EREP: Custom Utility Trailer

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

The Canadian Coast Guard requires bumper pull and gooseneck trailers to store and transport environmental response equipment to incident sites. These trailers will also provide a small workspace for personnel to use once on scene. They will be towed by conventional pickup trucks on highways, secondary roads, and gravel roads throughout Canada.

This bid solicitation defines the requirements of the Work and stipulates the deliverables required for the provision of the Trailer (and any components/equipment thereof acquired as individual Items), including each of the following components: - Trailer; - Storage Design; - Generator Box; - Documentation; and - Complete Response Trailer System.

Since there does not appear to be a definitive industry-wide term used to classify this type of trailer, terms such as utility trailer, equipment trailer, response trailer, etc. may be used interchangeably throughout the bid solicitation.

The period of the resulting contract will be from the date of contract to March 31, 2022 (inclusive). Delivery destinations are identified in Schedule A.

The resulting contract may also be utilized for deliveries to other federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal government organizations and Crown corporations.

This procurement is part of the Environmental Response Equipment (ERE) Program for the Canadian Coast Guard, and forms part of the Oceans Protection Plan announced in November 2016. Under the ERE Program, Canadian Coast Guard is renewing its suite of environmental response equipment, ensuring a robust and strategic national response capability. The ERE Program will replace aging environmental response equipment and introduce some new technologies to over 80 locations across the country through approximately 50 to 100 unique procurements for different types of equipment.

Public Works and Government Services Canada (also known as Public Services and Procurement Canada) is leading this procurement on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard. Enquiries regarding this bid solicitation must be directed only to the Contracting Authority identified in the bid solicitation.

Due to the nature of the bid solicitation, bids transmitted by facsimile or e-mail, or the epost Connect service will not be accepted.

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), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

This bid solicitation may establish a contract with task authorizations 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.

This procurement is subject to the Tlicho Land Claims Agreement.

At the time when a Task Authorization is issued, the Contracting Authority and/or Project Authority will discuss with the Contractor to determine if there is an opportunity to include an Indigenous Benefits Plan which generates socio-economic benefits (employment, training and subcontracting) for Indigenous people or businesses.

The Phased Bid Compliance Process (PBCP) applies to this requirement.

The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement; see Part 5 - Certifications and Additional Information, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.

Bidders intending to submit bids should obtain solicitation documents directly from http://BuyAndSell.gc.ca. Solicitation amendments, if and when issued, will be available on http://BuyAndSell.gc.ca. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that all amendments issued during the solicitation period have been obtained and addressed in the submitted bid. Bidders basing their submissions on solicitation documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Learn how to receive notifications about solicitation amendments at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders/follow-opportunities.

Businesses interested in learning more about selling to the Government of Canada are encouraged to review https://BuyAndSell.gc.ca/for-businesses/selling-to-the-government-of-canada.

The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) offers free seminars to businesses interested in learning about the general procurement process and how to sell goods and services to the government. Refer to http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/pme-sme/index-eng.html for more information about OSME’s seminars and other services.

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.