Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
The closing date of the Request for Proposal is changed from May 23 to May 26, 2017, 2 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
(a) Requirement:
To manufacture and deliver a high density polyethylene
(HDPE) pre-filter in accordance with the Requirement at
Annex A.
(b) Client :
Publics Works and Government Services Canada for the
Maurice-Lamontagne Institute of Fisheries and Oceans
Canada.
(c) Emergency:
On April 9, 2017, a section of one of the two seawater
filtration systems, located 2 km off the Maurice-
Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada,
detached and made the system inoperative. Since this
event, the saltwater supply to the experimental basins
of the Institute's research programs is insufficient to
meet the needs of the Department and its various
external collaborators. The consequences of this major
breakdown put in danger the achievement of the
Department's research and science priorities, primarily
for the Quebec region. The sectors affected by this
breakdown include, among others, ecosystem research
programs, aquaculture regulatory programs and climate
change.
(d) Delivery Period:
Given the urgency, the pre-filter must be delivered
within a maximum of thirty (30) calendar days after
contract award.
(e) Delivery Site:
Port of Quebec
150 Dalhousie Street
Quebec, Quebec G1R 4M8
Canada
(f) Trade Agreements:
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government
Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Agreement on Internal
Trade (AIT), and the Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Korea,
Panama, Peru Trade Agreements with Canada.
Due to urgency, the period for the receipt of tenders is
10 calendar days using limited tendering procedures as
outlined under NAFTA Article 1016 1. and 2. (c) and
Article 1012 3. (c) and WTO-GPA Article XIII 1. d. and
Article XI 4. c.
North American Free TradeAgreement (NAFTA):
Article 1016: Limited Tendering Procedures:
1. An entity of a Party may, in the circumstances and
subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 2, use
limited tendering procedures and thus derogate from
Articles 1008 through 1015, provided that such limited
tendering procedures are not used with a view to
avoiding maximum possible competition or in a manner
that would constitute a meansof discrimination
between suppliers of the other Parties or protection of
domestic suppliers.
2. An entity may use limited tendering procedures in
the following circumstances and subject to the
following conditions, as applicable:
(c) in sofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of
extreme urgency brought about by events
unforeseeable by the entity, the goods or services could
not be obtained in time by means of open or selective
tendering procedures;
Article 1012: Time Limits for Tendering and Delivery:
3. An entity may reduce the periods referred to in
paragraph 2 in accordance with the following:
(c) where a state of urgency duly substantiated by the
entity renders impracticable the periods in question,
theperiods may be reduced to no less than 10 days
from the date of publication of a notice in accordance
with Article 1010.
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government
Procurement (WTO-AGP):
Article XIII - Limited Tendering:
1. Provided that it does not use this provision for
the purpose of avoiding competition among suppliers or
in a manner that discriminates against suppliers of any
other Party or protects domestic suppliers, a procuring
entity may use limited tendering and may choose
not to apply Articles VII through IX, X (paragraphs 7
through 11), XI, XII, XIV and XV only under any of the
following circumstances:
d. insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons
of extreme urgency brought about by events
unforeseeable by the procuring entity, the goods or
services could not be obtained in time using open
tendering or selective tendering;
Article XI - Time-Periods:
4. A procuring entity may reduce the time-period
for tendering established in accordance with paragraph
3 to not less than 10 days where:
c. a state of urgency duly substantiated by the
procuring entity renders the time-period for tendering
established in accordance with paragraph 3
impracticable.
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.
