EREP: Equipment 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: No Nature of Requirements:

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) requires Equipment Trailers in both gooseneck and conventional trailer hitch styles to respond to marine pollution incidents and/or other CCG operations. The Equipment Trailer will be deployed in areas accessible by highway, secondary road, and moderate cross-country terrain throughout Canada in support of the CCG Environmental Response (ER) and used to transport and store large and bulky equipment.

This bid solicitation defines the requirements of the Work and stipulates the deliverables required for the provision of the Equipment Trailer (and any components / equipment thereof acquired as individual Items).

Since there does not appear to be a definitive industry-wide term used to classify this type of trailer, terms such as equipment trailer, response trailer, utility trailer, 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, 2023 (inclusive).

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. Vendors are encouraged to read the bid solicitation in its entirety before enquiring.

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.

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.

Bidders intending to submit bids should download solicitation documents directly from the solicitation's Tender Notice on 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.

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Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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