CONTRACT OF SUPPLY
To be delivered as and when required for the period indicated upon receipt of an official Release under Contract. The Province of N.B. does not guarantee that any amount, make, model, brand, item, part or service will be purchased.
This procurement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade, the Atlantic Procurement Agreement and the Quebec-New Brunswick Procurement Agreement.
Where it is deemed practicable and in the best interest of the Province a contract may be awarded to more than one supplier for the same item or group of items.
Bidders are requested to include specifications on product quoted with the bid.
The province of New Brunswick reserves the right to negotiate pricing, value added and other savings opportunities with the successful proponent at time of award and throughout the contract.
No totals required.
Amendment #2
Please note changes in several items. All other information remains the same.
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Amendment #1
Please note that the Specifications attachment has been changed. All other information remains the same.
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Two year contract to supply and deliver school furniture to various locations throughout
the Province, with the option to renew for two additional one year periods. Please see
attached document.
Please be advised that all products delivered must be FULLY ASSEMBLED during delivery
(assembled inside delivery location), and the majority of all packing/shipping materials
is to be removed.
It is the vendor(s) responsible for the unloading of goods from the delivery vehicle and
placing within the building. Vendor(s) are to note that there may be no loading bays,
forklifts, or pallet trucks on site. The end-user will not provide personnel for the
purpose of off-loading, and moving goods. The vendor is responsible for checking to see if
freight elevators are available, if required.
Please Note: We reserve the right to add additional related items to the contract if it is
deemed in the best interest of the Province and to satisfy educational requirements.
The Province of New Brunswick reserves the right to negotiate pricing, value added and
other savings opportunities with the successful proponent at time of award and throughout
the contract.
The Province reserves the right to tender separately for a single order estimated over
$25,000 but may also negotiate with the successful proponent.
PLEASE NOTE: For evaluation purposes, vendors are requested to fill in all required
information in the same order in which it has been laid out. If the information is not
presented in the appropriate order it could be considered grounds for dismissal.
When imputing pricing, the unit price for each item is to be $0.00. Vendors are to
indicate the unit price for each item in the option price, as per example attached.
The descriptions for each alternate, for each item, is to be the same no matter the
quantity. For example alternates 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.3.1 are to be the same.
This is a tender notice only. In order to submit a bid, you must obtain official tender documents from the New Brunswick Opportunities Network, another authorized tendering service or as indicated in the tender notice.
RETURN TO:
Submissions will be accepted at the following address:
Central Tendering Branch
P.O. Box 8000
Fredericton, N.B.
E3B 5H6
Fredericton Regional Centre
Suite 2300, 300 St. Mary's Street,
Fredericton, N.B.
E3A 2S4
Fax: (506) 444-4200
Public opening of bids will take place on closing day at 14:00 Atlantic Time, in Fredericton Regional Centre, Suite 2300, 300 St. Mary's Street, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5T8.
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All bids must be stated in Canadian Funds.
All tenders must be F.O.B. destination, freight prepaid.
Sales taxes should not be included in the unit, extended or total prices.
This Invitation is being conducted under the provisions of the Procurement Act and Regulation as of the date of the issuance of the Invitation. Bidders may obtain a copy of the Act and Regulation on-line free of charge Procurement Act, Regulation or a paper copy may be purchased from the Queen's Printer, Province of N.B., P.O. Box 6000,Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H1.
QUESTIONS:
Written questions relating to this opportunity may be submitted to the address provided below via email by clicking on Questions. Please be sure to include the solicitation/tender number in the subject line.
EMAIL ADDRESS: bidquestionssoumissions@snb.ca
NOTE:
This email account is strictly for the receipt of questions on open opportunities. This email is not for the submission of bids.
The Atlantic Provinces Standard Terms & Conditions for Goods and Services apply to this procurement and are considered to be incorporated into this document. By submitting a bid, you agree and accept these terms and conditions. Current "Atlantic Provinces Standard Terms and Conditions" are available on the New Brunswick Opportunities Network, the Council of Atlantic Premiers' Website or from an authorized service provider.
A bidder must obtain official bid documents from a distribution service, authorized by the Minister of Service New Brunswick, in order to submit a bid. The current authorized distribution services are the
New Brunswick Opportunities Network (NBON) (operated by Service New Brunswick, Province of NB),
BIDS (operated by Tendering Publications Ltd.) and
MERX (operated by Mediagrif Interactive Technologies). Failure to submit the official bid documents or provide proof that the
official bid documents were properly obtained will result in rejection of the bid. In order to facilitate the evaluation process, Bidders are requested to respond in the same format as the official bid documents.
For procurements which are not subject to the provisions of one or more of the interprovincial procurement agreements, the Province of New Brunswick reserves the right to apply Provincial or regional Preferences, consider local content in the evaluation of bids and/or refuse to consider bids from vendors from other jurisdictions when it is considered to be in the best interests of the Province. When determining the use of these conditions, the Province will consider, among other factors, the
extent to which New Brunswick vendors have access to equivalent procurement opportunities in those jurisdictions and the treatment accorded by those jurisdictions to bids from New Brunswick vendors. The Province will be the sole judge of whether these conditions will be used and the extent to which they will be applied.
All discounts quoted will be considered to be without limitations.
Payment of invoices is the responsibility of the department or organization to whom the goods are shipped or services are supplied.
Award of contracts: no contract shall be awarded and no payment shall be made to a vendor unless authorized by the Minister or his delegates. The Minister may make an award to the preferred vendor conditional on the negotiation and acceptance of a detailed contract between the Province and the vendor. In such cases, should the detailed contract negotiations not be completed in a reasonable period of time, the Province reserves the right to discontinue negotiations with the vendor and
subsequently enter into negotiations with the second preferred vendor.
No right or duty, in whole or in part, of the vendor under a contract issued may be assigned or delegated without the prior consent of the Strategic Procurement Branch.
Unless the Strategic Procurement Branch has determined otherwise prior to tender closing, all prices must be extended and totaled.
Direct Deposit
The province of New Brunswick is now using Direct Deposit as the standard method of government payments. Suppliers are required to provide bank account information and email address for remittance.
Please send the completed Direct Deposit Form to the New Brunswick Internal Services Agency as indicated on the form.
The province of New Brunswick reserves the right to negotiate pricing, value added and other savings opportunities with the successful proponent at time of award and throughout the contract.
