Expansion of Offerors following Withdrawal of Authority to Use Standing Offer

National Master Standing Offer
EZ107-060001/001/VAN to EZ107-060001/006/VAN
Desktop and Network Printers   including Accessories, Supplies and Services

A.24 Expansion of Offerors following Withdrawal of Authority to Use Standing Offer

If the number of Offerors for any given Group, Category or Sub-Category is reduced during the Standing Offer Period for any reason (including setting aside authority to use a Standing Offer or voluntary withdrawal by the Offeror), Canada may, in its sole discretion, do one or more of the following in respect of any Group, Category or Sub-Category:

(a) leave the Group, Category or Sub-Category "as is" (i.e., the Standing Offers of the remaining Offerors will remain available for Call-ups and no new Offerors will be added);

(b) call for new Offers in respect of one or more affected Group, Category or Sub-Category through the Government Electronic Tendering Service; or

(c) contact the Offeror (if any) whose offered Product complied with all the requirements of the Request for Standing Offer that resulted in the issuance of this Standing Offer and was "next in line" under the evaluation methodology, but who was not issued a Standing Offer because all spots in the relevant Group, Category or Sub-Category had been filled, and

(i) in the case of Group 1 Categories, the new Offeror agrees to meet or better the aggregate Value Factor of the existing Products of the Offeror whose Standing Offer has been cancelled in any one of the two Group 1 Categories; or

(ii) in the case of a Sub-Category of Group 2, the new Offeror agrees to meet or better the Value Factor in the relevant Sub-Category(ies) of the existing Product(s) of the Offeror whose Standing Offer has been cancelled; then

that new Offeror may be issued a Standing Offer in the applicable Group, Category or Sub-Category. If the new Offeror does not agree to meet or better the Value Factor of the previous Offeror's Product, no Standing Offer will be issued to that Offeror and Canada may, but will have no obligation to, contact the next-ranked Offeror.