Trade Agreement: CETA / CFTA
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
Amendment 002
Amendment 002 answers bidders' questions.and changes the closing date of the RFP to September 17, 2020.
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Amendment 001
Amendment 001 answers bidders' questions.and brings changes to the RFP.
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Description
In order to support the operational needs of numerous government departments, the Government of
Canada (GC), through the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), has a requirement for SB-AIS data services for monitoring of Canadian and global maritime traffic that can also be queried for historical tracking purposes. The Contractor must be capable of providing a service, which detects AIS signals of vessels anywhere on Earth and processes these signals into AIS messages usable by the GC, in accordance with the requirements stated in the Statement of Work. The GC’s requirement may also include vessel position confirmation, additional connections and accounts, data format conversions, additional data and AIS data reports and analyses, through Task Authorizations (on an as and when requested basis).
Security Requirements
There are no security requirements.
Period of Contract
From the date of contract issuance to one (1) year from the service delivery start date, with four (4) option periods of six (6) months each.
Actual Available Budget
The budget available for the contract resulting from this bid solicitation is $3,000,000.00 all applicable taxes extra. Annex A (Statement of Work) includes a description of the work required. The Maximum amount of funding available for the contract will not exceed $3,000,000.00, all applicable taxes extra. The Maximum amount of funding available for the first year is $1,000,000.00, all applicable taxes extra. The maximum amount of funding available for each six month option period is $500,000.00, all applicable taxes extra. Bids valued in excess of this amount will be considered non-responsive. This disclosure does not commit Canada to pay the maximum funding available.
Trade Agreements
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
Electronic Bidding
This bid solicitation allows bidders to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their bid electronically. Bidders must refer to Part 2 entitled Bidder Instructions, and Part 3 entitled Bid Preparation Instructions, of the bid solicitation, for further information.
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.
