PRINTING - SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: Printing - Supreme Court of Canada 1N001-122354/A Podlesny, Sebastian

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS

Government of Canada is moving its Government Electronic Tendering Service from MERX to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders on June 1, 2013

Starting June 1, 2013, federal government tenders (tender notices and bid solicitation documents) will be published and available free of charge on a Government of Canada Web site on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.

The Government Electronic Tendering Service on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders will be the sole authoritative source for Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade agreements or subject to departmental policies that require public advertising of tenders.

Get more details in the Frequently Asked Questions section of Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.

After June 1, 2013, all tenders and related documents and amendments will be on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.

On June 1, 2013, suppliers must go to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders to check for amendments to any tender opportunities that they have been following on MERX prior to June 1.

Bookmark Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders now to be ready for June 1

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) requires pre-press, printing, mailing and distribution services related to each issue of the "Canada Supreme Court Reports". The perfect bound publication will be produced in English and French, bilingual versions side by side.

The Contract is in effect from June 3, 2013, to completion of any volumes started prior to March 31, 2014 inclusively with four (4) option periods of one (1) year each.

The requirement is subject to the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003 and 2004.

Specifications for Issues

Quantities

Basic 1,200 copies. Quantities are subject to change through the duration of the Contract. In the event of a change in the basic quantity, the prices will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis as per the Annex B Basis of Payment.

Number of pages

Basic 180 pages plus cover. Quantities are subject to change through the duration of the contract. In the event of a change in the basic number of pages, the prices will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis as per Annex B Basis of Payment.

Format

Perfect Bound - separate cover

Trim Size

8 1/8" x 9 3/4" bound on the 9 3/4" side

Cover Stock

Domtar Hots, Vellum Cover (65 lb) 130M, (9.7 pt), red (NO SUBSTITUTE)

Text Stock

No 2 Offset, white, virgin, 100M, Alkaline

Ink Colours

Cover pages and Spine will print black only. Text pages will print black text only. No bleeds. Halftones (photographs, graphs or charts) may be incorporated as required.

Binding

Slot Perfect bound

Basis of Selection

1. To be declared responsive, a bid must

A) comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; and B) meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria;

2. Bids not meeting A) or B) will be declared non-responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.

The mandatory criteria are

M1.

By the Request for Proposal closing date the Bidder must have obtained certification under any one (1) of the following environmental programs:

-Environmental Choice Program - EcoLogoM Program CCD-041 (Lithographic Printing Services), -Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody Certification(COC), -Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Chain-of-Custody Certification -Canadian Standards Association Sustainable Forest Management Standards (CSA/SFMS) -Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certifications (PEFC), -ISO 14001

The Bidder must provide a copy of its current certification or certifications with its bid

M2.

The Bidder must demonstrate that he has been contractually bound with a minimum of one (1) external client (outside of the Bidder's own company) within the last five (5) years prior to the closing date of this RFP to provide at least one (1) previous project of similar scope and nature to this requirement.

The Contract with a minimum of one (1) external client must be for printing and finishing of multiple volumes (more than one [1] requiring consistency between volumes) of a bound publication and preparation for distribution.

During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through internal clients will be accepted or reviewed.

To demonstrate this corporate experience the Bidder must provide all of the following information in a description of the Contract:

1. The Contract reference information, 2. The Contract date, 3. A description of the printing and finishing requirements of the publication supplied under the Contract, 4. A description of the number of volumes to demonstrate how it meets the mandatory criterion as a publication with multiple volumes. 5. A description of the services it has provided in the preparation for distribution.

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.