Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
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:
IC - FILE FOLDERS
U8300-197321/A
Buck, Daniel
Telephone No. - (613) 998-8582
Fax No. - (613) 991-5870
E-mail: d••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
NATURE OF REQUIREMENT
Industry Canada - Canadian Intellectual Property Office (IC-CIPO) requires the printing and production to final format of file folders over the course of the 2019 - 2020 fiscal year. IC-CIPO anticipates requiring three separate deliveries of 23,500 file folders for a total of 70,500 per fiscal year.
The Contract will be from date of award until December 31, 2020, with the irrevocable option to extend the period of the Contract by three (3) additional one (1) year option periods under the same terms and conditions.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.
This bid solicitation allows bidders to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their bid electronically. Bidders must refer to Part 2 entitled Bidder Instructions, and Part 3 entitled Bid Preparation Instructions, of the bid solicitation, for further information.
Mandatory Criteria
M.1 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITY
The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound within two (2) different external clients to print and produce file folders with reinforced end tabs, scores for expansion and die cutting.
For each of the two (2) Contracts, the Offeror must provide:
M.1.a The Client contact information;
M.1.b The Contract date;
M.1.c A description of the folder as specified to meet M.1. The Bidder must include a general description of the folders as well as the requirements for:
M.1.c.1 printing of the folders;
M.1.c.2 die-cutting and reinforcement of the end tabs; and
M.1.c.3 scoring for expansion.
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, 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.
To determine the total evaluated price, the all-inclusive prices and rates submitted in the Annex ?B?: Basis of Payment will be added together to obtain the total evaluated price as specified in the Annex ?B?: Basis of Payment.
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.
