Medical Consumables

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

Medical Consumables

W6369-17A037/A Buller, Julie Telephone No. - (873) 469-3237

Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) Medical Consumables For Department of National Defence

1.1 Introduction

This Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is intended only to pre-qualify suppliers. Together this ITQ, and the subsequent bid solicitation are the two parts of the solicitation process. No contract will result from this ITQ. The objective of this prequalification phase is to evaluate the capability of a company to supply the medical consumables which is described in Annex A. The pre-qualified suppliers will be referred to as the Qualified Respondents in this solicitation process. Only the Qualified Respondents will be invitedto bid on any subsequent bid solicitation.

Below are the intended phases of the solicitation process.

Solicitation Process Phase 1 - ITQ Pre-Qualification Phase

Phase 2 - Bid solicitation Bid Solicitation Phase: Request for Proposal (RFP) will be sent directly by email to the Qualified Respondents from Phase 1.

PWGSC reserves the right to cancel this ITQ at any time.

1.2 Description of the Requirement

The Department of National Defence (DND) has an urgent requirement for the supply of Medical Consumables detailed in Annex A, in support of Operation Impact deployment of the Role 2 surgical facility (Field Hospital). The requirement also includes the provision to order additional quantities of the medical consumables as detailed inAnnex A on an 'as and when requested' basis. Any resulting contract will be for a two (2) year period.

Substitute products will not be considered.

It is anticipated that a maximum of three (3) Contracts may result from this Solicitation.

1.3 National Security Exception

The national security exceptions provided for in the trade agreements have been invoked; therefore, this procurement will be excluded from all of the obligations of all the trade agreements.

1.4 ITQ Authority

The ITQ Authority is responsible for the management of the ITQ process. The ITQ Authority is:

Julie Buller Supply Specialist Public Works and Government Services Canada Clothing & Textiles Division Place du Portage, Phase III, 6A2 11 Laurier Street Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0S5 Telephone: (873) 469-3237 E-mail address: julie.buller@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca 1.5 Submission of Responses

Responses must be submitted by email to the Public Works and Government Services Canada ITQ Authority as specified above, by the date and time indicated on page 1 of the Invitation to Qualify. Any responses received after this date and time will not be considered.

Each respondent should ensure that its name, email address and the ITQ number is included on its response.

1.6 Nature and format of Responses Requested

Respondents are requested to provide their responses to the following

1. Respondent agrees to meet all of the following mandatory requirements

1.1 The respondent must bid on a minimum of 185 items from Annex A.

Yes _______ No _______

1.2 The respondent agrees to deliver the initial requirement on or before October 28, 2016.

Yes _______ No _______

2. The respondent is interested in participating in Phase 2 of the solicitation process.

Yes _______ No _______

1.7 Evaluation Procedures

Responses will be assessed in accordance with the Mandatory requirements as stated at section 1.6:

ITQ Responses that do not comply with each of the mandatory requirements will be declared non-responsive and will be disqualified and given no further consideration.

1.8 Basis of Qualification

Respondents who have been declared responsive will be invited by email to participate in any resulting bid solicitation.

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.