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Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.

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Agency

Government of Canada → Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)View Agency

NAICS

N/A

Place of Performance

Canada, CAN

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

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NRCan-5000088269 Application des standards d'accessibilité DOC

PDF•60 pages•doc

DOC NRCan-5000088269 Modification 001 - Application des standards d'accessibilité

PDF•modification

RFSO-DOC NRCan-5000088269 QA Questions and Answers No. 2

PDF•q-and-a

RFSO NRCan-5000088269 Application of Accessibility Standards

PDF•59 pages•rfso

Amendment 001 to RFSO NRCan-5000088269 Application of Accessibility Standards

PDF•amendment

RFSO-DOC NRCan-5000088269 Q&A no. 1

PDF•2 pages•q-and-a

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PostedJan 1

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AgencyGovernment of Canada → Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Contacts1 person available

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Organization / Agency

Government of Canada → Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

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Marie-Josée MichaudContracting Authority

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By means of this RFSO, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is seeking offers from offerors for Completion of accessibility to already developed content that cannot be completed in-house. Includes creating accessible PDFs from desktop applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and InDesign. Coding and accessibility of PDF fillable forms and adding accessible elements to video and recorded webinars as part of post-production (no video production), accessibility elements like transcripts, closed captioning and audio descriptions. Offerors can qualify for any of the three (3) streams. Stream 1: Creation of accessible PDFs Stream 2: Coding and Accessibility of PDF Fillable Forms Stream 3: Video Accessibility The Standing Offer will be valid from the Standing Offer award date to March 31, 2027, inclusive, and will include three (3) additional optional periods of twelve (12) months each. Only offers submitted using CPC Connect service will be accepted. See section 2.2 - Submission of offers for details.

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