• Telephone quotations – the least formal process and maybe requested for relatively low dollar value purchases of goods or when circumstances do not permit the opportunity to solicit written quotations.

• Request for Quotation (RFQ) – this format is a more formal process than the telephone quote but less formal than the invitation to tender.

• Request for Proposal (RFP) - this format is used for services or projects where the scope of work and the needs are “an idea” but the method of completion is proposed by the vendor.

• Invitation to Tender (call for tender) – this format details very specifically the what, why, when, where and how the work/project /product will be provided or completed.
  

Any competitive bid process, unless by invitation, is advertised in the local papers (The Stony Plain Reporter and The Grove Examiner), on the County website www.parklandcounty.com and/or the Alberta Purchasing Connection www.purchasingconnection.ca.  The Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) is the approved electronic tendering service for the province and in accordance with the Agreement on Internal Trade, goods or services with a value of $75,000 or greater and in the case of construction $200,000 are advertised through this medium.

Once the award of the bid process has been finalized, the name of the successful vendor will be made known to all who submitted a response to the bid call.

Parkland County strives to maintain consistent, fair, and transparent purchasing practices. All staff authorized to purchase on behalf of the County must:

• adhere to the policies and procedures as approved by Council and,
  
• will, at all times, maintain ethical purchasing practices and,
  
• will, at no time, compromise the integrity of the County’s purchasing process or jeopardize the County’s reputation within the supplier community.
  

Contact Information

Requests

It is the proponent's responsibility to check the County website for any additional information or addenda.


Invitation to Tender Contract #10-01, Plant Mixing of Asphalt, Bamber Pit

Request for Proposal #P100216PR - Parkland County Park Improvement Plan
    Addendum No. 1 - RFP #P100216PR

Letter of Interest for Pre-Qualification LO100210ENG - Prime Engineering Consulting Services for Road Reconstruction/ACP Surfacing

Request for Quotation #Q100216PW - Supply and/or Delivery of Gravel - Buck Shot

Request for Proposal #P100225PW - Supply of Rental Construction Equipment

Request for Proposal #P100304PW - Supply of Riding Mower

Equipment for Sale