Mortuary Services

REISSUE OF BID SOLICITATION This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number W6369-17-A039/B dated February 16, 2018, with a closing of March 12, 2018 at 14:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Due to a change in the tendering procedure, the previous bid solicitation number W6369-17-A039/B was cancelled.  REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION The Department of National Defence (DND) requires a mortuary service provider on an "as and when requested basis" with the capacity to recover and transfer full or partial human remains of formerly missing Canadian servicemen, deceased prior to 1970, from one country to another, to arrange for purchase and transport of burial accoutrements and to arrange for funerary services worldwide. The majority of Canadian war dead that are missing with no known grave are mainly in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Eastern Europe and East Asia where Canadian service members suffered high casualty rates during 20th-century wars. The majority of service members that were killed in Canada and have no known grave were a result of service with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) during the Second World War. The Contractor is required to supply and manage the services of Forensic Archeological, Forensic Anthropological, Genealogy specialists, Laboratory services, and Mortuary services. The period of any resulting contract is from date of Contract to One Year Later, with an irrevocable option on the part of Canada to extend the term of the Contract by up to four (4) additional one (1) year periods. SECURITY REQUIREMENT  This document does not contain a security requirement. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. OTHER The Crown retains the rights to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. NOTE TO BIDDERS The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) offers seminars to businesses interested in learning how to sell goods and services to the Government of Canada. The seminars are FREE. Topics include: Overview of the federal government contracting process; Searching for opportunities on the Buy and Sell - Tenders Website; Bidding on opportunities; Registering in supplier databases. The full schedule of seminars can be found on the Buyandsell.gc.ca website, under Event Calendar (https://buyandsell.gc.ca/event-calendar).