Production Insertion Equipment

A review of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Print to Mail (PTM) production has been completed and while the volumes of printed output are decreasing, there is a need to maintain the CRA’s PTM production capability for several more years.

To ensure operational requirements are met SSC has a need to replace the current installed base of insertion equipment supporting cut sheet production output in CRA’s Winnipeg and Summerside sites.

CRA produced a total of over 87 million mail pieces in fiscal 2016/2017 in the two CRA national print and mail production sites. It is anticipated that this volume will reduce over time as printed output migrates to electronic formats. CRA operates a total of six (6) Bowe Bell & Howell inserters located at the two CRA National Print and Mail Production Sites in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Summerside, Prince Edward Island (3 inserters per site).

Only one Contract will be awarded pursuant to this Solicitation.

This bid solicitation is being issued by SSC. The resulting contract will be used by SSC to provide shared services to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). It is intended to result in the award of a contract for a period of four (4) years, plus three (3) one-year irrevocable options allowing Canada to extend the term of the contract. This bid solicitation does not preclude Canada from using another method of supply for entities of the Government of Canada with the same or similar needs.

On May 28, 2012, the Government of Canada announced on the Government Electronic Tendering Service that it had invoked the National Security Exception under the trade agreements in respect of procurements related to email, networks and data centres for Shared Services Canada. As a result, this requirement is subject to the National Security Exception.

Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01, Integrity Provisions - Bid of Standard Instructions 2003 - Goods or Services - Competitive Requirements.

There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity requirement associated with this procurement: see Part 5 – Certifications, Part 7 – Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex named Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity – Certification."

There is a supply chain integrity requirement associated with this requirement, see Part 2, article 2.10 Part 3, article 3.5, Part 4, article 4.2, and Part 7, article 7.19 for additional information.

The RFP includes a provision for the Bidder to provide a trade-in price for Canada-owned existing inserters.