Food Services (Caterer) at the Bagotville Cadet Training Centre (BCTC)

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / 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:

(a) Background Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) requires the services of a food services company to prepare food in the culinary facilities that are located at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville (CFB Bagotville), in the city of Saguenay, QC, more specifically at the Bagotville Cadet Training Centre (Bagotville CTC), Building 87, in accordance with the period of service.

The target clientele encompasses a population primarily comprised of adolescent cadets between the ages of 12 and 18 years and staff cadets between the ages of 15 and 19 years.

(b) Food Services - Statement of Work (Stipulations) To supply the services and foodstuffs needed to prepare on site at DND facilities and at short notice morning (breakfasts), mid-day (lunches) and evening meals (dinners), meals in insulated containers and box meals, picnic meals and supplements between meals, all freshly made for a variable numbers of diners, which number is to be confirmed on the daily meal requisition sent to the Contractor 48 hours in advance, and in accordance with the technical requirements set out in the Statement of Work - Stipulations in Annex A.

(c) Number of meals The forecast number of meals for the 2019/2020 year, based on the previous year’s numbers, is 132,417 meals divided as follows: 44,381 breakfasts, 43,780 lunches and 44,256 dinners. The number of energy supplements to be planned for 2019 (2019 summer camp) is 3,500, as described in Section 8, under "Energy Supplements."

(d) Dining Room availability Building 87, commonly referred to as the combined mess, contains a central kitchen that serves two (2) dining rooms with two (2) cafeteria-style service points. Each dining room has one (1) service point with a seating capacity of 120 (staff cadet rooms) and 196 (cadet dining room) per room.

(e) Client Regional Cadet Support Unit (Eastern) Richelain, Quebec, Canada, J0J 1R0

(f) Term of Contract The contract term will be one (1) year firm, from the award of the contract to May 31st, 2020, plus four (4) irrevocable option periods of one (1) year each.

(g) Periods of Service Between June 1st to August 31st (around 3 months per year).

(h) Mandatory site visit and bidders' conference A mandatory site visit is scheduled on January 11, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., in the kitchen of building 87 of the Department of National Defence, CFB Bagotville, Alouette, Québec, G0V 1A0. Failure to attend will result in the rejection of the proposal. A conference optional bidders will follow the mandatory site visit.

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

(j) epost Connect This bid solicitation allows bidders to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their bid electronically. Bidders must refer to Part 2 entitled Bidder Instructions, and Part 3 entitled Bid Preparation Instructions, of the bid solicitation, for further information.

(k) Security Requirements There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Bidders should refer to the Contract Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/introduction-eng.html ) website.

(l) Trade Agreements 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), the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), and the Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Korea, Panama, Peru, Ukraine Trade Agreements with Canada.

Delivery Date: 11/12/2018

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.