Basic Information

Reference Number

0000142024

Issuing Organization

Business Development Bank of Canada

Solicitation Type

APN - Advanced Procurement Notice (Formal)

Solicitation Number

APN-0000140419

Title

UCS servers and Smartnet services

Source ID

PP.CO.QC.981867.C100263

Agreement Type

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Details

Location

Canada, All of Canada, All of Canada

Purchase Type

Duration: 3 years

Description

TENDER NOTICE TO PREQUALIFIED VENDORS

1. About the Business Development Bank of Canada
Business Development Bank of Canada (“BDC”) is the only bank devoted exclusively to entrepreneurs. It promotes Canadian entrepreneurship with a focus on small and medium-sized businesses. With its 118 business centres from coast to coast, BDC provides businesses in all industries with financing and advisory services. Its investment arm, BDC Capital, offers equity, venture capital and flexible growth and transition capital solutions. BDC is also the first financial institution in Canada to receive B Corp certification. More information can be found at bdc.ca.
BDC’s head office is located at 5, Place Ville-Marie, Montreal (Quebec), H3B 5E7.

2. Purpose of this Notice
BDC, as per Chapter Five of the Canadian Free-Trade Agreement (“CFTA”), and Chapter 19 of the Canada-European Union (“EU”) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”) is announcing that it is undertaking a procurement process for prequalified vendors for the following products and services:

UCS servers and Smartnet services, across Canada

Vendors prequalified further to the request for qualification process dated January 10, 2019 will receive detailed tender documentation by email. They may submit their response in French or in English, at their discretion.
At the end of the selection process, BDC will negotiate with one or some prequalified vendors with the view of concluding an agreement for the provision of the products and services. The contemplated duration of the agreement is 36 months.

3. Main Contacts
The person designated below is BDC’s main contact during the procurement process (“BDC Main Contact”), which includes, if any, contractual negotiations. No other individual within BDC team has the authority to respond to vendors unless indicated otherwise by BDC Main Contact.

Bruno Petozzi
Email address: bruno.petozzi@bdc.ca

Contacting any other BDC employee or any organization associated with BDC regarding this procurement process may result in the disqualification of the vendor.

4. Governing Laws
This procurement process is governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws in effect in the Province of Quebec. The parties confirm that it is their wish that this Document, as well as all other documents relating to this procurement process, including all notices, have been and will be drawn up in the English language only. Les parties aux présentes confirment leur volonté que ce Document, de même que tous les autres documents afférents à ce processus d’approvisionnement, y compris tout avis, soient rédigés en langue anglaise.

Dates

Publication

2019/01/30 07:53:35 AM EST

Bid Intent

Not Available

Question Acceptance Deadline

2019/01/30 12:00:00 PM EST

Questions are submitted online

Closing Date

2019/01/31 12:00:00 PM EST

Contact Information

Bruno Petozzi

514-807-6636

Bruno.petozzi@bdc.ca

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Physical Bid Submission

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