PRODUCT SAMPLES

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Questions and Answers

Q&A No. 1 PDF 379 KB

Q&A No. 2 PDF 110 KB

Q&A No. 3 PDF 429 KB

ISSUED JANUARY 21, 2021

ISSUED JANUARY 29, 2021

ISSUED FEBRUARY 9, 2021

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