Solicitation of Offers TS12 - Innovative Solutions Canada - Testing Stream

SOLICITATION AMENDMENT 002

This solicitation amendment 002 is raised to amend the following:
1. Respond to questions from industry.

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SOLICITATION AMENDMENT 001

This solicitation amendment 001 is raised to amend the following:
1. Update the Table of Contents on Page 1 of 119 of the Solicitation of Offers
2. Update Section 19.2 of the French Solicitation document, to correct a translation error. This solicitation amendment does not alter the English Solicitation document in any way.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

SOLICITATION OF OFFERS EN578-25ISC2 TS12

REQUIREMENT:

Innovative Solutions Canada Program - Testing Stream (ISC TS) is a R&D program aimed at procuring, testing and evaluating R&D, pre-commercialized goods and services in the late stage development (Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 to 9).

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is issuing a Solicitation of Offers (SoO) on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) and participating departments, seeking Innovations to address a variety of Problem Statements which reflect the departmental requirements of participating federal departments and agencies.

More specifically ISED is seeking solutions to the Testing Stream Problem Statements and Topics outlined at Section 20, of the SoO.

The purpose of this SoO is to create a pool of conditionally qualified suppliers that Canada may select from to address Government of Canada organizations’ requirements. Qualifying into a pool does not guarantee that a contract will be awarded.

SOLICITATION PERIOD: From 2025-06-26 to 2025-07-22

Please refer to the solicitation documents for information related to offer preparation and submission instructions, evaluation procedures, basis of selection and other pertinent information.

CANADIAN CONTENT: This requirement is solely limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

TESTING DEPARTMENT: Federal Government Organizations

FUNDING MECHANISM: Contract

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM FUNDING: The estimated maximum funding available for all Contracts resulting from this Call for Proposals is: $20M

Disclosure of this estimated funding is made in good faith and does not commit Canada to award a contract, or to contract for the total estimated funding.

Should fiscal funding no longer be available, Offerors will be notified directly. The Contract Award Process will continue and proposals under contract negotiations will take priority when funding is available.

Multiple contracts could result from this requirement.

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE:

Standard Problem Statements: $1,150,000.00 CAD (Applicable Taxes, shipping and Travel and Living expenses are extra, as applicable).

Military Problem Statements: $2,300,000.00 CAD (Applicable Taxes, shipping and Travel and Living expenses are extra, as applicable).

This estimated funding is not a contract guarantee. Conditionally qualified proposals that are matched and selected for contract award may not necessarily receive the total maximum contract value. Individual contract values will be negotiated during the Contract Award Process.

QUESTIONS DURING SOLICITATION PERIOD:
Frequently asked questions, as well as on-going Bidder questions will be answered and may be published in an amendment to the Notice Document.

PERIOD FOR QUESTIONS
All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority at: TPSGC.PASICVoletessai-APISCTestingStream.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca no later than five calendar days before the Notice closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.