Printing, Warehousing, Order Fulfillment and Distribution of CIC Secure Documents

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: Printing, Warehousing, Order Fulfillment and Distribution of CIC Secure Documents

B8297-140310/B Gariepy, Jacques Telephone No. - (613) 998-8582

The purpose of this amendment is to change the Security Guide and to add the Security Classification Guide to the solicitation.

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A SECURITY REQUIREMENT

TITLE: Printing, Warehousing, Order Fulfillment and Distribution of CIC Secure Documents

The national security exceptions provided for in the trade agreements have been invoked; therefore, this procurement is excluded from all of the obligations of all the trade agreements.

The contract period will be for a period of one (1) year plus four (4) additional periods of one (one) year. This procurement is subject to national security exception and is, therefore, excluded from all of the obligations of the trade agreements. This requirement is limited to products and / or Canadian services. 1. SECURITY REQUIREMENT

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders should refer to the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Industrial and Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003 .

The national security exceptions provided for in the trade agreements have been invoked; therefore, this procurement is excluded from all of the obligations of all the trade agreements.

2. SUMMARY

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is requiring a contractor to provide Offset printing incorporating security printing techniques including rainbow printing, optically variable inks, chemically variable inks, Intaglio printing, hot foil stamping, serial numbering and others. warehousing, distribution, inventory control, order processing, invoicing, order fulfillment, tracking, reporting, and destruction, and delivery services via armoured vehicle of two key controlled forms. The two key controlled forms involved in this contract are the IMM 1346 B and the IMM 1442 B. These forms are used for the immigration product lines. 3. MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA

An offer must meet all the mandatory requirements. Offers not meeting all of the mandatory requirements will be given no further consideration and will be declared non-responsive. Offers meeting all of the mandatory requirements will go on to be evaluated for the Point-Rated Requirements.

M.1 CORPORATE CAPABILITY To demonstrate that the Bidder has the corporate capacity to manufacture paper-based security documents, the Bidder must provide a description of three (3) projects undertaken, or active, during the five (5) years preceding the date of posting this RFP that collectively included the provision of all of the following services and production techniques:

M.1.1 Security Consultation and Design services; M.1.2 Managing the on-going supply of security components, including paper, required for completing the document; M.1.3 Offset printing incorporating security printing techniques including rainbow printing, chemically variable inks; M.1.4 Intaglio printing; M.1.5 Hot foil stamping of an Optically Variable Device (OVD); M.1.6 Optically variable inks, M.1.7 Inventory and Supply Chain management supporting on-going production;

M.2. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

The Bidder must provide a proposed Contractor/Client Project Organization Chart for Contract implementation and on-going production management.

The Contractor Project Organization Chart must: 1) Identify an individual, or individuals, who will act as the Contractor Project Manager and principal point of contact for the contract period; 2) Identify the positions and roles of the Contractor's personnel who will interact with CIC to refine the corporate inventory management system interface to meet the CIC requirements, redesign or revise forms, manage press checks; 3) Identify the Contractor personnel, their positions in the organization and their accountability and reporting relationships for a problem escalation process.

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.