Environmental Chamber - Natural Ressources Canada, Canmet ENERGY, Varennes, Quebec

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:

The closing date of the Request for Proposal is changed from November 21 to November 24, 2017, 2 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST).

(a) Introduction CanmetENERGY in Varennes, Québec, conducts research on clean energy and energy efficiency in the North for Natural Resources Canada. As part of its R&D projects, CanmetENERGY requires an environmental chamber for the testing and conditioning of equipment such as heat pumps and photovoltaic modules under various operating temperature and humidity conditions. The test chamber must be able to operate continuously at temperatures between -55°C and 85°C, with live loads up to 15kW.

(b) Requirement To supply one (1) environmental chamber which meets the minimum performance characteristics of equipment listed in the bid solicitation, and install it at the following site:

Natural Resources Canada CanmetENERGY 1615 Lionel-Boulet Boulevard Varennes, Québec J3X 1S6

(c) Delivery Period The environmental chamber must be delivered inside a period of 112 calendar days(16 weeks) after a contract award.

(d) Trade Agreements 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), and the Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Korea, Panama, Peru Trade Agreements with Canada. 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.