Request for Information - Copy Paper

The CRA currently has in place a contract for copy paper, and would like to engage industry to help improve its business requirement for this commodity going forward. The annual volume of CRA’s paper expenditures is approximately $1M. Additionally, suppliers are required to be able to connect with the CRA’s Ariba-based catalogue tool to fulfill client orders. The CRA is interested in any additional information about the current environment surrounding the paper commodity, and how its business requirements may continue to be met for this commodity. The purpose of this RFI is to:

Gather information on industry best practices for copy paper manufacturing and distribution. Solicit feedback on the accuracy and reasonableness of the attached Statement of Work. Determine if a national contract is feasible in the current paper industry environment.

The vendor is requested to provide a contact name, email address and telephone number when submitting their response. Respondents are requested to submit responses by email to Katherine Hutton at Katherine.hutton@cra-arc.gc.ca by April 15, 2019, 2 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). It is recommended that all electronic submissions contain a read receipt option to confirm that the email was received; otherwise respondents should contact the contracting authority at (613) 286-5340 to confirm. While electronic submissions are preferred, respondents may also submit a hard copy of their response to the following address: Canada Revenue Agency Bid Receiving Unit Ottawa Technology Centre Receiving Dock 875 Heron Road, Room D-95 Ottawa, ON K1A 1A2 Telephone No: (613) 941-1618 The Bid Receiving Unit of CRA is open Monday to Friday inclusive, between the hours of 0730 and 1530, excluding those days that the federal government observes as a holiday.