PREQUAL Architect Services - Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvel-Ontario (Awarded: OPEN VOR YEAR 3: Submission Deadline for New Respondents February 3, 2027 by 2 PM Local Time)

Description: This Request for Supplier Qualifications (“RFSQ”) is an invitation by Centre d’excellence en approvisionnement FRANCOachat and its participating agencies (“CEA FRANCOachat”) to prospective respondents to qualify for eligibility to provide Architect Services for Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvel-Ontario as further described in Section A of the RFSQ Particulars (Appendix A) (the “Deliverables”). The Centre d’excellence en Approvisionnements FRANCOachat (CEA FRANCOachat) is a shared service organization providing procurement services for member school boards in the province of Ontario. This competitive procurement process is being completed on behalf of the following school boards: Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario 201 Jogues Street Sudbury (ON) P3C 5L7 This competitive procurement process (“Process”) seeks to solicit prequalification proposals from qualified Architects interested in being placed on the Board’s Vendor of Record (VOR) for renovation/construction projects with estimated construction budgets between $100,000 to $3,000,000 in the following two zones/regions below: # Zones/Regions 1 Greater Sudbury and surrounding area, including, but not limited to (Warren, Espanola, St Charles and Noëlville) 2 Algoma Region, including but not limited to (Dubreuilville, Sault Ste Marie, Northshore, Chapleau and Hornepayne) Projects with an estimated construction value of $3 million or more, will be publicly tendered. Only respondents on the Board’s VOR list will be invited to bid on the Board’s projects, unless otherwise allowed for in this document. Respondents may select to be prequalified for one or more regions. **Please note, the Award List has been posted and the list is active. For any new respondents wishing to prequalify for one or more regions, proposal submissions must be submitted through Bonfire no later than February 3, 2026 by 2 PM local time.** Please refer to the RFSQ for more details. The Procurement Restriction Policy The Procurement Restriction Policy is issued under the authority of the Management Board of Cabinet Act, 1990, and the Broader Public Sector Accountability Act, 2010. This Procurement Restriction Policy (the “Policy”) was established to restrict public sector buyers from procuring goods and services from U.S. businesses. The Policy was established as part of an Ontario government response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian products and services. If the relevant tariffs are removed, the Policy may be adjusted or rescinded. U.S. Business Definition “U.S. business” means a supplier, manufacturer, or distributor of any business structure (includes a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other business structure) that: 1. has its headquarters or main office located in the U.S., and 2. has fewer than 250 full-time employees in Canada at the time of the applicable procurement process. If a respondent or vendor is a subsidiary of another corporation, part 1 of the definition above is met if that respondent or vendor is controlled by a corporation that has its headquarters or main office located in the U.S. Please note that a respondent’s eligibility must be demonstrated before a Response may be accepted. A Response submitted by a U.S. business will be considered non-compliant and not evaluated if it does not satisfy the eligibility requirements set out in the procurement document(s).