On February 12, 2021, Canada published the Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) W847A-200275/D as the first phase of the procurement process for the Strategic Tanker Transport Capability (STTC) Project. Respondents were invited to qualify in order to participate in any subsequent phases of the aircraft procurement process and the Review and Refine Requirements (RRR) phase. Interested suppliers were informed that only qualified suppliers would be permitted to participate and bid on any subsequent solicitation issued as part of the aircraft procurement process.
With the completion of the ITQ Phase and in accordance with the ITQ terms, Canada is publishing the list of qualified suppliers.
Additional qualified suppliers: Canada may, at its sole discretion, re-open phase 1 - ITQ. If so, Canada will publish an ITQ on the Government Electronic Tendering Service at the same time as the RRR Phase activities are conducted with existing qualified suppliers. If other qualification round(s) results in additional qualified suppliers, Canada will share the RRR Phase documents with them and they may join the engagement activities, assuming Canada has planned more activities at the time. The list of qualified suppliers will be updated through a notice on Buyandsell.gc.ca.
Fairness monitor: Canada has engaged BDO Canada as a fairness monitor for this procurement.
