Shipboard Flooring

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Subsequent/Follow-on Contracts Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

Shipboard Flooring

W3554-206292/A Kendell, Byron Telephone No. - (902) 497-5345 ( ) Fax No. - (902) 496-5016 ( )

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), on behalf of the Department of National Defence, seeks to establish a Supply Arrangement to carry out deck repairs/replacement on interior decks onboard H.M.C. Ships, Submarines and Auxiliary vessels. Flooring to include but not limited to vinyl, ceramic tile, quartzite. Dex- o-Tex, neo-tex, and various seamless floor coverings in Halifax, NS.

This Request for Supply Arrangement will allow vendors to submit technical qualifications to be reviewed by Canada. Vendors demonstrating the required technical capabilities and experience will be issued a Supply Arrangement.

A Supply Arrangement is a non-binding agreement between Canada and pre-qualified suppliers that allow departments to award contracts and solicit bids from a pool of pre-qualified suppliers for specific requirements within the scope of the Supply Arrangement. The intent of a Supply Arrangement is to establish a framework to permit expeditious processing of individual bid solicitations, which result in legally binding contracts for the services described in those bid solicitations.

The Supply Arrangement is not in and of itself a contract, but rather a base document that forms part of future Requests for Quotation (RFQ) and resulting contracts. When issued a Supply Arrangement, the supplier accepts the obligation to provide specified services in accordance with the Supply Arrangement, under any resulting contract that may be awarded. Any resulting contract will be established as a result of an RFQ. These RFQs will specify the specific requirements, and may contain additional terms and conditions that the supplier must meet.

See the bid solicitation section of this RFSA for further details on this procurement process.

The period of this Supply Arrangement is on-going for as long as Canada deems it advantageous to solicit bids in this manner. Each year an opportunity for new vendors to submit technical qualifications to be added to the Supply Arrangement's list of pre-qualified vendors will appear on www.BuyandSell.gc.ca. Vendors already issued Supply Arrangements as a result of this RFSA will not be required to re-qualify.

INQUIRIES: All inquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractural nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Byron Kendell, byron.kendell@pwgsc.gc.ca, facsimile: (902) 496-5016. Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) calendar days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.

This tender allows and encourages Proponents to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their proposal electronically. Proponents must refer to the solicitation documents for further information.

Proposals must be submitted only to the Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) Bid Receiving Unit specified below by the date and time indicated on page 1 of the bid solicitation:

Bid Receiving Public Works & Government Services Canada 1713 Bedford Row Halifax, NS B3J 1T3

ePost Connect

TPSGC.RAReceptionSoumissionsNE-ARBidReceivingNS.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

Note: Proposals will not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. This email address is to be used to open an epost Connect conversation, as detailed in General Instructions, or to send proposals through an epost Connect message if the proponent is using its own licensing agreement for epost Connect.

This PWGSC Office provides procurement services in English. 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.