NETWORK COMPUTER COURSES

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

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1. TITLE: NETWORK COMPUTER COURSES

2. SECURITY: There is no security requirement associated with the requirement.

3. REQUIREMENT: The Department of National Defence (DND) Edmonton Garrison requires a Regional Individual Standing Offer (RISO) for the provision of all instructors, materials, classrooms and computers required to deliver various network administrator courses as outlined in Annex A - Statement of Work. It is expected that DND would register up to 14 students per year in these courses.

The Offeror will provide the following courses

CISCO Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND)1 CISCO Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) 2 SharePoint 2007 Operations SQL Server 2005 Admin VMWare Install Configure and Manage

4. EVALUATION AND SELECTION: Mandatory technical evaluation criteria are included in Annex "D" of the solicitation.

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.

5. ESTIMATED FUNDING: For planning purposes, the Department of National Defence has established a budget of $300,000.00 (GST/HST extra) for this requirement. This is not, however, to be construed as an offer on the part of Canada.

6. PERIOD OF STANDING OFFER: It is anticipated that any standing offer will be effective for a period of three (3) years from the date of issue.

7. CODE OF CONDUCT CERTIFICATIONS Pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2006, Bidders who are incorporated, including those bidding as a joint venture, must provide with their bid or promptly thereafter a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder. Bidders bidding as sole proprietorship, including those bidding as a joint venture, must provide with their bid or promptly thereafter the name of the owner. Bidders bidding as societies, firms, or partnerships do not need to provide lists of names. If the required names have not been received by the time the evaluation of bids is completed, Canada will inform the Bidder of a time frame within which to provide the information. Failure to comply will render the bid non-responsive. Providing the required names is a mandatory requirement for contract award.

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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.