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Create free accountTrade Agreement: NONE 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 ID Cards
47060-146146/C Werk(cw), Janet Telephone No. - (613) 998-3968 Janet.werk@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca
This procurement is subject to national security exception and is, therefore, excluded from all of the obligations of the trade agreements.
This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number 47060-146146/B dated January 29, 2014 with a closing of Feb. 13, 2014 at 2 p.m. A debriefing or feedback session will be provided upon request to bidders who bid on the previous solicitation.
To acquire goods and services to produce identification (ID), authority, chip, and designation cards that will reflect the new Federal Identity Program (FIP) Heraldic Branding of the Canada Border Services Agency.
The Contractor must print information on selected locations of the identification, authority, and designation cards.
The Contract is in effect for a period of one (1) year from award of contract inclusively with the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to four (4) additional one (1) year periods under the same conditions.
There is an IT security and an ID card Security Guide requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security Requirement, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and Annex C.
This procurement is subject to national security exception and is, therefore, excluded from all of the obligations of the trade agreements.
THE REQUIREMENT IS LIMITED TO CANADIAN SUPPLIERS.
The location of the print production site for the card MUST be in Canada. Only the holograms may be printed outside of Canada.
Bidders must provide a list of names or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003 (preferably with your bid).
Phase 1: Mandatory Criteria - All Bidders
A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all Phase 1 mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive.
Phase 2: Prototype evaluation
The two responsive bids with the lowest and second lowest total aggregate price will proceed to Phase 2, which is the evaluation of prototype cards.
1.1.1. Mandatory Technical Criteria - Phase 1 - ALL Bidders
Bidders MUST meet the mandatory criterion of the RFP. No further consideration will be given to bidders not meeting the mandatory criterion.
M.1 To demonstrate that the Bidder has experience producing the type of cards described in the Annex A Statement of Work, the Bidder must provide a detailed description of two (2) previous contracts for one (1) or more external clients, for which the Bidder supplied large quantities of PVC or composite cards to be used for personalization.
M.1.1 The Bidder provided custom imprinting for the cards supplied for at least one (1) of the two (2) described contracts.
M.1.2 The cards supplied by the Bidder for at least one (1) of the two (2) described contracts included a hot stamped or embedded holographic image.
M.1.3 The cards supplied by the Bidder for at least one (1) of the two (2) described contracts were RFID technology proximity cards.
M.1.4 The quantity of cards supplied by the Bidder for at least one (1) of the two (2) described contracts was a minimum of 15,000 cards.
The detailed description must also include the following for each contract description: a. the client information; b. the quantity of cards supplied and delivered; c. a description of the cards supplied under the contract including: · the card material; · the size of the card; · the imprint requirements; · the holographic image requirement, as applicable; · the RFID technology requirements of the card, as applicable.
M.2 Location of Work
The Bidder must provide the full details of all the location of all the work being performed under this contract including all subcontractors as per PART 3 - BID PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS Section IV and Part 7 - RESULTING CONTRACT CLAUSES clause 3.2 Contractor's Site or Premises and 3.2.1 Contractor's Proposed Subcontractors including but not limited to Printing of the holograms.
The detailed description must include the following for each work location:
a) Address: Street Number / Street Name, Unit / Suite / Apartment Number City, Province, Territory / State Postal Code / Zip Code Country
b) What work will be performed at this location?
1.2 Financial Evaluation
The price of the bid will be evaluated in Canadian dollars, the Goods and Services Tax or the Harmonized Sales Tax excluded, FOB destination, Canadian customs duties and excise taxes included.
For evaluation purposes, the firm all inclusive prices submitted in the Annex B, Basis of Payment for the period of the contract and all of the option years will be multiplied by the quantity for evaluation specified and then added, as specified in the Annex B Basis of Payment excel spreadsheet being distributed through GETS (BuyandSell.gc.ca), to determine the Total Aggregate Price. The completed excel spreadsheet is to be returned with your proposal in both hard and soft copy formats.
1.3 Phase 2: Prototype evaluation
The two responsive bids with the lowest and second lowest total aggregate price will proceed to Phase 2 which is the evaluation of prototype cards.
M.1 For Phase 2, the Bidder must provide ten (10) prototype cards of Card B with the "chip" activated and ten (10) prototype cards of Card C printed as per the artwork supplied and as specified in the Annex A Statement of Work. The PWGSC Contracting Authority will provide the Bidder with the artwork for these prototypes as either PDF or EPS files as well as a the artwork for the holographic* image to be used for the basis to produce the required prototype cards.
* Due to the timeframe requirement for these prototypes, the Bidder may use a generic holographic image that contains the same properties of the one required for the CBSA ID Cards for this stage however all holograms must meet the size and placement and other specs set out in the Annex A Statement of work and artwork.
The Bidder must deliver the completed prototype cards for evaluation to the PWGSC Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) business days from receipt of the artwork.
The evaluation team will evaluate these prototypes in accordance with the criteria listed in Table 1.
The cost of producing this prototype must form part of ANNEX B Basis of Payment. After the evaluation of these prototypes has been completed, CBSA will pay for the prototypes based on the pricing submitted in Annex B (section B.M.2) using an acquisition card.
If any of the prototype cards for Card "B" submitted by the Bidder fail to operate because the "chip" was not activated and will not permit CBSA to program the card to work on the CBSA Tyco/ADT card readers, then the submitted card(s) that are non operational will be returned to the Bidder.
The Bidder will be permitted to activate these cards and return them to the PWGSC Contracting Authority within three (3) business days of receiving the returns in order to permit the evaluation team to continue with the evaluation. The prototype cards will only be returned once to permit the Bidder to be corrected for this "chip" activation problem.
If the submitted cards from either of the two lowest responsive Bidders do not meet the requirements as specified in Table 1, then the next Bidder with the lowest (3rd) aggregate price will proceed to Phase 2.
Basis of Selection A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria for phase 1 and phase 2 to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest total evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract. 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.
Not stated in the notice: procurement type, procurement method, selection criteria, region of delivery, region of opportunity, expected contract period, end user
No amendments observed.
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