Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
Typesetting Sevices of SCC Reports
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Podlesny, Sebastian
S••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS
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1, 2013
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The Supreme Court of Canada has a requirement for:
Typesetting, page formatting and page layout services,
preparation of page proofs, and page corrections related to each
issue of the "Canada Supreme Court Reports". The page layout
for the reasons for judgments must be produced in English and
French in bilingual side by side format. The SCC also requires
preparation of Portable Document Format (PDF) files for each
judgment and the preliminary pages and cover to be published, as
well as for each completed Part.
The Contract is in effect for a period from the date of award to
March 31, 2014 inclusively, with four (4) option periods of one
(1) year each.
The requirement is subject to the Agreement on Internal Trade
(AIT).
The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.
Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related
information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of
Standard Instructions 2003 and 2004.
Basis of Selection
1. To be declared responsive, a bid must:
a.comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; and
b.meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
c. obtain the required minimum of 33 points overall for the
technical evaluation criteria which are subject to point rating.
The rating is performed on a scale of 44 points.
2. Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) will be declared
non-responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated
price will be recommended for award of a contract.
The mandatories are:
M1. Bidders must identify a contact person (Project Manager)
who will be responsible for the coordination of all aspects of
the work and will be the prime contact for the Project Authority
during the contract period.
The Project Manager assigned to this project must have a minimum
of two (2) years experience in typesetting/page formatting and
page layout.
The Bidder must describe the individual's work history and
experience to demonstrate how the Project Manager meets the M.1
mandatory experience requirements.
M2. To demonstrate that the Bidder has the corporate capability
to provide the services specified in the Statement of Work, the
Bidder must describe their capability to provide all of the
following services:
-Typesetting
-Page Formatting/Page Layout
In the case of a Joint Venture, the Bidder must also identify
which of the Joint Venture partners is responsible for each
service.
M3. The Bidder must demonstrate that he has been contractually
bound with a minimum of one (1) external client (outside of the
Bidder's own company) within the last five (5) years prior to
the closing date of this RFP to provide at least one (1)
previous project of similar scope and nature to this
requirement.
The Contract with a minimum of one (1) external client must be
for the typesetting, and page formatting/page layout of multiple
volumes (more than one [1] requiring consistency between
volumes) of a publication. For the purposes of this
solicitation, publication means a document or report that is
formatted with paragraph numbers, pagination, variable header
text, rules, text, columns and consistent layout from page to
page.
During the evaluation no experience gained through internal
clients will be accepted or reviewed. To demonstrate this
experience, the Bidder must provide all of the following
information in a description of the Contract:
1. The Contract reference information,
2. The Contract date,
3. A description of the typesetting and page formatting/page
layout requirements for the publication supplied under the
Contract.
4. The number of volumes for the publication.
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.
