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The Solicitations for the Purchase of Goods and Services dataset contains a list and summary of information about competitive solicitations for the City of Toronto (e.g. Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation, Tenders, Request for Information, Request for an Expression of Interest, Request for Pre-Qualification and Offer to Purchase).
The solicitations are issued for the purchase of goods and services, professional services, and construction services made on behalf of the City of Toronto Divisions and designated Agencies, Boards and Commissions (e.g. CNE, Toronto Atmospheric Fund).
Solicitations may be active from a minimum of 15 days or as long as 90 days (ie: due to numerous addenda or due to a lack of interest, which may result in an extension of the Closing Date. The Closing Date can be extended if new or additional information needs to be provided to the supplier community about the solicitation.
Data Features
- Commodity - Solicitation category Construction Services, Goods & Services, and Professional Services
- Commodity_Type - Solicitation Subcategory e.g. Facilities renovations
- Call_Number - Solicitation Number (i.e., Docxxxxxxx123)
- Type - Type of solicitation (i.e., RFP, RFQ, Tender, etc.)
- Short_Description - Title of the Solicitation
- Description - Full (paragraph) description of the solicitation. if this solicitation is available for bidding, the Ariba Discovery link is included as well
- Issue Date - Date the solicitation was published and is available for bidding
- Closing Date - Time and date set for final receipt of bid submissions
- PreBidMeeting - Date, location, time of scheduled onsite meeting
- Buyer - Name of the PMMD Buyer assigned to the solicitation
- Buyer Phone - PMMD Buyer office phone number
- Buyer Email - PMMD Buyer office email address
- Client Division - Name of the City Division for the solicitation
- All Attachments - Link to any attached files