The Canadian Hydrographic Service is mandated to provide marine charts and publications that meet the requirements of the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020, made pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. Hydrographic charts come in a variety of paper and electronic formats. Paper charts are legal documents that are printed following standards to ensure the safety of navigation.In order to print and distribute charts in an efficient manner, with defined and consistent levels of service, CHS intends to contract out the printing and shipping of its charts. The overall objective of this project is for the Contractor to take over all printing and shipping related responsibilities, from the time the order request is received from CHS and forwarded to the Contractor, to the final shipping notification from the Contractor to the client and CHS.
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