Notice of Intended Procurement
NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto (the “University”)
CONTACT PERSON AND CONTRACT PERSON COORDINATES
Harneer Batra
215 Huron Street, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON M5S 1A2
harneer.batra@utoronto.ca
PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS
The procurement documents are available at www.merx.com.
Note that obtaining access to the procurement documents will require prospective suppliers to register and pay a registration fee. Pricing and Payment Terms are available on the MERX website.
DESCRIPTION OF PROCUREMENT
The University is conducting an RFSQ for Collaborative (Sometimes known as Social) Annotation Tool. A collaborative or social annotation tool allows multiple people to annotate and comment on the same piece of digital (online) content and share those annotations with others. There is a growing desire amongst University instructors to use these kinds of tools in a classroom context, where students in a class can annotate a shared piece of digital content, including, potentially, the class textbook.
The procurement is anticipated to involve negotiation. An electronic auction is not anticipated.
ADDRESS AND FINAL DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submissions must be submitted electronically at https://utoronto.bonfirehub.ca/ on or before Wednesday, August 03, 2022 (2:00 PM local time). The submissions will not be opened publicly.
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
The procurement is subject to the following conditions for participation: Not applicable
APPLICABLE TRADE AGREEMENTS
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):
- The Canadian Free Trade Agreement, Chapter Five
- The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, Chapter 19
- The Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, Chapter 9
CONTRACT DETAILS
The term of the Master Agreement(s) resulting from this RFSQ will be for 3 years.
PREQUALIFICATION
The University intends to select up to 5 qualified suppliers for the purposes of establishing a qualified supplier list (“QSL”). The period of validity of the QSL is 3 years.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The University will base its selection of qualified suppliers on the following criteria:
EVALUATION CRITERIA WEIGHT
- Experience and Qualifications 10
- License & Administrative Management 15
- Technical Specifications 15
- Pedagogical Functionality 45
- Accessibility Considerations 20
- Support 15
- Presentations/Demonstrations (Optional) 20
- Testing (Optional) 20
- Reference Check 10
Total w/o Presentations and Testing 130
Total w/ Presentations and Testing 170
NOTES
Suppliers should note that information contained within this notice is subject to change. Suppliers are encouraged to obtain the procurement documents which contain the most current information. If there is a conflict between the procurement documents and this notice, the procurement documents will take precedence.
Suppliers should also note that only suppliers prequalified will receive further notices of procurement related to the subsequent procurement process.
