Furniture

This solicitation under reference number 25-58244 B is issued by the National Research Council of Canada to procure, deliver, and install office furniture at Building M-38, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, with a required delivery and installation date of October 2, 2026. The requirement is fulfilled exclusively through the PWGSC Furniture for Workspaces Supply Arrangement E60PQ-140003/D or E60PQ-140003/PQ, meaning only pre-qualified suppliers holding this arrangement are eligible to respond, though non-SA holders may submit bids if they also apply for inclusion in the supply arrangement. The scope spans multiple product categories including Work Station Systems, Work Surface Products, Filing and Storage Products, Ancillary Products, and Collaborative Products, with specific line items identified such as fixed-height work surfaces, hutches, personal storage towers, monitor arms, power modules, cable troughs, and various meeting and collaborative tables. All proposed products must meet the ANSI/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard at minimum Level® 2 and conform to Government of Canada Workplace Fit-up Standards, with technical drawings and specifications required for NRC verification against mandatory criteria detailed in Annex A. Suppliers must confirm their ability to meet the October 2, 2026 delivery deadline, and failure to comply with either of these pass/fail gates renders the offer non-responsive. Offers must be submitted electronically in two separate attachments—one Technical Offer and one Financial Offer—each not exceeding 10MB in size, with no zip files, links, or hard copies permitted. Financial information must be contained solely within the Financial Offer; inclusion in the Technical Offer results in disqualification. All submissions must be sent to the designated NRC Bid Receiving email and must include a completed front page of the RFP. Security requirements, outlined in the attached Security Requirements Checklist (SRC) and Annex B, are integral to the contract and require compliance from all personnel accessing the site, with additional health and safety protocols to be followed. Offerors must certify ongoing compliance with all qualifications under the supply arrangement, including integrity provisions, employment equity, product conformance, and price certification as specified in Part 6B of the SA. Canada reserves the right to verify any certification and will declare an offer non-responsive or default if any certification is found untrue. Pricing is derived from catalog prices minus a discount, with payment potentially processed via credit card if