Undress Service Ribbons

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is seeking a national standing offer for undress service ribbons in single through octuple configurations, along with optional accessories such as maple leaves, rosettes, and numerals, all equipped with clutch back fasteners. The contract, issued under solicitation number 202500169/A, is structured as a three-year firm term with two one-year option periods, during which individual call-ups will be issued without minimum or maximum quantity commitments. The procurement is conditionally set aside for Indigenous businesses under the federal government’s Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business and requires offerors to provide certification of Indigenous ownership, Canadian manufacturing origin, compliance with the Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity, and adherence to environmentally preferable packaging standards as defined by ISO 21067-1:2016 and CAN/CSA-ISO 14021. All packaging must be reusable, returnable, or recyclable, and contractors are responsible for arranging and funding the take-back of any non-compliant materials. Technical compliance is evaluated through a mandatory pass/fail system, requiring offerors to submit pre-issuance samples of the triple and single ribbon assemblies that strictly match the government-provided samples in size, color, and fabric; failure to meet either criterion results in automatic disqualification. The basis of award is lowest price technically acceptable, meaning price is the sole differentiator among technically compliant offers. Deliveries must be made FOB origin to specified RCMP divisional headquarters across Canada, with no travel required and quarterly virtual status meetings via MS Teams mandated. Invoices are to be submitted electronically via email to RCMP Corporate Accounting, with electronic payment methods including direct deposit, EDI, and wire transfer. Pricing is entirely open for offeror submission, with no pre-filled unit or extended prices, and the contract value cannot be determined until award. Offerors must submit proposals as three separate PDF files totaling no more than 5MB, and must include certifications on Indigenous status, reciprocal procurement, independent offer determination, and environmentally preferable packaging. Government-furnished clasps and pins must be procured directly from the RCMP at fixed prices, and all communication and documentation must be in English.