tender_20798 - Supply and Delivery of Leather Belts and Wallets

The objective of this RFB is to invite prospective Bidders to submit Bids for the provision of the following two (2) Categories:

• Category 1 - Leather Dress Belts
• Category 2: Leather Wallets (two (2) types)
1. Leather Badge Wallets
2. Leather ID Holders with Embossed Gold Logo

for use by Ministry of the Solicitor General Correctional Services and Community Correctional Services staff and staff in the various Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) youth facilities and probation offices throughout the Province of Ontario on an as-and-when required basis.

Term of the Agreement is five (5) years. Two (2) year initial term with three (3) optional extension terms, at the Ministry’s discretion to extend.

Bidders may submit a Bid for one or for both categories. Bidders may but are not obliged to bid on both categories. Each category shall be evaluated and awarded separately.

The Preferred Bidder(s) shall be required to enter into separate agreements with each of (i) Ministry of the Solicitor General and (ii) MCCSS for the provision of the Deliverables in the form attached in Part 2 - Form of Agreement for this RFB.

Optional (voluntary) pre-bid meeting via teleconference.

Highly recommended for Bidders to attend.

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025 11:00 Toronto Time

Time: 11:00:00 a.m. (Toronto time)

Interested Bidders are asked to register via email with the Ministry Contact, Deborah Bembick at Deborah.Bembick@ontario.ca no later than 16:00 (Toronto time) on July 16, 2025. Upon registration, the teleconference information will be provided.

The purpose of the voluntary Bidder information session is to assist prospective Bidders in understanding the procurement process in a formal tendering environment and to provide an overview of the Ministry’s requirements, as set out in the RFB. All interested Bidders are strongly encouraged to register for this voluntary Bidder information session.

Any questions related to the Deliverables will not be answered during the Bidder information session. Bidders will be requested to submit their questions through the Ontario Tenders Portal (“OTP”) eTendering System online messaging function.

The responses to all questions received by the Bidder’s deadline for questions will be issued as an addenda to the RFB and will be located in the “RFB Addenda” folder, which can be accessed as noted above in section 1.1.14.