Advisory and Consulting Services in support of the Defence Supply Chain (DSC)

This is a clone notice of Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) W6369-210242/A which expired on March 2, 2021. This new notice is being published to allow new Suppliers the ability to pre-qualify under the same Supply Arrangement. Suppliers who already pre-qualified under RFSA W6369-210242/A do not need to submit a new Offer. Amendment 02 was issued in order to further clarify the information required to demonstrate compliance with the mandatory technical criteria. However, the requirements and evaluation procedures remain unchanged. Before sending an Offer, Suppliers should review all the documents included with this notice (including Amendments and Questions and Answers). ********** Request for Supply Arrangement W6369-21242/A - Advisory and Consulting Services in support of the Defence Supply Chain (DSC) The objective of this Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) is to establish a list of pre-qualified firms capable of providing the Department of National Defense (DND) with a broad range of advisory and consulting services in Supply Chain Management. The list of pre-qualified suppliers will be used as a source list for various requirements to support the Defence Supply Chain (DSC) Governance authorities in their decision making and oversight roles. Pre-qualified suppliers may be requested to collect and/or review information, conduct analysis and research and, where appropriate, provide actual strategies, action plans and other recommendations to improve or effect change in the Defence Supply Chain. Annex A, Statement of Work of the RFSA includes examples of requirements which may be contracted for under the Supply Arrangement (SA). The list is not meant to be firm nor exhaustive, but illustrative in nature of the range and type of tasks, activities, and deliverables that could be required. There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 1 - General Information, and Part 6A - Supply Arrangement. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Suppliers 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.