Trade Agreement: CETA/WTO-AGP/CPTPP/CFTA/FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama/Korea/UK
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
On behalf of the CCG, Public Works and Government Services (PWGSC) is procuring 53-Foot Hard Sided Semi-Trailers to respond to marine pollution incidents and/or other CCG operations. The 53-Foot Hard Sided Semi-Trailer will be deployed in areas accessible by highway, secondary road, and moderate cross-country terrain throughout Canada in support of the CCG Environmental Response (ER) and used to transport and store large and bulky equipment. The 53-Foot Hard Sided Semi-Trailer will be loaded and located outdoors at CCG locations ready for deployment.
This procurement is part of the Environmental Response Equipment (ERE) Program for the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), and forms part of the Oceans Protection Plan announced in November 2016. Under the ERE Program, CCG is renewing its suite of environmental response (ER) equipment, ensuring a robust and strategic national response capability. The ERE Program will replace aging ER equipment and potentially introduce new response technologies to over 80 locations across Canada; this objective will be realized through approximately 50 to 100 unique equipment procurements.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). Procedural requirements of the other international trade agreements such as Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be fulfilled following compliance to the procedural requirements of the WTO-AGP.
Bidders intending to submit bids should obtain solicitation documents from the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS) at http://BuyAndSell.gc.ca. Solicitation amendments, if and when issued, will be available on GETS. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that all amendments issued during the solicitation period have been obtained and addressed in the submitted bid. Bidders basing their submissions on solicitation documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk.
Suppliers are required to have a Procurement Business Number (PBN) before contract award. Suppliers may register for a PBN online at https://srisupplier.contractscanada.gc.ca/index-eng.c… For non-Internet registration, suppliers may contact the InfoLine at 1-800-811-1148 to obtain the telephone number of the nearest Supplier Registration Agent.
Businesses interested in learning more about selling to the Government of Canada are encouraged to review https://BuyAndSell.gc.ca/for-businesses/selling-to-th… The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) offers free seminars to businesses interested in learning about the general procurement process and how to sell goods and services to the government. Refer to http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/pme-sme/index-en… for more information about OSME’s seminars and other services.
Bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within 15 working days from receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.
Due to the nature of the bid solicitation, bids transmitted by facsimile to PWGSC will not be accepted.
The Phased Bid Compliance Process (PBCP) applies to this requirement.
Enquiries regarding this bid solicitation must be directed only to the Contracting Authority identified in the bid solicitation.
Canada retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
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.
