Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy:
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
This is neither a call for tender nor a Request for Proposal (RFP), and no agreement or contract for the procurement of the equipment stated above will be entered into solely as a result of this Letter of Interest (LOI). This announcement does not constitute a commitment by Canada. Canada does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the notice or otherwise pay for the information solicited. Any and all expenses incurred by industry in pursing this opportunity, including the provision of information and potential visits, are at industry's sole risk and expense.
The Department of National Defence is interested in potentially procuring Expendable Torpedo Countermeasures Launcher Systems for use with existing inventory of Expendable Torpedo Countermeasures and Sonobuoys by surface warships, such as the Halifax Class frigates. As such, the Department is interested in technical and performance specifications, and pricing for these systems. In addition to the potential acquisition of Launcher Systems, the eventual scope of work may include technical support, including training and field service representation. The responses to this Letter of Interest may be used to develop requirements specifications and possible Request(s) for Proposals, which may notionally result in contracts for procurement
The purpose of this Letter of Interest is to solicit industry feedback on the requirement, as well as to seek information regarding Launcher Systems on the market compatible with the Expendable Acoustic Countermeasures and Sonobuoys used by the Royal Canadian Navy. The Department of Defence also wants to obtain Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) costing including price per unit for the system and associated costs for non-recurring engineering, training, sparing, documentation etc. to be used for budgetary purposes.
Suppliers are asked to submit their information package to the (PWGSC) Contracting Authority identified in Section 8 of this (LOI) document, on or before Wednesday July 06, 2016 One (1) Hard copies and one (1) soft copy of the information packages are requested. Supplier point of contact info should be included in the package.
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.
