CC130 AVS OWSM RFP

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: If 3+ bids offer Canadian goods/services other bids will not be considered Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: CC-130 AVIONICS SYSTEMS (AVS) OPTIMIZED WEAPONS SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (OWSM) CONTRACT

Description for NPP for W8485-07QH11. GSIN: JX1680

DESCRIPTION: CC-130 AVIONICS SYSTEMS (AVS) OPTIMIZED WEAPONS SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (OWSM) CONTRACT

This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) for provision of CC-130 AVIONICS SYSTEMS (AVS) OPTIMIZED WEAPONS SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (OWSM) on behalf of the Department of National Defence (DND). The CC-130 Hercules transport aircraft will be supported by the Primary Air Vehicle (PAV), Propulsion (Prop), and Avionics Systems (AVS) Optimized Weapon System Management (OWSM) contracts. The Department of National Defence (DND) is currently using a contracting approach called OWSM. Under the OWSM approach PAV, Prop, and AVS system-level bundled, long-term, and performance-based contracts are being implemented for a number of air force fleets, including the CC-130 Hercules. This RFP applies to the CC130 AVS only.

The OWSM approach consists of one Prime Contractor who is responsible for the entire AVS Systems support requirement. This includes the following work streams: Program Management, Engineering Support, Software Support, and, Materiel Support. A detailed list of activities for each work stream is included in the RFP. The Prime Contractor will provide some support in-house and sub-contract other support elements as required.

Procurement Process and Contractor Selection

A draft RFP was advertised on MERX (posted 2011/11/18) and comments from Canadian Industry were taken under consideration and, where appropriate, incorporated into the RFP.

Industrial and Regional Benefits will be sought and Bidders are required to commit 75% of the contract value in direct and indirect Industrial and Regional Benefits. Bidders must be a Canadian registered company. Program management work must be performed in Canada. A minimum of 50% of the Engineering Work Stream must be performed in Canada. The management of the Materiel Work Stream must be performed in Canada.

After receipt of proposals, selection of a contractor will follow standard bid evaluation processes. In this instance, "best value" will be used for contractor selection where Technical Score will represent seventy-five percent (75%) and Bid Price will represent the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) to provide the "best value" measure.

Exemptions

This requirement falls under DND aircraft (FSC 15) and therefore is excluded from, the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement under Annex 4, Note 4 and, the North American Free Trade Agreement under Chapter 10, Annex 1001.1b-2, Section B, General Note 1.

The National Security Exemption under the Agreement on International Trade (AIT), Article 1804, was invoked on 26 November 2001 for this procurement.

Provisions of the Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements do not apply to this procurement, as no goods/services are to be delivered/performed in a land claim settlement area.

Any questions regarding this requirement should be directed electronically to:

Martin Lalonde Supply Team Leader PWGSC Place du Portage, Phase III, Tower C, 11 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0S5 Tel: (819) 956-0175, Fax: (819) 956-9110 E-mail Address: martin.lalonde@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca 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.