Maintenance and Repair of Communication Towers

The RCMP has a requirement for repair, overhaul, modification, installation, removal and support services for approximately 700 communication sites distributed across Canada. This Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) allows suppliers to submit proposals for pre-qualification under a resulting Supply Arrangement (SA). All proposals will be evaluated by Canada. Suppliers demonstrating the technical capabilities and experience will be awarded an SA.

Qualification under the Supply Arrangement: The SA was established in October 2013 for a period of 3 years, and subsequently refreshed to include 2 one-year option periods. The SA ends October 26, 2018. No further option periods remain.

Final requests for new supplier qualifications will be accepted until January 31, 2018, at which time the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) publication will be removed. Evaluation Process: Firms must be able to meet the mandatory technical criteria to be placed on the Supply Arrangement.

Supply Arrangement

An SA is a non-binding arrangement between Canada and pre-qualified suppliers that allows departments to award contracts and solicit bids from a pool of pre-qualified suppliers for specific requirements within the scope of the SA. The intent of ant SA is to establish a framework to permit expeditious processing of individual bid solicitations, which result in legally binding contracts for the services described in those bid solicitations.

The SA is not in itself a contract, but rather a base document that forms part of the future Request for Proposal (RFP) and resulting contract. When an SA is issued the supplier accepts the obligation to provide specified services in accordance with the SA, under any resulting contract that may be awarded as a result of an RFP. The RFPs will specify the specific requirements, and may contain additional terms and conditions that the supplier must meet.

See the bid solicitation section of the RFSA for further details on this procurement process. The RCMP has published its National Procurement Plan. For further information, please see link: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/rcmp-national-procurement-plan http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/fr/plan-national-dapprovisionnement-grc

Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) Procurement complaints may be filed with the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) by potential suppliers concerning alleged breaches by the Government of Canada of the prescribed procedural requirements applicable to any aspects of the procurement process for contracts covered by the trade agreements i.e. the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), theCanadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), and the Agreement on Government Procurement (the AGP) of the World Trade Organization. For more information please go to the CITT Website. http://www.citt.gc.ca/index_e.asp

Office of the Procurement Ombudsman: The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO) was established by the Government of Canada to provide an independent avenue for suppliers to raise complaints regarding the award of contracts under $25,000 for goods and under $100,000 for services. You have the option of raising issues or concerns regarding the solicitation, or the award resulting from it, with the OPO by contacting them by telephone at 1-866-734-5169 or by e-mail at boa.opo@boa.opo.gc.ca. You can also obtain more information on the OPO services available to you at their website at www.opo-boa.gc.ca.

Inquiries: Clair Hinther Senior Procurement & Contracting Officer Assets and Procurement Branch 73 Leikin Drive Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R2 E-mail: Clair.Hinther@rcmp-grc.gc.ca