Logistics and Recovery Services Stratospheric balloon Nunavut 2024

Solicitation number 9F064-23-0467

Publication date

Closing date and time 2024/05/30 14:00 EDT

Last amendment date


    Description

    **This is a notice of proposed procurement for a requirement that is limited for bidding among firms registered on the Inuit Firm Registry (IFR)**

    Under Article 24 of the Nunavut Agreement:24.4.3 Where the Government of Canada or the Territorial Government intends to invite bids for government contracts to be performed in the Nunavut Settlement Area, it shall take all reasonable measures to inform Inuit firms of such bids, and provide Inuit firms with a fair and reasonable opportunity to submit bids. As part of our Stratos program (About STRATOS, the CSA's stratospheric balloon program | https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/sciences/balloons/stratos.asp , The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) would like to fly, alongside our international partner, the French Space Agency – Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), a scientific gondola under a stratospheric balloon from Sweden that would land on Baffin Island following a transatlantic flight. The flight is planned to last 3-5 days (between June 15th and June 30th 2024) depending on wind speed in the stratosphere. As part of the scientific instruments onboard the gondola, it is also planned to include a payload designed by youth who attended the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation's Science Career Camp in Cambridge Bay (April 21th to April 26th 2024). This bid solicitation is to establish a contract for the delivery of a requirement detailed in the bid solicitation.

    This procurement is subject to the Nunavut Agreement.

    Duration of Contract: from contract award to July 31th, 2024

    Any conditions for participation of suppliers not specified in the solicitation documentation:
    This solicitation is open only to suppliers who are registered on the Inuit Firm Registry (IFR).
    • If your company does not appear in the IFR search results, you must then contact Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. to have your company added. Proof of being added must be provided to the CSA Contracting Authority on the file before the invitation request will be considered.The contact info for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.is: https://www.tunngavik.com/contact-us/ .

    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 1 month(s).

    Trade agreements

    • No trade agreements are applicable to this solicitation process

    Reason for limited tendering

    A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

    • None
    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Canadian Space Agency
    Address

    6767 Route de l'Aéroport,Borough of Saint-Hubert

    Longueuil, Quebec, J3Y 8Y9
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Beaulieu, Amélie
    Phone
    (438) 468-6070
    Email
    amelie.beaulieu@asc-csa.gc.ca
    Fax
    n/a
    Bidding details
    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents. Access the Getting started page for details on how to bid, and more.

    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English
    Region(s) of delivery
    Nunavut Territory
    ,
    Iqaluit
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Contract duration
    1 month(s)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Selective Tendering
    Selection criteria
    Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price