4U ENVIRONMENTAL CASES

Trade Agreement: Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business (SPAB) Tendering Procedures: Suppliers on permanent list or able to meet qualification requirements Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: 4U ENVIRONMENTAL CASES

W1786-120024/B

Benoît Paquin Telephone: (819) 956-3966 Facsimile: (819) 956-5227 Email: benoit.paquin@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

AMENDMENT 004

This amendment is raised to modify the information in Part 4 of the Request For Proposal as follows:

Delete: Part 4 section 1.1 Financial Evaluation;

Insert: 1.1 Technical Evaluation

1.1.1 Mandatory Technical Evaluation Criteria

1.1.1.1 Bidders must provide all required technical information to demonstrate their technical compliance to the Annex A - Statement of Requirement for 4U Extended Environmental Cases.

1.1.1.2 Bidders must demonstrate that the product offered is compatible and can be safely stack with Hardigg Classic Rackmount Cases Part No. DE2412-02/35/05.

1.2 Financial Evaluation

1.2.1 Mandatory Financial Evaluation Criteria The price of the bid must be in Canadian dollars, Delivered Duty Paid at destination, Incoterms 2000, Canadian Custom Duties and Excise Taxes included where applicable, Goods and Services Tax or the Harmonized Sales Tax extra.

Bidders must quote a price for all destinations with the same Nato Stock Number.

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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AMENDMENT 003

This amendment is raised to extend the bid closing date as follows:

Page 1 Solicitation Closes

Delete: at 02:00 on 2012-07-31

Insert: at 02:00 on 2012-08-09

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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AMENDMENT 002

This amendment is raised to extend the bid closing date as follows:

Page 1 Solicitation Closes

Delete: at 02:00 on 2012-07-26

Insert: at 02:00 on 2012-07-31

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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AMENDMENT 001

This amendment is raised to modify the Request For Proposal as follows:

1. Table of Content - Part 5 - Certification

Delete: 1. Certifications Precedent to Contract Award and Certifications required with the Bid

Insert: 1. Code of Conduct Certifications - Consent to a Criminal Record Verification 2. Certifications Precedent to Contract Award and Certifications required with the Bid

3. Part 2 - Bidder instruction, Paragraph 1 - Standard Instructions, Clauses and Conditions

Delete: The 2003 (2012-03-02) Standard Instructions - Goods or Services - Competitive Requirements, are incorporated by reference into and form part of the bid solicitation.

Insert: The 2003 (2012-07-11) Standard Instructions - Goods or Services - Competitive Requirements, are incorporated by reference into and form part of the bid solicitation.

4. Part 5 - Certification

Delete: In its entirety

Insert: PART 5 - CERTIFICATIONS

Bidders must provide the required certifications to be awarded a contract. Canada will declare a bid non-responsive if the required certifications are not completed and submitted as requested.

Compliance with the certifications bidders provide to Canada is subject to verification by Canada during the bid evaluation period (before award of a contract) and after award of a contract. The Contracting Authority will have the right to ask for additional information to verify bidders' compliance with the certifications before award of a contract. The bid will be declared non-responsive if any certification made by the Bidder is untrue, whether made knowingly or unknowingly. Failure to comply with the certifications or to comply with the request of the Contracting Authority for additional information will also render the bid non-responsive.

1. Code of Conduct Certifications - Consent to a Criminal Record Verification

1.1 Bidders must submit with their bid, by the bid solicitation closing date:

(a) a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder;

(b) a properly completed and signed form Consent to a Criminal Record Verification (PWGSC-TPSGC 229), for each individual named in the list.

For information purposes an electronic copy of the Consent to a Criminal Record Verification can be found at: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/forms/documents/229.pdf

2. Certifications Precedent to Contract Award and Certifications Required with the Bid

Bidders must submit the certifications as provided below

2.1 Certifications Precedent to Contract Award

The certifications listed below should be completed and submitted with the bid but may be submitted afterwards. If any of these required certifications is not completed and submitted as requested, the Contracting Authority will so inform the Bidder and provide the Bidder with a time frame within which to meet the requirement. Failure to comply with the request of the Contracting Authority and meet the requirement within that time period will render the bid non-responsive.

2.1.1 Federal Contractors Program - $200,000 or more 1. The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) requires that some suppliers, including a supplier who is a member of a joint venture, bidding for federal government contracts, valued at $200,000 or more (including all applicable taxes), make a formal commitment to implement employment equity. This is a condition precedent to contract award. If the Bidder, or, if the Bidder is a joint venture and if any member of the joint venture, is subject to the FCP, evidence of its commitment must be provided before the award of the Contract.

Suppliers who have been declared ineligible contractors by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) are no longer eligible to receive government contracts over the threshold for solicitation of bids as set out in the Government Contracts Regulations. Suppliers may be declared ineligible contractors either as a result of a finding of non-compliance by HRSDC, or following their voluntary withdrawal from the FCP for a reason other than the reduction of their workforce to less than 100 employees. Any bids from ineligible contractors, including a bid from a joint venture that has a member who is an ineligible contractor, will be declared non-responsive.

