Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
Amendment History:
Amd 001: Solicitation sections 2.4, 2.6 and 2.7 have been revised.
Amd 002: To postpone solicitation closing date to 2018-08-30 2:00PM PDT.
Amd 003: To publish answers to enquiries from potential Bidders, the minutes from mandatory site visit/Bidder's conference dated July 26,2018 and related solicitation amendments.
Amd 004: To amend para.2.5 and Criterion M1 in French version of Statement of Requirement only.
Amd 005: To address geotechnical certification.
** Period for submitting enquiries/improvements closed on July 30, 2018 **
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SUMMARY
1.2.1 To supply, deliver, install, and provide operator training, maintenance and repair services for a "turn-key" automated vertical lift storage (VLS) system for the Department of National Defense (DND), CFB Esquimalt, Building 66 Colwood, Wilfert Road, Colwood (Victoria) BC, V9C 1B0 Canada in accordance with the requirement detailed herein.
Delivery, installation and operator training must be completed to the satisfaction of the DND Project Authority by no later than March 29, 2019 (MANDATORY).
Non-warranty maintenance and repair services will be performed on an "as and when requested" basis in accordance with the Task Authorization (TA) process detailed herein. The TA process will also support the purchase of additional goods and services related to the modification and/or expansion of the VLS system.
The period of the Contract is for five (5) years from date of contract award
The requirement does not offer exchange rate fluctuation risk mitigation.
The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will be recommended for award of a contract.
1.2.2 AT THE DATE OF BID CLOSING, THE BIDDER MUST HOLD A VALID DESIGNATED ORGANIZATION SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE RELIABILITY LEVEL. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Bidders should refer to the Contract Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/introduction-eng…) website
1.2.3 The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
1.2.4 Bidders must attend the MANDATORY SITE VISIT AND BIDDER’S CONFERENCE which will be held on JULY 26, 2018 @ 10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Saving Time (PDT) to be given further consideration in the process. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JULY 23, 2018 @ 2:00 PM PDT. Consult Part 2 - Bidder Instructions
1.2.5 The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement; refer to Part 5 - Certifications and Additional Information, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.
1.2.6 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.
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It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that all amendments issued prior to solicitation closing have been obtained and addressed in the submitted bid.
Bidders intending to submit bids should obtain solicitation documents from the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS) at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders. Amendments, when issued, will be available on GETS. Bidders basing their submissions on solicitation documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk.
For further information, please refer to the solicitation documents.
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This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in English.
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.
