Armoured Vehicle Technical Inspections and Repairs Abroad

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has a requirement to have its Civilian Pattern Armoured Vehicles inspected to understand the vehicles current health and future concerns. GAC requires a contractor to send a knowledgeable technician familiar with the unique characteristics and build of an Armoured Vehicle to do onsite inspections of GACs Armoured Vehicles at Missions around the world.

GAC seeks to define and understand the industry standards and constraints to Armoured Vehicles Technical Inspections on a global scale. GAC must have knowledge of the vehicles condition at the time of inspection and the potential future concerns needing to be addressed with a timeline and rating of importance.

Most Armoured Vehicles are in areas where there are no Armoured Vehicle suppliers in the vicinity and a mobile Inspection is required in areas that are considered highly volatile regions. The mobile inspection team would be required to do the inspections in the area and bring the necessary equipment to perform the task. If possible, repairs that could be completed at the time of inspection would be favorable. These repairs would be outside the scope of the inspection contract but would be based on a prior approved rate and only completed if time and resources can be allocated.

GACs Armoured Vehicles fleet contains Toyota Land Cruiser 200s and Mercedes vans in three different configurations: SUV, Ambulance and Van. The most common vehicle in GACs fleet is the TLC 200 SUV. It is expected that the contractor’s diagnosis be done with the correct diagnostic hardware and software for each of the brands respectively.

The purpose of this Request for Information is to:

1. seek information and feedback from industry on the proposed requirement

2. seek potential solutions related to the requirement that might result in increased efficiency and cost savings to Canadians;

3. assess industry interest and readiness ;

4. understand the impacts this requirement may have on industry.

Respondents may make other assumptions in order to provide further context or clarity to their responses. Any such assumptions should be clearly explained.

Your responses to the following questions in Appendix A will assist the department in assessing the merits and criteria required for the SOW.

NATURE OF REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

This is not a bid solicitation. This RFI and any responses thereto do not impose any obligation or constitute any commitment on the part of Canada to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) requirement or to make any award of business to any respondent. Responding to this RFI will not preclude respondents from participating in any future procurement. This RFI is simply intended to solicit feedback from industry with respect to the matters described in this RFI; however, Canada is not bound to accept any suggestions or to incorporate feedback in any future solicitation development.

ENQUIRIES

Because this is not a bid solicitation, the Government of Canada will not necessarily respond to enquiries in writing or by circulating answers to all potential respondents. However, respondents with questions regarding this RFI may direct their enquiries to the RFI Authority identified herein.

The Authority for this RFI is:

RFI Authority: Justin Diederich

E-mail Address: Justin.diederich@international.gc.ca