Radio Frequency (RF) Engineering Professional Services

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 201601996 – Radio Frequency (RF) Engineering Professional Services

REQUIREMENT: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP’s) National Radio Services (NRS) requires Radio Frequency (RF) engineering services to meet its mandate of leading, developing and managing the RCMP's National Radio Program. More specifically, the RCMP wishes to acquire the services of a Land Mobile Radio Engineer.

Access to external RF engineering resources will complement and increment existing NRS resourcing and expertise to assist or validate the design, integration, implementation and lifecycle management of RCMP radio systems.

These services will also accelerate the development of standards and guidelines and will be used to address specific technical issues.

The responsive bid with the highest combines rating of technical merit (70%) and price (30%) will be recommended for award of a contract.

Work is to be completed under task authorizations from Contract Award to three years later. Two option years are available.

INQUIRIES: All enquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractual nature, are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Kaleigh Lafontaine, 613-843-3800, facsimile (613) 828-0082 or by e-mail at kaleigh.lafontaine@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.

TENDER DOCUMENTS: Standard terms and conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and for part of, the tender and contract documents and are available at the following website: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/policy-and-guidelines/standard-acquisition-clauses-and-conditions-manual

BID RECEIVING: Sealed tenders will be received in English or French at: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Procurement & Contracting Branch, Visitors Centre, 73 Leikin Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R2. Please note that the postal code K1A 0R2 can be used to send documents by mail, but not as a position mark or as guidance tool on a map.

Due to the nature of the bid solicitation, bids transmitted by facsimile and e-mail to RCMP will not be accepted.

TRADE AGREEMENT: CFTA, NAFTA, WTO

COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY: Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price

Refer to the attached tender documents to obtain further information.

COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIM AGREEMENT: No

See RFP for complete list of Mandatory Requirements, point rated criteria and details of the requirement.

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

RCMP has adopted the Integrity Regime administered by PSPC. As a result, the integrity provisions are being applied in RCMP contracting activities as outlined in this solicitation.

The RCMP has published its National Procurement Plan. For further information, please see link:

RCMP National Procurement Plan Fiscal Year 2017-2018

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/rcmp-national-procurement-plan

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/fr/plan-national-dapprovisionnement-grc