July 30, 2026  

PRE-NOTICE FOR AN OECM CASHLESS TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT SOLUTION AND RELATED SERVICES REQUEST FORPROPOSALS #2026-502

Please note this is not an RFP. No RFP is attached.

OECM advises prospective suppliers that it intends to publish a non-binding Request for Proposals (RFP) as noted above on the Euna Procurement (Bonfire).

The objective of the RFP is to award Master Agreements, to up to three (3) qualified suppliers, for the provision of Cashless Transaction Management Solution and Related Services, on a non-exclusive and as-and-when required basis, for OECM customers, all as defined further in the RFP. 

The qualified supplier must not be a U.S. Business, where U.S. Business means a supplier, manufacturer, or distributor of any business structure (including a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other business structure) that: (i) has its headquarters or main office located in the U.S., and (ii) has fewer than two hundred and fifty (250) full-time employees in Canada. If a supplier is a subsidiary of another corporation, part (i) of the definition above is met if that supplier is controlled by a corporation that has its headquarters or main office located in the U.S.

The Master Agreement resulting from this RFP, if any, will be available to eligible public sector organizations across Canada, including but not limited to: educational entities (e.g., school boards or authorities, Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch with the Ontario Ministry of Education, colleges, and universities, and may also include Private Schools and Private Career Colleges), health and social service entities, hydro, Local Housing Corporations,the Legislative Assembly, Municipalities and related Service Organizations, not-for-profit organizations, Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation, Independent Electricity System Operator (“IESO”), provincially funded organizations(“PFO”), shared service organizations, utilities and local boards, and any other Broader Public Sector agency,Ontario Public Service (“OPS”) ministry, agency, board or commission, Crown corporations, First Nations federal agencies, Indigenous Organizations and Communities, and other provincial, territorial and federal public sector entities/agencies or similar entities throughout Canada. For certainty, this definition is not limited to the province of Ontario and includes any similar entities, organizations, boards, service providers, and other provincial, territorial and federal public sector entities/agencies or similar entities not mentioned here throughout the whole of Canada.

OECM makes no guarantee of the value or volume of work to be assigned from the award of any Master Agreement resulting from this procurement.

It is anticipated that the RFP will be published on Euna Procurement (Bonfire) within the next two (2) weeks with an anticipated award occurring in December 2026.

The publishing date and time are estimates only, and subject to change at the sole and absolute discretion of OECM.

This procurement is subject to Chapter Five – Government Procurement of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and Chapter Nineteen – Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

OECM will publish documents associated with this RFP on Euna Procurement (Bonfire) (https://oecm.bonfirehub.ca/portal) only.

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