Water Vulnerability Assessments

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes Nature of Requirements:

Water Vulnerability Assessments

EN438-178001/A Choquette, Herb Telephone No. - (613) 536-4874 Fax No. - (613) 545-8067 Email: Herb.Choquette@pwgsc.gc.ca

The Department of National Defence requires two Task Authorization Contracts (TAC) to conduct drinking water vulnerability assessments, and preparation of monitoring and management plans as stated in Annex "A" at various locations in Canada.

The term of the contract will be from date of award until 30 June 2018 with Canada having the right to extend the Contract by up to two years. The Contractor will be responsible for ensuring all personnel, equipment, and technical expertise required to carry out work describes in this TAC and subsequent Task Authorizations (TAs) are available and meet all regulations and standards applicable to the work.

Specific details of the Work will be communicated in subsequent TAs. Activities will be conducted on an "as and when requested" basis, as determined by the DND Project Manager (DND PM).

There are security requirements 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 Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

1.2.3 "The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)."

This procurement is subject to the following Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s): Nunavut Land Claims Agreement 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; see Part 5 - Certifications, Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.

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.