ISC - Departmental Envelopes

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

ISC - DEPARTMENTAL ENVELOPES

A0632-182552/A Buck, Daniel Telephone No. - (613) 998-8582 Fax No. - (613) 991-5870 E-mail: daniel.buck@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

NATURE OF REQUIREMENT

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) requires the printing and production to final format of departmental envelopes on an ?if and when? required basis and delivery of the completed quantities to ISC Departmental Store in the National Capital region.

The initial Production run will be for various quantities of envelopes as specified in the Annex ?A? Statement of Work.

Additional production runs may also be required on an ?if and when? required basis at any time after the initial production run is completed and delivered. Additional production runs are at the sole discretion of ISC and will be authorized by the Contracting Authority through a contract amendment.

The period of the Contract is from date of Contract to December 31, 2018 inclusive.

All deliverables produced for the initial production run must be received at the destination addresses on or before August 31, 2018.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

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

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.

Mandatory Criteria

M.1 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITY - COROPLAST SIGNAGE

M.1.1: The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound to an external* client (outside of the Bidder's own company) to provide printing and fabrication to final format of a minimum total quantity of 200,000* envelopes, produced and delivered to the destination address or addresses specified by the Client. For each of the two (2) contracts, the Bidder must provide:

M.1.1.a The Bidder must provide the quantity of envelopes provided by the Bidder. M.1.1.b The Bidder must provide a description of the envelopes provided by the Bidder including the finished size of the envelopes. M.1.1.c The Bidder must provide a description of the printing requirements of the envelopes. M.1.1.d The Bidder must provide the Client Information for the Contract.

M.1.2: The Contract identified for M.1.1 must have been started or completed on or after February 1, 2013.

M.1.2.a The Bidder must provide the start or completion date of the Contract.

PROPOSALS NOT MEETING ALL OF THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED NON RESPONSIVE AND GIVEN NO FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Financial Evaluation

The price of the bid will be evaluated in Canadian dollars, Applicable Taxes excluded, FOB destination, Canadian customs duties and excise taxes included.

The Financial Evaluation will be based on the total evaluated price of the financial proposal.

To determine the total evaluated price, the all-inclusive prices and rates submitted in the Annex ?B?: Basis of Payment will be multiplied by the corresponding quantities for evaluation, and then added together to obtain the total evaluated price as specified in the Annex ?B?: Basis of Payment.

Basis of Selection

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest 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.