SO - WINDOW ENVELOPE PRINTING

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: WINDOW ENVELOPES PRINTED Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) in Vegreville, Alberta requires the provision of manufacturing and printing of two (2) different envelopes on an ''if and when required basis''. The Standing Offer will be from the date of issuance to September 30, 2016 with the option to extend it by two (2) periods of one (1) year each under the same terms and conditions. The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND BASIS OF SELECTION

OFFERS NOT MEETING THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED AS NON RESPONSIVE AND GIVEN NO FURTHER CONSIDERATION

Technical Evaluation

Mandatory Technical Criteria

"External client(s)" means clients exterior to the Supplier's own legal entity (or joint venture partnership) and excludes the parent, subsidiaries or other affiliates of the Supplier. "Internal client(s)" means clients within the Supplier's own legal entity (or joint venture partnership) and includes the parent, subsidiaries and other affiliates of the Supplier.

M1. The Offeror must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound to at least two (2) separate external clients (outside of the Offeror's own company) to provide printing of envelopes. At least one (1) of the two contracts must have been for the fabrication and printing of a minimum of 100,000 envelopes in a single order. During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through internal clients (within the Offeror's own legal entity [or joint venture partnership] and includes the parent, subsidiaries and other affiliates of the Offeror) will be accepted or reviewed. The Offeror must provide the following information for each contract: (a) a description of the envelopes provided by the Offeror; (b) a description of the printing requirements of the envelopes provided by the Offeror; (c) the quantity of envelopes provided by the Offeror; (d) the Client information for the Contract

Basis of Selection

An offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for Standing Offers to be declared responsive. The responsive offer with the lowest total evaluated price will be recommended for issuance of a standing offer

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.