REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD EF

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: If 3+ bids offer Canadian goods/services other bids will not be considered Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION (NCR)

08956-110350/B Alfred Ogbumor. Telephone No. (819) 956-3589 Fax No. - (819) 956-4944

The Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), requires National Individual Standing Offers, (NISOs), for the provision of removal and storage services for Household Effects on an as-and-when requested basis.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) is responsible for the relocation of its employees and their dependants from Canada to Canada's Missions abroad and from Canada's Missions abroad back to Canada. To support these relocations, DFAIT requires removal and storage services for Household Effects.

These services include packing, delivery and/or long-term storage of personal household effects, from/to employees' residences to/from storage facilities of the Offeror in the National Capital Region (NCR). It also includes making arrangements with the Freight Forwarders, who will in turn, pick-up/deliver the goods from/to the Offeror's storage facility for delivery and/or return from/to Canadian missions throughout the world.

These services are limited to the National Capital Region (NCR).

The employees concerned are DFAIT employees and employees from other government departments who are being relocated from Canada to Canada's missions abroad and from Canada's missions abroad back to Canada. There is also a requirement for bonded storage for employees on assignments from Mission to Mission (cross -posting) under the terms of the Foreign Service Directives (FSD) which will require a bonded storage warehouse.

It is the intention to qualify up to a maximum of eight (8) Offerors in this Standing Offer.

An offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for Standing Offer and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive for the services. The responsive offers with the lowest total bid price will be issued a Standing Offer (up to eight (8) Offerors will be selected).

Those Offerors authorized to provide services to the NCR, must submit fixed firm unit prices for these services in the Basis of Payment.

The period of the standing offers will be for two (2) years, from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014, plus an option for a (1) one year extension, from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, should the extension year be exercised. The call-up limitation for the standing offers will be $100,000.00 (GST included).

The request for Standing Offers will be solely limited to suppliers offering Canadian goods and services.

Offerors must make sure that they fulfill all the mandatory technical criteria to be considered. Failure to do so will cause their Offer to be non-responsive.

If PWGSC notifies the Offeror that it intent to issue a standing offer, the Offeror shall, at its sole expense, provide financial security to the Crown within 7 calendar days from such notification, in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of $150,000.00 Canadian dollars.

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.