RESIDUAL STRESS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: YES (MERX) Paper Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: RESIDUAL STRESS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE (RSAS)

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This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of Department of National Defence (DND) (the "Client") for a Residual Stress Analysis Software (RSAS). The bid solicitation is intended to result in the award of a contract for 1 year, plus 5 one-year irrevocable option(s) allowing Canada to extend the term of the contract.

The scope of the bid solicitation includes

1. the delivery of, and the licensing of, a non-exclusive, perpetual Commercial -Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Residual Stress Analysis Software (hereinafter reffered to as the Licensed Software, and where the context requires, as RSAS), for a requirement of one User license to use by the Client meeting all the requirements as stated in Annex A, Statement of Requirement (SOR); 2. the delivery of the licensed documentation (which includes delivery, installation, integration and configuration of the Licensed Software) meeting all the requirements as stated in Annex A, Statement of Requirement (SOR); 3. upon acceptance of the Licensed Software by Canada, a 12 month Warranty, and provision of ongoing Software Maintenance and Support Services for the requirement during the Contract Period and any extension thereof, and 4. the provision of training services, to be provided with the installation and configuration of the Licensed Software during the Initial Contract Period.

All parts of the Software must be available to the Client users 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, in English, and operate at all times in accordance with the Statement of Requirement in the Client's operational environment described in the bid solicitation.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), and the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement.

There is no security requirement associated with this requirement.

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.