Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
File Folders /CHEMISE DE CLASSEMENT
U8300-153751/A
Werk(cw), Janet
Telephone No. - (613) 998-3968
J••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
Industry Canada (IC) - Canadian Intellectual Property Office has
a requirement for the printing, production to final format, and
delivery of 50,000 file folders as described in the Annex A
Statement of Work.
The Contract is in effect for a period from date of award to
Sept. 30, 2016, with the option to extend this period by two (2)
additional one (1) year periods under the same terms and
conditions.
As per the Integrity Provisions under section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2003, bidders must provide a list of all owners
and/or Directors and other associated information as required.
Refer to section 4.21 of the Supply Manual for additional
information on the Integrity Provisions.
For services requirements, Bidders must provide the required
information as detailed in article 2.3 of Part 2 of the bid
solicitation, in order to comply with Treasury Board policies
and directives on contracts awarded to former public servants.
Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s) (CLCAs) are not
applicable.
The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.
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.
4.1.1.1 Mandatory Technical Criteria
"External client(s)" means clients exterior to the Bidder's own
legal entity (or joint venture partnership) and excludes the
parent, subsidiaries or other affiliates of the Bidder.
"Internal client(s)" means clients within the Bidder's own legal
entity (or joint venture partnership) and includes the parent,
subsidiaries and other affiliates of the Bidder.
M1. EXPERIENCE OF SUPPLIER
The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound
to at least two (2) separate external clients (outside of the
Bidder's own company to print and produce file folders with
reinforced end tabs, scores for expansion and die-cutting.
At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have been for the
provision of a quantity of 25,000 file and folders or more.
Each of the contracts must have been completed after May 31,
2009.
During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through
internal clients (within the Bidder's own legal entity [or joint
venture partnership] and includes the parent, subsidiaries and
other affiliates of the Bidder) will be accepted or reviewed.
The Bidder must provide the following information for each
contract:
(a) A description of the folders. The Bidder must include a
general description of the folders as well as the requirements
for printing, reinforcement of end tabs, scoring and die-cutting
of the folders.
(b) a description of the printing requirements of the paper
flags provided by the Bidder;
(c) the quantity of file folders provided by the Bidder under
the contract;
(d) The invoice (or copy of) presented to the Client;
(e) The Contract date;
(f) the Client information for the Contract.
During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through
internal clients will be accepted or reviewed.
Bidders MUST meet all the mandatory requirements of the RFP.
Bids not meeting all the mandatory requirements will be given no
further consideration.
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.