CSPS - Course Materials

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

CSPS - COURSE MATERIALS

0X001-170655/A Buck, Daniel Telephone No. - (613) 998-8582 Fax No. - (613) 991-5870 E-mail: daniel.buck@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

NATURE OF REQUIREMENT

The Canada School of the Public Service (CSPS), Ontario Region, requires the on-demand production of various spiral-bound course materials in black only and colour, along with loose sheet inserts, handouts and larger wide-format posters on an ?if and when? required basis.

The period of the Standing Offer will be in effect for a period of one year (1) from the date of issuance to Standing Offer with the option to extend it by two (2) one (1) year periods.

There will be two (2) levels of services applicable, Regular Service and Rush Service. Regular Service describes a submitted work order where delivery is required at destination within six (6) to ten (10) business days from issuance of the order as specified by the CSPS Project Authority, whereas Rush Service describes a submitted work order (before 12:00 PM Eastern Time) where delivery is required at destination within three (3) to five (5) business days from issuance of the order as specified by the CSPS Project Authority. Print files for rush orders will be delivered to the Contractor by CSPS by 12:00PM noon (Eastern Time).

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish Regional Individual Standing Offers for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offers.

Mandatory Criteria

M.1 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE M.1.1: The Offeror must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound to an external client (outside of the Offeror's own company) or to external clients* for two (2) separate contracts to provide printing and production to final format of bound manuals/publications and delivery to the destination address or addresses specified by the Client.

M.1.1.a The Offeror must provide the reference number or the contract number for each of the two (2) contracts. M.1.1.b The Offeror must provide the Client information (example: client organization) for each of the two (2) contracts. M.1.1.c The Offeror must provide a description of each of the bound publication(s)/manual(s) provided by the Offeror under each of the two (2) contracts. The description must include the printing, binding, and delivery requirements for each of the bound publication(s)/manual(s) provided by the Offeror under each of the two (2) contracts. M.1.2: The two (2) separate contracts identified for M.1.1 must have been started or completed after April 01, 2012 M.1.2.a The Offeror must provide the start date or the completion date of each of the two (2) contracts identified for M.1.1 to demonstrate that the contracts were started or completed after April 01, 2012;

M.1.3: At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts identified for M.1.1 must have also been for the production of multiple (a minimum of two [2] different) spiral bound or cerlox bound manuals/publications under the one (1) contract and for delivery on different dates as requested by the Client. M.1.3.a The Offeror must provide a description of the binding requirements for each of the manuals/publications produced by the Offeror for the contract identified for M.1.1; M.1.3.b The Offeror must provide the number of different bound manuals/publications produced by the Offeror for the contract identified for M.1.1; M1.3.c: The Offeror must provide the delivery dates (month and year) for each of the bound manuals/publications produced by the Offeror for the contract identified for M.1.1;

M.1.4: At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts identified for M.1.1 to provide printing and production to final format of bound manuals/publications must have included the printing/reproduction of covers in multiple colours for the manuals/publications. M.1.4.a The Offeror must provide a description of the printing requirements (including the number of ink colours) for the covers of each of the publication(s)/manual(s) provided by the Offeror. M.1.5: At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts identified for M.1.1 to provide printing and production to final format of bound manuals/publications must have included the printing/reproduction of a minimum of 300 impressions/pages (a minimum of 150 sheets printed on two [2] sides or 300 sheets printed on one [1] side only) + covers for one (1) of the described manuals/publications.

M.1.5.a The Offeror must provide the number of sheets printed on one (1) and/or two (2) sides for each of the publication(s)/manual(s) provided by the Offeror for the contract identified for M.1.1; M.1.6: At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts identified for M.1.1 to provide printing and production to final format of bound manuals/publications must have included a requirement for the Contractor to receive supplied components for printing electronically via e-mail or the Offeror’s FTP/ electronic drop box.

M.1.6.a The Offeror must provide a description of the requirements for the reception of electronic components from the Client for the publication(s)/manual(s) to be produced. *During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through internal clients will be accepted or reviewed.

OFFERS NOT MEETING ALL OF THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED NON-RESPONSIVE AND GIVEN NO FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Financial Evaluation

The price of the offer will be evaluated in Canadian dollars, Applicable Taxes excluded, FOB destination, Canadian customs duties and excise taxes included.

The Financial Evaluation will be based on the total evaluated price of the financial proposal using the Excel spreadsheet.

To determine the total evaluated price, the all-inclusive prices and rates submitted in the Annex ?B?: Basis of Payment will be multiplied and when specified divided by the corresponding quantities for evaluation, and then added together to obtain the total evaluated price as specified in the Annex ?B?: Basis of Payment Excel spreadsheet being distributed through Government Electronic Tendering Service (BuyandSell.gc.ca).

Basis of Selection

An offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for Standing Offers and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive offer with the lowest 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.