Safety Training Courses, Cold Lake, AB

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA Tendering Procedures: Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: 1. TITLE: SAFETY TRAINING COURSES, Cold Lake, AB

2. SECURITY: All of the work is unclassified and the contractor will not have access to any classified information.

3. REQUIREMENT: The Department of National Defence, 4 Wing Cold Lake, AB, has a requirement to provide personnel at 4 Wing Cold Lake with safety training courses on an "as and when requested" basis to meet training requirements specified in the Canada Labour Code, National Joint Council Occupational Health and Safety Directive and the Department of National Defence (DND) General Safety Policy and Standards. Training will take place at 4 Wing Cold Lake in building 84 or other training facilities as designated by the Wing General Safety Office.

The contractor must provide the following courses in accordance with provided prerequisites:

I. Fall Protection II. Confined Spaces III. Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S)

Courses will be scheduled with the intent to run consecutive serials totalling three (3) to five (5) days, as demand warrants. The Contractor must be prepared to run three (3) or more courses back to back if demand warrants or due to time constraints (venue availability). Classes will run from 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. 4 Wing will not normally request training to be scheduled from April to August. The Wing General Safety Officer will liaise with the Contractor to determine a course schedule achievable and practical to both parties. Course delivery must be available within two (2) months from receipt of a DND confirmation of dates.

4. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS: Failure to meet any of the following mandatory criteria at bid closing will render your submission non-responsive and it will be given no further consideration.

a) Bidders must certifiy compliance to the provision of all prerequisites identified in Appendix 1 to Annex "A", Minimum Course Requirements by signing below. Upon request, bidders must submit the training material and sample examinations to be used. If requested, training material will be evaluated to ensure that all teaching points required are addressed. The training material and sample examinations if requested, must be submitted on CD with files in either PDF, DOC, or WPD format. It is requested that the files be read-only. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that the correct information is included on the CD and that the CD works. PWGSC reserves the right to distribute the information contained on the CD to the evaluation team for evaluation purposes.

I certify that our training courses address, as a minimum, all prerequisites identified in Appendix 1 to Annex "A".

________________________________ ______________________________ Name of Person Authorized to Certify Signature

b) Bidders must provide the names of individuals proposed to teach the courses. Individuals proposed must be Qualified Persons under the Canada Labour Code - Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. That is, in respect of a specified duty, a person who, because of his/her knowledge, training and experience is qualified to perform that duty safely and properly. Résumés may be requested.

5. CONTRACTOR SELECTION: A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.

6. PERIOD OF CONTRACT: The contract period for authorizing task authorizations is from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013, wiith an option to extend for two (2) additional one (1) year periods.

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Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.