This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

1. Effective April 15, 2020, Service New Brunswick is no longer accepting paper bids, and the Central Tendering Branch is closed to the public. Public tender openings are no longer taking place; however, results continue to be posted on NBON. 2. Bids will only be accepted by electronic transmission as follows: a. By e-bidding through NBON (when e-bidding is possible); OR b. By fax to: (506) 444-4200 (fax to dedicated mailbox). Note: Proposals in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP) will not be accepted by fax; OR c. By email to NBBids@snb.ca or SoumissionsNB@snb.ca (do not submit bids to any other email). d. Please refrain from submitting your bid through multiple electronic channels to avoid duplicate bids. a. For bids submitted by email or fax: typed signatures (in any font) that are not on the bid itself (i.e. in the body of the email or on the fax cover sheet) will NOT be accepted. 4. All bids must be legible, properly completed and contain the proper solicitation number. 5. The proponent is solely responsible for ensuring that the bid submission in its entirety, including all attachments, is received before Closing Date and Time as indicated on the solicitation documents. a. The proponent bears all risk associated with delivering its bid by electronic submission, including but not limited to delays in transmission between the Proponent's computer and the Province's Electronic Mail System, NBON or fax. b. The date and time of official receipt of the bid will be the time of receipt recorded in the NBON system (for e-bids) or the time of receipt in the Province's Electronic Mail System (for fax and email bid submissions). 6. All bids must be stated in Canadian Funds. Sales taxes should not be included in the unit, extended or total prices. 7. All tenders must be F.O.B. destination, freight prepaid. 8. This Invitation is being conducted under the provisions of the Procurement Act and Regulation 2014-93 as of the date of the issuance of the Invitation. Solicitation documents will be provided in either of the Province of New Brunswick's two official languages; English or French upon request. All suppliers engaged to deliver services on behalf of the Government of New Brunswick must ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act in the delivery of those services. For more information, please refer to the Official Languages Act. QUESTIONS: Written questions relating to this opportunity may be submitted to the address provided below via email by clicking on Questions. Please be sure to include the solicitation/tender number in the subject line. EMAIL ADDRESS: bidquestionssoumissions@snb.ca All discounts quoted will be considered to be without limitations. Award of contracts: no contract shall be awarded and no payment shall be made to a vendor unless authorized by the Minister or his delegates. The Minister may make an award to the preferred vendor conditional on the negotiation and acceptance of a detailed contract between the Province and the vendor. In such cases, should the detailed contract negotiations not be completed in a reasonable period of time, the Province reserves the right to discontinue negotiations with the vendor and subsequently enter into negotiations with the second preferred vendor. No right or duty, in whole or in part, of the vendor under a contract issued may be assigned or delegated without the prior consent of the Strategic Procurement Branch. Unless indicated otherwise in this tender notice or attached documents, all prices must be extended and totalled. The province of New Brunswick reserves the right to negotiate pricing, value added and other savings opportunities with the successful proponent at time of award and throughout the contract.