RECOIL ROPE,REDUCED

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: RECOIL ROPE,REDUCED

W8482-132654/B

Benoît Paquin Telephone: (819) 956-3966 Facsimile: (819) 956-5227 Email: benoit.paquin@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

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This amendment is raised to modify the Request For Proposal as follows:

1. Table of Contents - Part 5 - Certifications

Delete: 1. Code of Conduct Certifications - Consent to a Criminal Record Verification

Insert: 1. Code of Conduct Certifications - Certifications Required Precedent to Contract Award

2. Part 2 - Bidder instructions, Paragraph 1 - Standard Instructions, Clauses and Conditions

Subsection 01.4 of 2003, Standard Instructions - Goods or Services - Competitive Requirements, is amended as follows:

Delete: In its entirety

Insert: Bidders should provide, with their bid or promptly thereafter, a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder. If such a list has not been received by the time the evaluation of bids is completed, Canada will inform the Bidder of a time frame within which to provide the information. Failure to provide such a list within the required time frame will render the bid non-responsive. Bidders must always submit the list of directors before contract award.

Canada may, at any time, request that a Bidder provide properly completed and Signed Consent Forms (Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form - PWGSC-TPSGC 229) for any or all individuals named in the aforementioned list within a specified delay. Failure to provide such Consent Forms within the delay will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.

Subsection 01.5 of 2003, Standard Instructions - Goods or Services - Competitive Requirements, is amended as follows:

Delete: In its entirety

Insert: The Bidder must diligently maintain the list up-to-date by informing Canada in writing of any change occurring during the validity period of the bid, and must also provide Canada, when requested, with the corresponding Consent Forms. The Bidder will also be required to diligently maintain the list and when requested, provide Consent Forms during the period of any contract arising from this bid solicitation.

3. Part 5 - Certifications

Delete: Paragraph 1 in its entirety

Insert: 1. Code of Conduct Certifications - Certifications Required Precedent to Contract Award

1.1 Bidders should provide, with their bids or promptly thereafter, a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder. If such a list has not been received by the time the evaluation of bids is completed, the Contracting Authority will inform the Bidder of a time frame within which to provide the information. Bidders must submit the list of directors before contract award, failure to provide such a list within the required time frame will render the bid non-responsive.

The Contracting Authority may, at any time, request that a Bidder provide properly completed and Signed Consent Forms (Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form - PWGSC-TPSGC 229) for any or all individuals named in the aforementioned list within a specified delay. Failure to provide such Consent Forms within the delay will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.

4. Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses, Paragraph 3.1 - General Conditions

Subsection 29.4 of 2010A, General Conditions - Goods (Medium Complexity), is amended as follows:

Delete: In its entirety

Insert: During the entire period of the Contract, the Contractor must diligently update, by written notice to the Contracting Authority, the list of names of all individuals who are directors of the Contractor whenever there is a change. As well, whenever requested by Canada, the Contractor must provide the corresponding Consent Forms.

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number W8482-132654/A dated 2012-06-08 with a closing of 2012-07-26 at 14:00.

The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the items mentioned below. The delivery is requested at: HMC Dockyard Halifax (Nova Scotia) and CFB Esquimalt (British Colombia) by October 1, 2012.

It is the Bidder's responsibility to submit by closing date and time a complete bid.

------------------------------------- Code of Conduct Certifications - Consent to a Criminal Record Verification Bidders must submit with their bid, by the bid solicitation closing date:

(a) a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder;

(b) a properly completed and signed form Consent to a Criminal Record Verification (PWGSC-TPSGC 229), for each individual named in the list.

-------------------------------------- Technical Evaluation Procedures

Mandatory Technical Evaluation Criteria - Part Number and NSCM/CAGE Bidders must indicate the Part Number and the NSCM/CAGE they are offering.

Mandatory Technical Evaluation Criteria - Substitute Products Bidders proposing a substitute product must meet the following criteria:

In order to be considered for the evaluation of a substitute product, Bidders must provide all required technical information (as detailed in Part 3, Section I, of this RFP) to demonstrate their technical compliance and to confirm form, fit, function, quality and performance of these substitute products.

Mandatory Technical Evaluation Criteria - Replaced Part Numbers from the OEM Bidders proposing a replaced part number must meet the following criteria:

In order to be considered for the acceptance of a replaced part number (superseded or obsolete), Bidders must provide:

a. proof by submitting a copy of a Certificate of Conformity from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) providing justification/explanation that the part numbers are a replacement of the OEM parts specified herein and are equivalent in form, fit, function, quality and performance to the OEM's parts specified herein; or

b. all required technical information (as detailed in Part 3, Section I, of this RFP) to demonstrate their technical compliance and to confirm form, fit, function, quality and performance of these replaced part numbers.

Item Description

Line1, GSIN:N4020, NSN:4020200043608, RECOIL ROPE,REDUCED, Part No.: CAN/CGSB-40.20-2008 TYPE 2, NSCM/CAGE: 35068 BREAKING STRENGTH : 499.0 +/- 10% KILONEWTONS; FABRICATION METHOD : 12 STRAND BRAIDED REEL LENGTH : 400.0 METRES Quantity:15, Unit of Issue:RL, to be delivered to HMC Dockyard, Halifax.

Line2, GSIN:N4020, NSN:4020200043608, RECOIL ROPE,REDUCED, Part No.: CAN/CGSB-40.20-2008 TYPE 2, NSCM/CAGE: 35068 BREAKING STRENGTH : 499.0 +/- 10% KILONEWTONS; FABRICATION METHOD : 12 STRAND BRAIDED REEL LENGTH : 400.0 METRES Quantity:9, Unit of Issue:RL, to be delivered to CFB Esquimalt.

Debriefings

After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of notification that their bid was unsuccessful. The debriefing may be provided in writing, by telephone or in person. 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.