Canoe Procurement Group of Canada, is posting the solicitation on behalf of CivicInfo BC, RMA, SARM, AMM, LAS, UMNB, NSFM, FPEIM, MNL, NWTAC, NAM and its current and potential Members and represented Associations and their Members, which includes all MASH/MUSH sectors, Provincial Governments, Federal Agencies, Crown Corporations, local Governmental and other not-for-profit organizations located in all provinces and territories in Canada including but not limited to British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territories and Nunavut. Request for Proposal ("RFP") to result in regional and/or national contract solutions under the rules and regulations of Canadian trade agreements (including Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Chapter 5, Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Chapter 19, New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWPTA), Atlantic Trade and Procurement Partnership (ATPP) as applicable).
Canoe/Sourcewell is requesting proposals for Event Seating and Staging Solutions with Related Accessories and Services to result in a national contracting solution for use by its members.
Members include thousands of governmental, higher education, K-12 education, not-for-profit, tribal government, and other public agencies located in Canada. A full copy of the Request for Proposals can be found on the Sourcewell Procurement Portal [https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov]. Only proposals submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal will be considered. Proposals are due no later than August 15, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. Central Time, and late proposals will not be considered.
Requested Equipment, Products, or Services:
1. Sourcewell and Canoe are seeking proposals for Event Seating and Staging Solutions with Related Accessories and Services for indoor and outdoor venues such as arenas, stadiums, tracks, auditoriums, convention centers, gymnasiums, amphitheaters, entertainment facilities, lecture halls, e-sports, recreational spaces, community venues, places of worship, and similar sites including but not limited to:
a. Grandstands, bleachers, angle frame structure, tube and channel structure, I-beam structure, telescopic seating, arena seating, loge seating/suites/club, long span aluminum, bench seating, fixed, portable/tip and roll, fixed or mobile risers, platforms, modular and portable stages;
b. Related event accessories including press boxes, concession stands, ticket booths, media platforms, acoustical shells, stair units, guardrails, skirting, crowd control barriers, bleacher end curtains, access ramps and supports, rigging systems, score keeping tables, seat and row tags, chairs, railings, tables, aisle and/or step lighting, all of which must be incidental or complementary to the offering of the solutions described in 1. a. above;
c. Related services including pre-construction/design, installation, safety inspections, repair, renovation, refurbishment, assembly, and re-manufacture or retrofit services for the solutions described in 1. a. above; and,
d. Proposers may also include rental equipment or accessory solutions complementary to the solutions described in 1. a. above.
2. The primary focus of this solicitation is on event seating and staging solutions. This solicitation should NOT be construed to include:
a. Individual portable chair only solutions;
b. Classroom furniture and accessories;
c. Rental only solutions;
d. Accessory or service-only solutions;
e. Lighting equipment or technology solutions; and
f. Audio/Visual equipment and technology solutions.
3. This solicitation does not include those equipment, products, or services covered under categories included in pending or planned Sourcewell solicitations, or in contracts currently maintained by Sourcewell, identified below:
a. Furniture Solutions with Related Accessories and Services (RFP #121919);
b. Scoreboards, Digital Displays, and Video Boards with Related Services (RFP #030223); and
c. Sports Lighting Solutions with Related Technology, Equipment, and Services (RFP #041123).
Proposers may include related equipment, accessories, and services to the extent that these solutions are ancillary or complementary to the equipment, products, or services being proposed.
