Weather Observation Services, Moosonee, ON
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Contract number 3000648563
Solicitation number 5000026353
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Status Awarded
Contract number 3000648563
Solicitation number 5000026353
Publication date
Contract award date
Contract value
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Environment and Climate Change Canada has a requirement for ongoing Weather Observation Services in Moosonee, ON, as detailed in the Statement of Work, Annex A to the bid solicitation. The period of the contract is from date of award for three (3) years plus two (2) additional one year option periods. The Contractor’s main responsibilities will be to prepare the instruments, release the balloons twice each day and ensure the prompt transmittal of the data. The work will also involve the management and provision of personnel to conduct the observing, recording, encoding and transmitting Aerological and Surface Weather and Supplementary programs.
There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security and Other Requirements and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders should refer to the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Industrial Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada website (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html).
Note that on February 1, 2017, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) implemented the new mandatory criminal record check process, which requires electronic fingerprinting. Learn when mandatory electronic fingerprints are required and why the Contract Security Program implemented this change.
Bidders must provide a list of names as per Annex F, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 Integrity Provisions of Standard Instructions 2003.
For services requirements, bidders in receipt of a pension or a lump sum payment must provide the required information as detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation.
The requirement is not subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP).
The requirement is exempt from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Excluded Coverage, Annex 1001.1.b-2 Services, Section B, R102, Weather Reporting Observations Services.
The Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) applies to this rocurement.
There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity requirement associated with this procurement; see Part 5 – Certifications, Part 7 – Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex named Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity – Certification.
This procurement is set aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business.
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