2. If the Bidder does not fall within the exceptions enumerated in 3.(a)or (b) below, or does not have a valid certificate number confirming its adherence to the FCP, the Bidder must fax (819-953-8768) a copy of the signed form LAB 1168, Certificate of Commitment to Implement Employment Equity, to the Labour Branch of HRSDC.

3. The Bidder, or, if the Bidder is a joint venture the member of the joint venture, certifies its status with the FCP, as follows:

The Bidder or the member of the joint venture

(a) ( ) is not subject to the FCP, having a workforce of less than 100 full-time or part-time permanent employees, and/or temporary employees having worked 12 weeks or more in Canada;

(b) ( ) is not subject to the FCP, being a regulated employer under the Employment Equity Act, S.C. 1995, c. 44;

(c) ( ) is subject to the requirements of the FCP, having a workforce of 100 or more full-time or part-time permanent employees, and/or temporary employees having worked 12 weeks or more in Canada, but has not previously obtained a certificate number from HRSDC (having not bid on requirements of $200,000 or more), in which case a duly signed certificate of commitment is attached;

(d) ( ) is subject to the FCP, and has a valid certificate number as follows: _______ (e.g. has not been declared an ineligible contractor by HRSDC.)

Further information on the FCP is available on the HRSDC Web site.

2.2 Certifications Required with the Bid

Bidders must submit the following duly completed certifications with their bid.

2.2.1 Canadian Content Certification This procurement is conditionally limited to Canadian goods.

Subject to the evaluation procedures contained in the bid solicitation, bidders acknowledge that only bids with a certification that the good(s) offered are Canadian goods, as defined in clause A3050T, may be considered.

Failure to provide this certification completed with the bid will result in the good(s) offered being treated as non-Canadian goods.

The Bidder certifies that

( ) the good(s) offered are Canadian goods as defined in paragraph 1 of clause A3050T.

2.2.1.1 SACC Manual Clauses

SACC Reference Title Date A3050T Canadian Content Definition 2010-01-11

2.2.2 Set-aside for Aboriginal Business 1. This procurement is set aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business, as detailed in Annex 9.4, Requirements for the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business, of the Supply Manual.

2. The Bidder

(i) certifies that it meets, and will continue to meet throughout the duration of any resulting contract, the requirements described in the above-mentioned annex;

(ii) agrees that any subcontractor it engages under any resulting contract must satisfy the requirements described in the above-mentioned annex; and

(iii) agrees to provide to Canada, immediately upon request, evidence supporting any subcontractor's compliance with the requirements described in the above-mentioned annex.

3. The Bidder must check the applicable box below

(i) ( ) The Bidder is an Aboriginal business that is a sole proprietorship, band, limited company, co-operative, partnership or not-for-profit organization.

OR

(ii) ( ) The Bidder is either a joint venture consisting of two or more Aboriginal businesses or a joint venture between an Aboriginal business and a non-Aboriginal business.

4. The Bidder must check the applicable box below

(i) ( ) The Aboriginal business has fewer than six full-time employees.

OR

(ii) ( ) The Aboriginal business has six or more full-time employees.

5. The Bidder must, upon request by Canada, provide all information and evidence supporting this certification. The Bidder must ensure that this evidence will be available for audit during normal business hours by a representative of Canada, who may make copies and take extracts from the evidence. The Bidder must provide all reasonably required facilities for any audits.

6. By submitting a bid, the Bidder certifies that the information submitted by the Bidder in response to the above requirements is accurate and complete.

2.2.3 Owner/Employee Certification - Set-aside for Aboriginal Business The Bidder must provide the following certification for each owner and employee who is Aboriginal:

1. I am __________________________ ( owner and/or full-time employee) of ________________________ (name of business), and an Aboriginal person, as defined in Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual entitled "Requirements for the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business".

2. I certify that the above statement is true and consent to its verification upon request by Canada.

_________________________________ Printed name of owner and/or employee

_____________________________ ____________ Signature of owner and/or employee Date

5. Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses, Paragraphe 3.1 - General Conditions

Delete: 2010A (2012-03-02) General Conditions - Goods (Medium Complexity) apply to and form part of the Contract.

Insert: 2010A (2012-07-16) General Conditions - Goods (Medium Complexity) apply to and form part of the Contract.

6. Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses, Paragraphe 10 (b) - Priority of Documents

Delete: 2010A (2012-03-02) General Conditions - Goods (Medium Complexity);

Insert: 2010A (2012-07-16) General Conditions - Goods (Medium Complexity);

7. The Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form is attached to this amendment.

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number W1786-120024/A dated 2012-05-22 with a closing of 2012-06-12 at 14:00.

This procurement has been set aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB). In order to be considered, a supplier must certify that it qualifies as an Aboriginal business as defined under PSAB and that it will comply with all requirements of PSAB. Bidders must submit the completed certification (Part 5, 1.2.1) with their bid.

The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian goods.

The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the item mentioned below. The delivery is requested at 360 LeBreton Street, Ottawa, Ontario by July 20, 2012.

Item 1, GSIN:N8145, 4U ENVIRONMENTAL CASE Quantity:120, Unit of Issue:Each. In accordance with Annex A - Statement of Requirement.

Debriefings

After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of notification that their bid was unsuccessful. The debriefing may be provided in writing, by telephone or in person. 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.