Trade Agreement: Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business (SPAB)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes
Nature of Requirements:
IMPORTANT: This tender is part of Public Services and Procurement Canada’s pilot to submit bid submission files electronically using epost Connect. Interested bidders should refer to Part 2 of the solicitation document entitled Instructions to bidders/offerors/suppliers, as the case may be, for instructions on how to participate and submit their files electronically for this tender.
FIRST NATIONS AND INUIT IMMUNIZATION CALENDARS
HT426-173470/A
Buck, Daniel
Telephone No. - (613) 998-8582
Fax No. - (613) 991-5870
E-mail: d••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
NATURE OF REQUIREMENT
Health Canada (HC) has a requirement for the printing to final format and delivery of 2018-2019 First Nations and Inuit immunization calendars. The Contractor will be required to ensure that all immunization calendars are received at the destination addresses on or before December 20, 2017.
The period of the Contract will be from date of award to December 31, 2017.
The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.
This procurement is subject to the following Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s):
- James Bay / Northern Quebec Agreement
- Inuvialuit Final Agreement
- Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
- Labrador/Inuit Final Agreement
This procurement is set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business. For more information on Aboriginal business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business, refer to Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual.
Further to Article 800 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), CFTA does not apply to this procurement.
Mandatory Criteria
M.1 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE - PRINTED SADDLE WIRE PUBLICATIONS OR CALENDARS
M.1.1: The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound to an external client (outside of the Bidder's own company) or to external clients* for two (2) separate contracts to provide printing and production to final format of a printed saddle wire publication or calendar and delivery to the destination address or addresses specified by the Client.
M.1.1.a The Bidder must provide the reference number or the contract number for each of the two (2) contracts.
M.1.1.b The Bidder must provide the Client information (example: client organization) for each of the two (2) contracts.
M.1.1.c The Bidder must provide a description of each of the printed saddle wire publication or calendar provided by the Bidder under each of the two (2) contracts. The description must include the printing, binding, and delivery requirements for each of the printed saddle wire publication or calendar provided by the Bidder under each of the two (2) contracts.
M.1.2: At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts identified for M.1.1 must have also been printed in full colour publication or calendar under the one (1) contract as requested by the Client.
M.1.2.a The Bidder must provide a description of the full colour publication produced by the Bidder;
M.1.: At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts identified for M.1.1 must have also been printed publication or calendar with an insert on the binding edge under the one (1) contract as requested by the Client.
M.1.3.a The Bidder must provide a description of the insert on the binding edge of the publication produce by the Bidder;
M.2 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE - DIE-CUT LABELS
M.2.1: The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound to an external client (outside of the Bidder's own company) or to external clients* for a contract the printing and production to final format of die-cut labels and delivery to the destination address or addresses specified by the Client.
M.2.1.a The Bidder must provide the reference number or the contract number for the contract.
M.2.1.b The Bidder must provide the Client information (example: client organization) for the contracts.
M.2.1.c The Bidder must provide a description of each of the die-cut labels provided by the Bidder under the contract. The description must include the printing, die-cutting, and delivery requirements for each of the labels provided by the Bidder under the contract.
*During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through internal clients will be accepted or reviewed.
PROPOSALS NOT MEETING ALL OF THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED NON RESPONSIVE AND GIVEN NO FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
Financial Evaluation
The price of the bid will be evaluated in Canadian dollars, all applicable taxes excluded; FOB destination, Canadian customs duties and excise taxes included.
The Financial Evaluation will be based on the total evaluated price of the financial proposal using the Excel spreadsheet.
To determine the total evaluated price, the all-inclusive prices and rates submitted in the Annex ?B?: Basis of Payment will be multiplied and when specified divided by the corresponding quantities for evaluation, and then added together to obtain the total evaluated price as specified in the Annex ?B?: Basis of Payment Excel spreadsheet being distributed through Government Electronic Tendering Service (BuyandSell.gc.ca).
Basis of Selection
A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
