To Manufacture and Deliver a High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Pre-Filter

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

The closing date of the Request for Proposal is changed from May 23 to May 26, 2017, 2 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).


(a) Requirement:
To manufacture and deliver a high density polyethylene 
(HDPE) pre-filter in accordance with the Requirement at 
Annex A.

(b) Client :
Publics Works and Government Services Canada for the 
Maurice-Lamontagne Institute of Fisheries and Oceans 
Canada.

(c) Emergency:
On April 9, 2017, a section of one of the two seawater 
filtration systems, located 2 km off the Maurice-
Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada, 
detached and made the system inoperative. Since this
event, the saltwater supply to the experimental basins 
of the Institute's research programs is insufficient to 
meet the needs of the Department and its various 
external collaborators. The consequences of this major 
breakdown put in danger the achievement of the 
Department's research and science priorities, primarily 
for the Quebec region. The sectors affected by this 
breakdown include, among others, ecosystem research 
programs, aquaculture regulatory programs and climate 
change.

(d) Delivery Period:
Given the urgency, the pre-filter must be delivered 
within a maximum of thirty (30) calendar days after 
contract award.

(e) Delivery Site:
Port of Quebec
150 Dalhousie Street
Quebec, Quebec G1R 4M8
Canada 

(f) Trade Agreements:
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the 
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government 
Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Agreement on Internal 
Trade (AIT), and the Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Korea, 
Panama, Peru Trade Agreements with Canada.

Due to urgency, the period for the receipt of tenders is 
10 calendar days using limited tendering procedures as 
outlined under NAFTA Article 1016 1. and 2. (c) and 
Article 1012 3. (c) and WTO-GPA Article XIII 1. d. and 
Article XI 4. c.

North American Free TradeAgreement (NAFTA):
Article 1016: Limited Tendering Procedures:
1.  An entity of a Party may, in the circumstances and 
subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 2, use 
limited tendering procedures and thus derogate from 
Articles 1008 through 1015, provided that such limited 
tendering procedures are not used with a view to 
avoiding maximum possible competition or in a manner 
that would constitute a meansof discrimination 
between suppliers of the other Parties or protection of 
domestic suppliers. 
2. An entity may use limited tendering procedures in 
the following circumstances and subject to the 
following conditions, as applicable: 
(c)  in sofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of 
extreme urgency brought about by events 
unforeseeable by the entity, the goods or services could 
not be obtained in time by means of open or selective 
tendering procedures;
Article 1012: Time Limits for Tendering and Delivery:
3.  An entity may reduce the periods referred to in 
paragraph 2 in accordance with the following: 
(c)  where a state of urgency duly substantiated by the 
entity renders impracticable the periods in question, 
theperiods may be reduced to no less than 10 days 
from the date of publication of a notice in accordance 
with Article 1010.

World Trade Organization Agreement on Government 
Procurement (WTO-AGP): 
Article XIII - Limited Tendering:
1.         Provided that it does not use this provision for 
the purpose of avoiding competition among suppliers or 
in a manner that discriminates against suppliers of any 
other Party or protects domestic suppliers, a procuring 
entity may use limited tendering and may choose 
not to apply Articles VII through IX, X (paragraphs 7 
through 11), XI, XII, XIV and XV only under any of the 
following circumstances:
d.        insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons 
of extreme urgency brought about by events 
unforeseeable by the procuring entity, the goods or 
services could not be obtained in time using open 
tendering or selective tendering;
Article XI - Time-Periods:
4.         A procuring entity may reduce the time-period 
for tendering established in accordance with paragraph 
3 to not less than 10 days where:
c.       a state of urgency duly substantiated by the 
procuring entity renders the time-period for tendering 
established in accordance with paragraph 3 
impracticable.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.