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Trade Agreement: Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business (SPAB) Tendering Procedures: If 3+ bids offer Canadian goods/services other bids will not be considered Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes Nature of Requirements:

OFFICE PAPER -

E60PD-14PAPR/D Swanson, Manon Telephone No. - (819) 956-7304 ( ) Fax No. - (819) 956-5454

This cancels and supersedes previous Request for Standing Offer Number E60PD-11PAPR/B dated January 15, 2014 and closing at 2:00 PM on March 5, 2014.

------------------------- This procurement has been set aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB).

Requirement The intent of this request is to establish one Regional Master Standing Offer by region including the Comprehensive Land Claims Settlement Areas (CLCSAs) under the aboriginal set-aside program for the supply and delivery of bond office paper for use by various Federal Government Departments and Agencies across Canada on an "as and when requested" basis for a period of one (1) year starting July 2nd, l 2014 until June 30th, 2015 with the option to extend for one (1) year period under the same terms and conditions. Two (2) separate solicitation documents are published on the GETS for this requirement: one (1) solicitation document E60PD-14PAPR/C aimed at the general industry and one (1) under the aboriginal set-aside program E60PD-114APR/D. If Offerors are eligible and choose to make an offer on both requirements they must submit two (2) separate offer packages. Offerors may submit an offer for one (1) or more of the following region(s), including Comprehensive Land Claims Settlement Areas: 1) Pacific Region:. 2) Western Region: 3) Northern Ontario (Bilingual) 4) Southern and South Central (SSC) Ontario 5) Eastern Ontario and National Capital Area - NCA (Bilingual) 6) Québec Region (Bilingual) 7) Newfoundland and Labrador 8) New-Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (Bilingual) 9) Nova Scotia 10) Nunavut and Norhtwest Territories

Basis of Selection To be declared responsive, an offer must: (a) Comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; (b) Meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and (c) For each of the two (2) classes of paper identified in the EFOT, obtain an average financial evaluation of 60 points or more by pricing column 2. Offers not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) above will be declared non-responsive. 3. On a region by regions basis, only the responsive offer with the highest Evaluated Sum will be recommended for issuance of a Standing Offer Delivery Date: 14/05/2014

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.