CF 942 MATERIEL CONDITION TAGS

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number W8486-162739/A dated July 8, 2015 with a closing of July 30, 2015 at 2:00 p.m EDT. A debriefing or feedback session will be provided upon request to bidders who bid on the previous solicitation.

CF 942 MATERIEL CONDITION TAGS

To provide the Department of National Defence with the printing, production to final format and delivery of a quantity of 5,000,010 Materiel Condition Tags (CF 942) / N9905-21-8722435 to the Department of National Defence. A quantity of 60,000 packages of tags are to be delivered to Montreal and a quantity of 40,000 packages of tags are to be delivered to Edmonton.

Phased delivery is permitted

The Contractor must provide the Technical Authority with ten (10) finished tags (printed and produced to final format), prior to delivery.

Phase 1: First Delivery - A quantity of 20,000 packages (1,000,000 Materiel Condition Tags) must be delivered to Montreal and a quantity of 20,000 packages (1,000,000 Materiel Condition Tags) must be delivered to Edmonton no later than five (5) weeks after approval of proofs.

Phase 2: Balance: A quantity of 40,000 packages (2,000,000 Materiel Condition Tags) must be delivered to Montreal and a quantity of 20,000 packages (1,000,000 Materiel Condition Tags) must be delivered to Edmonton no later than six (6) weeks after the first delivery.

The period of the Contract is from award to December 18, 2015 inclusive.

There is no security requirements associated with this requirement.

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

Print quality

Informational, to be in accordance with the Public Works and Government Services Canada publication entitled "Quality Levels for Printing" (P1010C) and /or "Quality Levels for Forms" (P1013C), latest issues.

Mandatory Technical Criteria

M.1 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound to one external* client (outside of the Bidder's own company) to provide printing and production to final format of a minimum quantity of 2,000,000 die-cut or perforated forms, produced in a single production run and delivered to the destination address or addresses specified by the Client.

The contract must have been completed since November 1, 2010.

The forms must have been printed on heavy card stock - minimum thickness of 10 pt.

During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through internal** clients will be accepted or reviewed.

The Bidder must provide the following information for the contract:

a the quantity of forms provided by the Bidder; b a description of the forms provided by the Bidder including the die-cutting or perforation requirements for the forms; c a description of the heavy card stock (including the thickness) d a description of the printing requirements for the forms; e the completion date of the Contract; f the Client information for the Contract

* "External client(s)" is defined as clients exterior to the Bidder's own legal entity (or joint venture partnership) and excludes the parent, subsidiaries or other affiliates of the Bidder.

** "Internal client(s)" is defined as clients within the Bidder's own legal entity (or joint venture partnership) and includes the parent, subsidiaries and other affiliates of the Bidder.

PROPOSALS NOT MEETING ALL OF THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED NON RESPONSIVE AND GIVEN NO FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

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.