GO Canada operations maintenance engineering services

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes Nature of Requirements:

Geospace Observatory Canada (GO Canada) Program Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering Services

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on behalf of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), located in St-Hubert, Quebec (the '’Client"), is seeking bids to provide operations, maintenance, and engineering (OM&E) services to the Geospace Observatory (GO) Canada program.

The Go Canada program is motivated by the need for greater fundamental understanding of the planetary environments that are affected by short- and long-term variability of our star - the Sun. The Sun and Earth form a tightly coupled system, with solar variability driving space weather and climate, the creation of harsh radiation environments, and the generation of the aurora. The GO Canada program seeks to understand this fundamental solar-terrestrial coupling and its influence on our planetary environment.

The period of delivery of the services associated with the GO Canada program is from date of contract award to December, 31st 2024 inclusively.

This bid solicitation includes the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to three (3) additional one-year periods under the same conditions.

The estimated amount of funding available is 2,350,000.00$ plus applicable taxes.

Scope of work: a) Project Management: i. Produce reports and plans, project control ii. Participate in CGSM science team meetings b) Configuration Management: i. Maintain Material Inventory Control ii. Maintain System Configuration Control c) Scientific instruments: i. Provide assistance in development of ground-based instruments ii. Provide assistance in deployment of ground-based instruments iii. Provide assistance in maintenance of ground-based instruments d) CGSM Core Sites: i. Provide support to build, modify, refurbish, or electronically connect remote physical sites; and to decommission and dispose remote physical sites ii. Operate and maintain remote physical sites e) Information Technology: i. Maintain and develop the ITI system monitoring tool ii. Maintain and develop the ITI configuration tool iii. Integrate ITI systems

The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian services.

There are no security requirements associated with this requirement.

The following Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements apply to this procurement as detailed below:

-Inuvialuit Final Agreement: for deliveries* to Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories; -Nunavut Land Claims Agreement: for deliveries to Arviat, Rankin Inlet et Taloyoak in Nunavut; -Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Final Agreement: for deliveries to Dawson, Yukon;

This bid solicitation is to establish a contract with task authorizations (TA) for the delivery of the requirement detailed in the bid solicitation, to the Identified Users across Canada, including areas subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements.

The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement; refer to Part 5 - Certifications and Additional Information, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.

This bid solicitation allows bidders to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their bid electronically. Bidders must refer to Part 2 entitled Bidder Instructions, and Part 3 entitled Bid Preparation Instructions, of the bid solicitation, for further information.

9F045-210090/A Proulx, Jean-Renaud Telephone No. - (418) 905-0629

Line 1, GO Canada OM&E Services FY21/22CSA

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.