Analyse des possibilités de reproduction des projets actuellement financés par le programme investissements dans la transformation de l'industrie forestière (IFIT) au Canada

Amendment

The closing date has been changed to October 27, 2014.

REQUIREMENT

By means of this RFP, NRCan is seeking proposals from bidders to create a report that defines the replicability opportunities of current IFIT projects in Canada and the associated technologies.

CONDITIONS OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

There shall be no direct payment by NRCan for costs incurred for the presentation and submission of proposals in response to this RFP.

ESTIMATED CONTRACT PERIOD

The estimated contract period is from contract award date to March 31, 2015.

SOLICITATION/BID CLOSING DATE AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

The deadline for submissions of bids in response to this RFP is October 20, 2014 @ 14:00 (E.D.S.T.).

Proposals must be directed to:

Bid Receiving Unit - Mailroom
Natural Resources Canada
Loading Dock
588 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0Y7
ATTENTION: Lucie Lepage
RFP: NRCan-5000014985

NRCan will not assume responsibility for proposals directed to any other location. Proposals not received in the Bid Receiving Unit by the closing time, will be return to the Bidder unopened.

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries concerning this RFP must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority as early as possible within the bidding period. Enquiries must be received no less than five (5) calendar days prior to the bid closing date to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may not be able to be answered prior to the bid closing date.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

M1 The resume for the Project Team Leader must be provided with the proposal. The Project Team Leader must provide three (3) unique and verifiable references. Work undertaken must be in the area of: Industry and market research and analysis, liaising with industry and/or academia, data driven analysis and forecasting, and reporting on results. The minimum documentation required for each reference is as follows:

a) Name of client
b) Name and phone number of client’s contact
c) Brief description of work undertaken
d) Date(s) and duration of project

NRCan reserves the right to contact the named client project authorities to verify the accuracy and veracity of each of the Bidders cited Project Summaries.

M2 The Project Team Leader must have at least three (3) years of experience with Project Management, within the last ten (10) years prior to bid closing.

RIGHTS OF NRCAN

NRCan reserves the right to:

• Seek clarification or obtain verification of statements made in a proposal;
• Reject any or all proposals received in response to this RFP;
• Enter into negotiations with one or more Bidders on any or all aspects of its proposal;
• Accept any proposal in whole or in part without prior negotiation;
• Cancel and/or re-issue this RFP at any time;
• Verify any or all information provided by the Bidder with respect to this RFP including references;
• Retain all proposals submitted in response to this RFP;
• Declare a proposal non-compliant if NRCan determines during the evaluation phase, that the Bidder does not have the legal status, facilities and technical, financial and managerial capabilities to fulfill the requirements stated herein;
• Discontinue the evaluation of any proposals which are determined, at any stage of the evaluation process, to be non-compliant.