Summary:

Through this Request for Pre-Qualification, the Regional District of Central Okanagan (the “District”) invites organizations that are experienced in the provision of land acquisition professional consulting services to government sector clients related to the valuation and acquisition of public and private property for use with municipal infrastructure projects, to provide non-binding Submissions for the provision of such services to the District’s Engineering Services Department. 

Further details on the potential project/assignments required, and the RFQUAL process are provided herein.  Key summary details are as follows:

• As an outcome from this RFQUAL, the District will shortlist up to 2 Respondents that will then become ‘Pre-Qualified Organizations’ for the District’s Land Acquisition Consulting Services going-forward.
• The Pre-Qualified Organizations will be ranked in order of 1^st and 2^nd (with the 1^st-Ranked Organization being the highest-ranked, and the 2^nd-Ranked Organization being the second-ranked) according to their total weighted scores from the RFQUAL Evaluation.
• For all future land acquisition consulting assignments and related services required by the District’s Engineering Services Department (collectively referred to herein as the “Assignments”), the District may at its sole option either:
  1. Provide a right of first refusal to the Pre-Qualified Organizations, in order from 1^st-Ranked to 2^nd Ranked*, for the Direct Award of a contract of any value for the Assignment; or
  2. Invite the Pre-Qualified Organizations to participate in a ‘by-invitation’ only 2^nd-stage RFP process for the specific Assignment; or
  3. Conduct a public-Request for Proposals process open to both Pre-Qualified Organizations and non-Pre-Qualified organizations, where the specifics of the Assignment warrant a further public process at the sole discretion of the District.

*Right of first refusal will first be offered to the 1^st-Ranked Organization.  If the 1^st-Ranked Organization does not have capacity to take-on the Assignment or the parties cannot come to a mutual agreement regarding the Assignment, then the District may at its sole option offer a right of refusal to the 2^nd-Ranked Organization.

• The Pre-Qualification of organizations from this RFQUAL will be valid for a period of 3 years commencing from the Closing Date of this RFQUAL, in accordance with the requirements of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).    No further notices to solicit Submissions for inclusion in the Pre-Qualified Organization list will be issued during this three-year period. 
• No exclusivity shall be provided to the Pre-Qualified Organizations regarding land acquisition consulting services for the Regional District of Central Okanagan. As noted above, the District may choose to run separate public competitions for such services to certain Assignments.

Full details on the requirements and how to provide a submission, are contained in the attached Request for Pre-Qualification documents.