TSPS - Life Cycle Material Management (LCMM) Support Services for Electrical Power and Control Systems

Amendment 001

This amendment is raised to extend the solicitation closing date to November 22, 2024.
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT

This requirement is for: Department of National Defence (DND).
This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders under E60ZT-18TSPS who qualified under Tier 1 ($0 - $3.75M) under the stated consultant category, security level, region, level of expertise for the following category: Stream 5. Technical Engineering and Maintenance Services.

One (1) resource in the following Stream:
• One (1) 5.16 Life Cycle Management Specialist (LCMS) - Senior.
The requirement is intended to result in the award of one (1) contract.

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal.

1. 9468269 Canada Corp.
2. Adirondack Information Management Inc., The AIM Group Inc. in Joint Venture
3. Akkodis Canada Inc.
4. Altis Recruitment & Technology Inc.
5. Amyantek Inc
6. Arup Canada Inc.
7. Calian Ltd.
8. Deloitte Inc.
9. Fleetway Inc.
10. IPSS INC.
11. Lengkeek Vessel Engineering Inc.
12. Norda Stelo Inc.
13. OLAV CONSULTING CORP., MOSHWA ABORIGINAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, IN JOINT VENTURE
14. Procom Consultants Group Ltd.
15. Promaxis Systems Inc
16. T.I.7 INC., THE SOURCE STAFFING SOLUTIONS INC., in Joint Venture
17. Thomas&Schmidt Inc.
18. Tiree Facility Solutions Inc.
19. V42 Management Consulting, Inc.
20. Valcom Consulting group Inc.

However, SA holders not invited to bid who wish to do so may, no later than five days prior to the published closing date of the contract, contact the contracting authority and request an invitation to bid. An invitation will be issued unless it would interfere with the proper functioning of the procurement system. Under no circumstances will Canada extend the solicitation closing date to allow these suppliers to bid. Where additional solicitations are issued as part of the solicitation process, they may not be considered in amendments to the solicitation.

Description of the Requirement:
This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of the Department of National Defence (DND) [the "Client'] for the provision of one (1) resource through the Task and Solutions Professional Service (TSPS) Supply Arrangement (SA), specifically one (1) 5.16 Senior (Level 3) Life Cycle Management Specialist (LCMS), in support of Director Maritime Equipment Program Management (Major Surface Combatants) (DMEPM(MSC)) 3-5. The Contractor must provide a range of technical support to the TA for Power Generation & Distribution (PG&D) equipment fitted on-board the HALIFAX Class naval vessels such as updating, maintaining and managing these systems including but not limited to Generators, Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPSs), Static Frequency Converters (SFCs), Power distribution, Electrical cables management, Other related electrical equipment.

Level of Security Requirement:
There are security requirements associated with this requirement:
Company Minimum Security Level Required: SECRET
Resource Minimum Security Level Required: SECRET
Document Safeguarding Security Level Required: None
For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders should refer to Industrial security and controlled goods at Public Services and Procurement Canada - Canada.ca) website.

Applicable Trade Agreements:
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP)
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Canada Korea Free Trade Agreement, (CKFTA)
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
Canada – Chile Free Trade agreement
Canada – Colombia Free Trade agreement
Canada – Honduras Free Trade agreement
Canada – Panama Free Trade agreement
Canada – Peru Free Trade agreement
Canada – Ukraine Free Trade agreement

Note to Bidders: Conditional Set-Aside Under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB)
This procurement is conditionally set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business.
In order to be considered, the Bidder must certify that it qualifies as an Indigenous business as defined under PSIB and that it will comply with all requirements of PSIB. If bids from two (2) or more Indigenous businesses are compliant with the terms of the Request for Proposal, the contracting authority will limit the competition to those Indigenous businesses and will not consider bids from any non-Indigenous businesses that may have been submitted.
For more information on Indigenous business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Indigenous Business, refer to Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual.

Associated Documents:
The Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be e-mailed directly, from the Contracting Authority to the Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement. BIDDERS ARE ADVISED THAT RFP DOCUMENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON THE GOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC TENDERING SYSTEM (https://canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-opportunities).

Proposed period of contract:
The proposed period of contract will be from date of Contract to 31 March 2027 inclusive, followed by up to four (4) additional one (1) year option period.

Estimated Level of Effort:
The estimated level of effort of the contract will be for 240 days for the resource
File Number: W8482-242486/A
Contracting Authority: Loïc Malo, D Mar P 3-3-2-2
E-Mail: DMarP3BidSubmission-DOMar3Soumissiondesoffres@forces.gc.ca

NOTE: The Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) Method of Supply is subject to quarterly refresh cycles. If you wish to find out how you can be a “Qualified SA Holder”, please contact SPTS.TSPS@TPSGC-PWGSC.GC.CA