Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA), on behalf of RMA and its current and potential Members, including but not limited to represented Associations, Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) and their Members, which includes local governmental organizations located in all provinces and territories in Canada including but not limited to Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba Canada, issues this Request for Proposal (RFP) to result in a contract solution under the NWPTA, the CFTA, and the CETA for the procurement of AB-2018-05951 Tires and Related Services.

The scope of this RFP is to award a contract to qualifying vendors defined as a manufacturer, tire parts and service provider, or dealer/distributor, established as a Proposer, and deemed responsive and responsible through our open and competitive proposal process. Vendors will be awarded contracts based on the proposal and any clarifications deemed necessary by RMA subsequent to RFP close to responders that demonstrated ability to meet the expectations of the RFP and demonstrate the overall highest valued solutions which meet and/or exceed the current and future needs and requirements of RMA and its Members and the represented Associations, and their members within the scope of Tires and Related Services RFP.

The intent of this RFP is create standing offers for the purchase of Tires and related services for RMA members and partner associations members across Canada. This RFP is soliciting responses from 1) Tire Manufacturers to establish National Accounts for the supply of tires and 2) Tire sales and service for the supply of non national account tires and supply of parts and service on a provincial and or national scale.

All proposals must be physically delivered to RMA at the address provided on the RFP with all required hard copy documents and signature forms/pages inserted as loose pages at the front of the Vendor’s response. The proposal must include these items:

1. Hard copy original of completed, signed, and dated Forms B, C, D, F and H;
2. Signed hard copies of all addenda issued for the RFP;
3. Hard copy of Certificate of Insurance verifying the coverage identified in this RFP; and
4. A complete copy of your response on a flash drive (or other approved electronic means). The electronic copy must contain completed Forms, your statement of products and pricing (including apparent discount), and all appropriate attachments. In order to ensure that your full response is evaluated, you must provide an electronic version of any material that you provide in a hard copy format.