Item - 2020.BA101.4

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Bid Award Panel on September 16, 2020 and was adopted without amendment.

BA101.4 - Award of Ariba Doc Number 2589799065 to Softchoice Canada Inc., for the Renewal of Subscriptions for Certain Adobe Software Products for the City of Toronto

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Adopted

Wards:: All

Panel Decision

The Bid Award Panel adopted the following:

1. Bid Award Panel grant authority to award the contract in accordance with the Contract Details set out in the report (September 10, 2020) from the Chief Procurement Officer:

Solicitation Number:

Ariba Doc Number 2589799065

Description:

Renewal of existing subscriptions of Adobe software products for the City.

Recommended Supplier: Softchoice Canada Inc.

Contract Award Value:

$517,955 net of all applicable taxes and charges

$585,289 including HST and all applicable charges

$527,071 net of HST recoveries

Contract is expected to start on September 15, 2020 and end on September 14, 2021.

Origin

(September 10, 2020) Report from the Chief Procurement Officer

Summary

Solicitation Issued: 14 August 2020 Solicitation Closed: 8 September 2020

Number of Addenda Issued: None

Number of Bids: Two (2)

Table 1: Summary of Bids Received including bid price

Supplier Name	Bid Price (including H.S.T.)
Softchoice Canada Inc.	$585,288.61
Compugen Inc.	$614,229.17

Background Information

(September 10, 2020) Report from the Chief Procurement Officer on Award of Ariba Doc Number 2589799065 to Softchoice Canada Inc., for the Renewal of Subscriptions for Certain Adobe Software Products for the City of Toronto
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ba/bgrd/backgroundfile-156554.pdf

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Moved by David McLeod.

Vote (Adopt Item)

Result:	Majority Required
Yes:	Jay Paleja (Chair), Stephanie Fernandes, David McLeod, Anita Pathmanathan
No:
Absent: