The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) has established a purchasing relationship with Sourcewell, based in Staples Minnesota, through the Canoe Procurement Group of Canada. The relationship is intended to provide access to selected Sourcewell openly competed for contracts, to Canoe Procurement Group of Canada's represented associations, which include SARM and its members, rural and urban local governmental organizations located in all provinces and territories in Canada. SARM's members, the 296 rural municipalities of Saskatchewan are listed here: http://sarm.ca/about/members-map

Canoe Procurement Group of Canada, is posting the solicitation on behalf of CivicInfo BC, RMA, SARM, AMM, LAS, UMNB, NSFM, FPEIM, MNL, NWTAC, NAM and its current and potential Members and represented Associations and their Members, which includes all MASH/MUSH sectors, Provincial Governments, Federal Agencies, Crown Corporations,   local Governmental and other not-for-profit organizations located in all provinces and territories in Canada including but not limited to British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territories and Nunavut.  Request for Proposal ("RFP") to result in regional and/or national contract solutions under the rules and regulations of Canadian trade agreements (including Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Chapter 5, Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Chapter 19, New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWPTA), Atlantic Trade and Procurement Partnership (ATPP) as applicable).

Canoe/Sourcewell is requesting proposals for SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND BREATHING AIR SYSTEMS WITH RELATED EQUIPMENT to result in a national contracting solution for use by its members.

Members include thousands of governmental, higher education, K-12 education, not-for-profit, tribal government, and other public agencies located in Canada.  A full copy of the Request for Proposals can be found on the Sourcewell Procurement Portal https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov  Only proposals submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal will be considered.  Proposals are due no later than January 18, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Central Time.