Forced Air Warming Units

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the supply of one hundred and twenty seven (127) of Forced Air Warming Units, with an option to purchase an additional fifty (50) units and accessories over a three (3) year period.  The initial order must be delivered to Petawawa, ON by 18 March 2022.The Forced Air Warming Unit is used to normalize core temperatures of critically ill or wounded personnel during transport, as support after traumatic injury, or to return to normal core temperature after surgery of near drowning.There is also a requirement to provide Operator and Technical Service Training to the Canadian Forces Health Services personnel.The contract period will be from the date of Contract Award to 31 March 2024.There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website”.The Crown retains the rights to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.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).