MISE EN PLACE D'UN SYSTÈME AUTOMATISÉ DE GESTION DES STATIONNEMENTS OTTAWA, ONTARIO

IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AUTOMATED PARKING MGMT SYSTEM & MGMT SERVICES OTTAWA, ONTARIO

The National Capital Commission (NCC) wishes to implement an automated parking management system and management services for 9 sites belonging to the NCC. These sites are located throughout the Gatineau Park area and urban locations in the Capital Region. The NCC invites companies to submit proposals for the supply and installation of a system to control access to the sites and implement automated parking paying devices, and related management services. The current Request for Proposals (RFP) NCC no. NR51 process is intended for award of a contract for the supply of all required equipment and related services, which must be operational on or before April 1st 2014.

The scope of the contract shall include at a minimum the following: the supply and installation of equipment, the provision of related maintenance services; site capacity management; parking user financial transaction management; revenue and usage data collection; and a bilingual customer assistance service.

The main purpose of the project is to offer customers an array of payment options through a high-quality user friendly system. The selected Supplier must fulfill all outlined contract requirements. No contract shall be awarded if all proposals are deemed unacceptable and do not fulfill the requirements set for the service.

Enquiries regarding this proposal must be submitted in writing to the following: Senior Contract Officer, Nathalie Rheault, telephone number - 613-239-5080, facsimile number - 613-239-5007 or e-mail address - nathalie.rheault@ncc-ccn.ca as early as possible within the solicitation period. Enquiries should be received no later than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer not being provided. To ensure consistency and quality of the information provided to all Proponents, the Senior Contract Officer shall examine the content of the enquiry and shall decide whether or not to issue an amendment. All enquiries and other communications related to this proposal sent throughout the solicitation period are to be directed ONLY to the Senior Contract Officer named above. Non-compliance with this requirement during the solicitation period can, for that reason alone, result in disqualification of a proposal.

The NCC reserves the right to reject any or all of the proposals submitted, to cancel the request for proposal, and/or to reissue the request for proposal in its original or revised form. The NCC also reserves the right to negotiate with the successful proponent and/or any or all suppliers.

To be considered, your proposal must be received no later than 3 p.m. Ottawa time on May 29, 2013 at the National Capital Commission, 3rd Floor Service Centre, 40 Elgin Street in Ottawa, Canada, K1P 1C7, with a reference to RFP file #NR51. Faxed, email or late submissions will not be accepted. Proposals may be submitted in French or in English.

Note that amounts quoted in this RFP are in Canadian dollars. Payment is net is 30 days.

There will be no public opening for this Request for Proposal.

The procurement process of this request for proposal is subject to Chapter 10 of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Request for Proposal documents can be obtained from MERX.