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Public Works and Government Services Canada

VÉHICULE AÉRIEN SANS PILOTE À VOILURE TOURNANTE

Request for Proposal (RFP)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
February 2, 2016
Published
December 22, 2015
Type
Goods
Explore similarCommercial and Military and Private Vehicles and their Accessories and ComponentsQuebec

Full description

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy:
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:

Rotary-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

23240-160663/A
McMartin, Dugald
Telephone No. - (819) 956-0085 ( )

Line 1, Rotary-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has a requirement for a commercial off-the-shelf rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of less than 25 kg weight (including payload) for use in aerial mapping. The procured UAV will be used as an airborne platform to carry custom sensors (payload) on airborne survey missions. The UAV will also allow for the installation (and easy removal) of a gimbal-mounted DSLR camera when the payload is not installed.

Basis of Selection
1. To be declared responsive, a bid must:
a) comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation;
b) meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
c) must not provide a financial bid in excess of the stipulated maximum budget of $85,000.00 (applicable taxes extra).

2. Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) will be declared non responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated bid price in accordance with Annex B - Basis of Payment will be recommended for award of a contract, provided that the financial bid does not exceed the budget available for this requirement.

All the deliverables must be received on or before 2016-03-31.
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.

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Basic information

Reference
PW-_CAG-002-25586
Solicitation no.
23240-160663/A
Buyer
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Notice type
Request for Proposal
Method
Competitive - Open bidding
Procurement category
*GD
Trade agreements
*Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA) *Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) *Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) *North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

GSIN
*N1550 — *Unmanned Aircraft
UNSPSC
UNSPSC 25000000 — Commercial and Military and Private Vehicles and their Accessories and Components

Delivery & regions

Province
Quebec
Regions of delivery
*Ontario (except NCR)

Key dates

Published
December 22, 2015
Closes
February 2, 2016
Amendment no.
000

Contact

End-user
Natural Resources Canada
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Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    Bell Textron Canada Limited
    9 contracts won· latest January 26, 2024
    CAD $681.7K
    total awarded
  2. 2
    AERO SUPPLIES INC.
    8 contracts won· latest January 8, 2024
    CAD $518.3K
    total awarded
  3. 3
    Canada West Avionics Ltd
    5 contracts won· latest June 2, 2023
    CAD $267.8K
    total awarded
  4. 4
    SIMEX DEFENCE INC. / DEFENSE SIMEX INC.
    4 contracts won· latest September 21, 2023
    CAD $282.1K
    total awarded
  5. 5
    CANADO NACAN EQUIPEMENT INC
    2 contracts won· latest August 2, 2022
    CAD $174K
    total awarded

Bell Textron Canada Limited is the most likely incumbent, based on how often and how recently they have won this buyer’s work in this category. To displace them, expect to need a clearly stronger proposition or price.

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