PRECISION MECHANICAL MANUFACTURING SERVICES

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: TITLE : PRECISION MECHANICAL MANUFACTURING SERVICES

Provision of services to Defence Research and Development Canada Valcartier (DRDC Valcartier) involving specialist technicians and the fabrication of precision mechanical items on an as-ordered basis. This is needed to meet urgent requirements for scientific testing or to accelerate production of lots of individual items or assemblies.

Note : The provision of materials needed for fabricating items is not included in this standing offer. For call-ups, materials will be provided by the client department or the Contractor, to be approved by the project manager. Items must be invoiced separately where applicable.

Following this Request for Standing Offer, Canada plans to issue two (2) Regional Individual Standing Offers (RISOs). These RISOs shall be issued according to the proportional basis approach (i.e. 60% of the total value of the RISOs to the offeror with the highest score and 40% to the offeror with the second highest score).

The organization for which the services are to be rendered is Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier (DRDC - Valcartier).

Period of the Standing Offer : The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer is from January 1st, 2013, to December 31st, 2014, inclusive. The period of the Standing Offer may be extended for two (2) additional one-year periods. under the same conditions.

Available funding for two Standing Offers : $450,000.00 (GST or HST excluded) for the period from January 1st, 2013, to December 31st, 2014, and $225,000.00 (GST or HST excluded) for each of the two (2) additional one-year periods.

The work will be performed at the offeror workshop. The offeror will be responsible of picking-up the materials for the manufacture of parts at Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier, located at 2459 Pie-XI Blvd North, Quebec City, Quebec, as well as delivering the completed workpieces at Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier.

Pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2006, Offerors must submit a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Offeror. Furthermore, as determined by the Special Investigations Directorate, Departmental Oversight Branch, each individual named on the list may be requested to complete a Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

The Offeror must own maintenance workshop facilities suitably equipped for performing machining work of a general nature and producing parts to highly stringent tolerance specifications. The workshop must include, at minimum, the following equipment: manual lathe, manual milling machine, drill press, grinder, tapping machine, band saw and sander. The Offeror must own a metrology laboratory equipped with, at minimum, the following measuring instrumentation: inside and outside micrometers, Vernier calipers, Vernier height gauges, gauge blocks, optical comparators, machinist squares, pin gauges and marble surfaces. The Offeror must own cylindrical and/or surface grinding machines for machining workpieces to tolerances of plus or minus 0.0001". The Offeror must own a computed numerically controlled (CNC) turret lathe capable of machining workpieces with minimum dimensions of 12" in diameter and 24" in length. The Offeror must own a CNC milling machine capable of machining workpieces with minimum dimensions of 16" in width, 12" in height and 30" in length. 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.