MULTIPLE REGIONAL INDIVIDUAL STANDING OFFERS FOR THE SERVICES OF RESIDENTIAL EXPERTISE FOR THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ENVIRONMENT

This request for standing offers (RFSO) cancels and supersedes the previous RFSO number 23229-129462/A for the following Area of Expertise;  Category 42:  Active Solar Thermal Systems – System Performance Analysis and Ratings for Solar Thermal Equipment (formerly, Performance Ratings for Solar Thermal Equipment), dated 2013-08-21 with a closing date of 2013-10-15 at 14:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

MULTIPLE REGIONAL INDIVIDUAL STANDING OFFERS FOR THE SERVICES OF RESIDENTIAL EXPERTISE FOR THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ENVIRONMENT

SUMMARY

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has a requirement for up to (3) Standing Offers for the following Area of Expertise;  Category 42:  Active Solar Thermal Systems – System Performance Analysis and Ratings for Solar Thermal Equipment (formerly, Performance Ratings for Solar Thermal Equipment).

Services are required from the date of authorization to use the Standing Offer to May 6, 2017. Canada may authorize the use of the Standing Offer beyond its initial period, for four (4) additional one (1) year periods. Should Canada authorize the use of the Standing Offer beyond its initial period, the rates will be calculated in accordance with the Consumer Price Index specified in the RFSO.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA

The Offeror must comply with the following Mandatory Technical Requirement and provide the necessary documentation to support compliance.

Any offer which fails to meet the following Mandatory Technical Requirement will be declared non-responsive. 

Except where expressly provided otherwise, the experience described in the bid must be the experience of one or more of the following:

1. 	the Offeror itself (which includes the experience of any companies that formed the Offeror by way of a merger but does not include any experience acquired through a purchase of assets or an assignment of contract); or
2.	 the Offeror's affiliates (i.e. parent, subsidiary or sister corporations, maximum of 2), provided the Offeror identifies and demonstrates the transfer of know-how, the use of toolsets and the use of key personnel from the affiliate for the applicable criterion; or
3. 	the Offeror's subcontractors (maximum of 2), provided the Offeror includes a copy of the teaming agreements and identifies the roles and responsibilities of all parties under the agreement and how their work will be integrated.

The experience of the Offeror's suppliers will not be considered.

In the event that the Offeror fails to submit any supporting information pursuant to M1 below, the Contracting Authority may request it thereafter in writing, including after the closing date of the bid solicitation. It is mandatory that the Offeror provide the missing information within three (3) business days of the written request or within such longer period as specified by the Contracting Authority in the notice to the Offeror.

M1.  The Offeror must demonstrate, for each of the proposed resources(s), that they have a minimum of three (3) years of experience within the last ten (10) years, (measured back from date of RFSO closing) related to the Area of Expertise (AE) identified herein for which an offer is being submitted.

To demonstrate the years of experience, the Offeror must identify the period of actual work
performed in the Area of Expertise (i.e. from month/year to month/year).

MANDATORY FINANCIAL CRITERIA

At RFSO closing, , the Offeror must comply with the following Mandatory Financial Requirements and provide the necessary documentation to support compliance.

Any offer which fails to meet any of the following Mandatory Financial Requirements will be declared non-responsive. 

MF1.  The Offer must submit one and only one firm all-inclusive hourly rate for the area of expertise being offered, for the initial period of the Standing Offer ending May 6, 2017, Applicable Taxes extra.  

Offerors meeting all of the above mandatory requirements will then be evaluated against point rated evaluation criteria.

For the Area of Expertise, it will be recommended to authorize the use of three lowest priced responsive offers, shared in accordance with the "ESTIMATED UTILIZATION", clause of the RFSO, subject to the Offeror’s compliance with the Certifications required with the Offfer and the Certifications Precedent to Issuance of a Standing Offer detailed in the RFSO.