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:
Summary
The Offeror will be responsible for the printing, reproduction, finishing, and distribution of forms and labels, as well as functions such as tracking and reporting on activities related to Call-ups throughout the period of the Standing Offer. These transactions consist primarily of forms and labels being delivered to various locations.
The Standing Offer will be valid from date of issuance for one year (starting February 1st, 2021). The period for making call-ups and providing services against the Standing Offer is from issuance of Standing to January 31, 2022, inclusive.
Extension of the Standing Offer: If the Standing Offer is authorized for use beyond the initial period, the Offeror offers to extend its offer for an additional four (4) period, of one (1) year each under the same conditions.
Offerors must submit a list of names, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2006.
For services requirements, Offerors in receipt of a pension or a lump sum payment must provide the required information as detailed in article 2.3 of Part 2 of the Request for Standing Offers (RFSO).
The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.
There is no security requirement associated with the requirement of the Standing Offer.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Act (CFTA).
Basis of selection:
An offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for Standing Offers and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive.
The Offeror must demonstrate that he has contracted or has been contractually bound with a minimum of five (5) separate external clients (outside of the Offeror’s own company). These contracts with at a minimum of five (5) separate external clients must be for the production of printing and finishing of multi-part forms, flat forms, labels, tags, booklets or notebooks. The Offer must provide the start date or the completion date to demonstrate that the contract was started or completed after January 1, 2016.
Out of the five (5) separate external clients the Offeror must have personally produced through his own machinery at least one (1) of the products (production of printing and finishing of multi-part forms, flat forms, labels, tags, booklets or notebooks) in at least three (3) of the aforementioned contracts. For the remaining two (2) contracts, the Offeror may show experience gained through the use of subcontracting.
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
An offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for Standing Offers and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive offer with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for issuance of a standing offer.
Canada reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers for any procurement.
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.
