Impression Braille et en gros caractères

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy:
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:

BRAILLE & LARGE PRINT

B8322-170280/A
Buck, Daniel
Telephone No. - (613) 998-8582
Fax No. - (613) 991-5870
E-mail: d••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

NATURE OF REQUIREMENT

CIC requires the Contractor to provide on-demand production and supply of paper versions of instruction guides, application forms and associated checklists (kits) in braille or large print format either in English or French as specified for individual requests.

The period of the Contract is from April 01, 2017 to March 31,2018 inclusive.

The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to three (3) additional one (1) year period(s) under the same conditions. The Contractor agrees that, during the extended period of the Contract, it will be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions as set out in the Basis of Payment.

Delivery Dates:

As specified in individual work requests.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements (CLCAs) are not applicable to this procurement.

Mandatory Criteria

M.1 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITY - ON-DEMAND PRINTING

The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound with two (2) different external clients to provide on-demand printing and production to final format of printed publications or other text documents.

M.1.a Each of the two (2) contracts must have been started or completed after October 31, 2011.

M.1.b Each of the two (2) contracts must have included a requirement for the Bidder to provide on-demand printing and production to final format of printed publications or other text documents overa period of six (6) months or more.

M.1.c At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have included a requirement for the Bidder to provide distribution to multiple destination addresses.

For each of the two (2) contracts, the Bidder must provide:

i. The Client contact information;
ii. The Contract start date OR end date;
iii. The period of the Contract;
iv. A description of the on-demand publications or other text documents provided under the Contract;
v. The distribution requirements for the Contract; and
vi. An invoice (or copy of) presented to the Client for at least two (2) of the on-demand orders completed under the Contract.

M.2 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITY - BRAILLE PRINTING

The Bidder must demonstrate that ithas been contractually bound with two (2) different external clients to provide paper versions of printed publications or other text documents in braille.

M.2.a Each of the two (2) contracts must have been started or completed after October 31, 2011.

M.2.b Each of the two (2) contracts must have included a requirement for the Bidder to provide production to final format of paper versions of publications or other text documents in braille.

M.2.c At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts musthave included a requirement for the Bidder to provide on-demand printing and production to final format of paper versions of publications or other text documents in braille over a period of six (6) months or more.

M.2.d At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have included a requirement for the Bidder to provide printing and production to final format of paper versions of multiple* different** publications or other text documents in braille.

M.2.d.1 At least one (1) of the multiple* different** publications or other text documents printed and produced to final format in braille must have a minimum of 50 pages of content.

*For the purposes of the M.2 mandatory criterion, multiple is defined as four [4] or more different publications or other text documents.

**For the purposes of the M.2 mandatory criterion, different is defined as publications and/or forms that have titles and content that are not the same as the other publications or other text documents described to meet this M2 criterion.

For each of the two (2) contracts, the Bidder must provide:

i. The Client contact information;
ii. The Contract start date or end date;
iii. The period of the Contract;
iv. A description of the on-demand services for the provisionofpaper versions of publications or other text documents in braille format as required for the Contract;
v. A description of the multiple different publications or other text documents provided in braille format as required for the Contract;
vi. Thenumberof different publications or other text documents provided in braille format as required for the Contract, and the number of content pages in each.
vii. An invoice (or copy of) presented to the Client for the printing and production to final format ofpaper versions of publications or other text documents in braille.

M.3 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITY - LARGE-PRINT DOCUMENTS

For the purposes of this solicitation, large-print refers to the formatting of a publication or other text documentthat is produced with a typeface (or font) of 18 pt or greater for the publication/text document content in order to accommodate specific vision requirements.

The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound with two (2) different external clients to provide paper versions of printed publications/forms in large-print format.

M.3.a Each of the two (2) contracts must have been started or completed after October 31, 2011.

M.3.b Each of the two (2) contracts must have included a requirement for the Bidder to provide production to final format of paper versions of publications or other text documents in large-print format.

M.3.c At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have included a requirement for the Bidder to provide on-demand printing and production to final format of paper versions of publications or other text documents in large-print format over a period of six (6) months or more.

M.3.d At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have included a requirement for the Bidder to provide printing and production to final format of paper versions of multiple* different** publications or other text documents in large-print format.

M.3.d.1 At least one (1) of the multiple* different** publications or other text documents printed and produced to final format in large-print format must have a minimum of 50 pages of content.

*For the purposes of the M.3 mandatory criterion, multiple is defined as four [4] or more different publications or other text documents.

**For the purposes of the M.3 mandatory criterion, different is defined as publications and/or forms that have titles and content that are not the same as the other publications or other text documents described to meet this M2 criterion.

For each of the two (2) contracts, the Bidder must provide:

i. The Client contact information;
ii. The Contract start date or end date;
iii. The period of the Contract;
iv. A description of the on-demand services for the provision of paper versions ofpublications or other text documents in large-print format as required for the Contract;
v. A description of the multiple different publications or other text documents provided in large-print format as required for the Contract;
vi. The numberof different publications or other text documents provided in large-print format as required for the Contract, and the number of content pages in each.
vii. An invoice (or copy of) presented to the Client for the printing and production to final formatof paper versions of publications or other text documents in large-print format.
Bidders MUST meet all the mandatory requirements of the RFP. Bids not meeting all the mandatory requirements will be given no further consideration.

Financial Evaluation

Theprice 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 proposalusing 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:

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.