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Department of National Defence (DND)

LENTILLES OPHTALMIQUES POUR LES LUNETTES DE PROTECTION BALISTIQUE ET SUPPORT DE PRESCRIPTION POUR LE MASQUE C5

Standing offer (RFSO)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
January 25, 2024
Published
January 3, 2024
Type
*srvtgd
Explore similarMedical Equipment and Accessories and SuppliesOntario
Awarded
This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
Maranda Optométrie Inc.
Contract value
CAD $1.2M
Award date
2024-06-25
Supplier location
Levis, Quebec
Request for Standing Offer

Full description

The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for a National Individual Standing Offers (NISO) to procure prescription lenses for ballistic eye wear and C5 gas mask Rx Carrier on an “as and when” requested basis for eligible CAF members who need prescription eye wear.

The Contractor must provide Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members with high-impact, scratch resistant, and fog resistant polycarbonate lenses, to be inserted and fitted into the DND Rx Carrier used for BEW and C5 gas mask. The completed Rx Carriers with fitted lenses are then sent back to the requesting DND site authorities.

Requested Standing Offer (SO) period is from Standing Offer award date to three (3) years later, including three (3) additional one (1) year optional periods.

There is no security requirement associated with the requirement of the Standing Offer.

Bidders must provide the required information as detailed in article 2.4 of Part 2 of the solicitation, in order to comply with Treasury Board policies and directives on contracts awarded to former public servants.

GSIN # G009B

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Basic information

Reference
cb-276-87095682
Solicitation no.
W6369-24-A002/B-001
Buyer
Department of National Defence (DND)
Notice type
Request for Standing Offer
Method
Competitive - Open bidding
Procurement category
*SRVTGD
Trade agreements
*Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) *Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) *Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) *Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) *World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA) *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) *Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) *Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *Please refer to Tender Description or Tender Documents
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC
UNSPSC 42000000 — Medical Equipment and Accessories and Supplies

Delivery & regions

Province
Ontario
Regions of delivery
*Canada

Key dates

Published
January 3, 2024
Closes
January 25, 2024
Amendment no.
006

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    SIMEX DEFENCE INC.
    2 contracts won· latest December 12, 2025
    CAD $329K
    total awarded
  2. 2
    Henry Schein Canada Inc.
    1 contract won· latest September 18, 2025
    CAD $2.1M
    total awarded
  3. 3
    Henry Schein Canada
    1 contract won· latest October 21, 2025
    CAD $2M
    total awarded
  4. 4
    MEQU Warmer Systems Corporation
    1 contract won· latest September 15, 2025
    CAD $1.7M
    total awarded
  5. 5
    eMed Informatics Inc.
    1 contract won· latest July 14, 2026
    CAD $1.2M
    total awarded

SIMEX DEFENCE INC. is the most likely incumbent, based on how often and how recently they have won this buyer’s work in this category. To displace them, expect to need a clearly stronger proposition or price.

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