Pavement Marking Inventory Count

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION

Purpose of this Request For Information
Through this request for information (the “RFI”), the City of Surrey (the “City”) is seeking responses from Respondents (the “Respondent”) who offer goods and/or services in the civil engineering space – the scope is also commonly known as Pavement Marking Inventory Count to address problems (refer to Schedule A – Business Problem Statements for more detail).  Our focus in this RFI is to consult the market and explore potential solutions to meet our Pavement Marking Inventory Count to address problem requirements, including ideas and recommendations on strategy, scope and approach.

Interested parties are invited to respond to this RFI by submitting a response (the “Response”) to the City.  Responses should include ideas, information and recommendations that could result in a clarification of requirements, cost-savings opportunities and the identification of potential problem areas with this initiative.

This RFI is intended to gather information that could assist the City in the development of a future procurement process, or processes (i.e., RFxs).  In the event that sufficient information is received from this RFI, the City may, but is not obligated to, initiate a competitive procurement opportunity, or opportunities.

Response Content
There is no Response form to fill out.  Respondents should provide a concise and focused written response to the following items in the order listed:
(a)        a brief Respondent profile;
(b)        include a document that explains how Respondent’s goods and/or services can be used to address the business problem statement(s) listed in Schedule A – Business Problem Statements;
(c)        include ideas, information and recommendations that could result in clarification of requirements;
(d)        identification and discussion of potential problem areas with this initiative, including cost savings opportunities that the Respondent recommends the City consider when establishing its future business requirements;
(e)        relevance of solution – demonstrations of successful projects, case studies and best practices with other service organizations;
(f)         high level cost estimate(s), for budgeting purposes only;
(g)        any other information specific to the nature of this RFI and deemed important by the Respondent; and
(h)        any other information specific to the nature of this RFI and deemed important by the Respondent.

Respondents are specifically requested not to submit detailed price proposals (other than high-level cost estimates for budget purposes noted in item (f) above), or provide information about the experience or qualifications of their company or individuals in their company.

Additional Information
The City may, at its discretion, request clarifications or additional information from a Respondent with respect to any Response and the City may make such requests to only selected Respondents.