Smart Asset Storage Lockers and Management System

***la version française suit** PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING COMPLETELY AND CAREFULLY PAYING ATTENTION TO ALL REQUIREMENTS AND DATES. CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking Proposals from industry in response to its Request for Proposal (“RFP) for Smart Asset Storage Lockers and Management System for the CBC/Radio-Canada English and French Networks. An Agreement resulting from this RFP shall be for three (3) years 1. SUMMARY OF REQUIRED GOODS/SERVICES: The key objective of this Request for Proposal (¨RFP¨) is to select preferred distributors, resellers, or manufacturers to supply smart asset locker systems across CBC/Radio-Canada's regional stations. Aligned with the organization's regional agility strategy, these lockers will allow shift-based employees to securely check out, return, and charge laptops and audio-video production equipment using their employee ID cards. Further details will be provided only in the RFP document. 2. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION: This RFP is open only to Proponents who meet each of the following mandatory requirements as evidenced in its written request for RFP documents: 2.1 The Proponent must demonstrate that they have been in business for at least one (1) year, providing the above goods and services. 2.2 The Proponent must have a place of business and provide support from facilities based in North America. 3. TO OBTAIN THE RFP DOCUMENTATION CBC/Radio-Canada uses MERX (https://www.merx.com/public/solicitations/open) and from here you can type CBC or Radio-Canada to manage its solicitation process. All Proponents must obtain the RFP documents through MERX. Below is the link to the MERX Supplier User Guide for new users https://www.merx.com/cms-portals/MERX/cms/public/help/guides/supplieruserguide-v1.0.pdf Determine eligibility to participate based on the description of the objective statement for the RFP. To obtain the documents the Proponent must be registered with MERX. If it is not already registered, please follow the MERX Supplier U