Aviation document booklets and labels

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Aviation document booklets and labels

T8518-130090/B
Gagné-Templeman, Kathleen
Telephone No. - (613) 990-9189 

kathleen.gagne-templeman@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

Line1, Contractor for the printing for ADB

STREAM A:  PRINTING AND FINISHING OF AVIATION DOCUMENT BOOKLETS
(ADB) AND LABELS

STREAMB: CUSTOMIZATION OF ADBs INCLUDING WAREHOUSING OF
PRE-PRINTED ADBs AND LABELS, ORDER RECEIVING AND FULFILLMENT,
CUSTOMIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION

SUMMARY:

Contractors bidding on this tender are to clearly identify with
they are bidding on Stream A or Stream B or bidding on both
Stream A and Stream B. This requirement may result in the
issuance of two (2) separate contracts, one (1) for Stream A and
one (1) for Stream B.

The Contract or contracts will be in effect from the date of
award until December 31, 2017.

There are security requirements associated with this
requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 -
Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 -
Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel
and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders
should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public
Works and Government Services Canada
(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website".

As per the Integrity Provisions under section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2003, bidders must provide a list of all owners
and/or Directors and other associated information as required.
Refer to section 4.21 of the Supply Manual for additional
information on the Integrity Provisions.

For services requirements, Bidders must provide the required
information as detailed in article 2.3 of Part 2 of the bid
solicitation, in order to comply with Treasury Board policies
and directives on contracts awarded to former public servants.

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity
applies to this procurement; see Part 5 - Certifications, Part 7
- Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled Federal
Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.".»

STREAM A:  Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) has a
requirement for a Contractor to continue with the printing of
the Aviation Document Booklet (ADB) that is similar in
appearance to, and having some similar security features as the
Canadian Passport.  The Contractor will also print specialized
labels, on an "as required" basis. 

AVIATION DOCUMENT BOOKLET:
Twenty-four (24) page saddle-sewn book plus four (4) additional
pages on front and back as reinforced end leaves when inside
pages are folded and gathered into signature form with 19 mm
strip of cloth laminated at binding margin with a separate cover
(24 pages + end-leaves + covers).
The ADB also includes a "sewn-in" laminate before page 1 which
is adhered to page 2 after customization. 
The security printing techniques that are required for the ADBs
include:
-	Variable line width relief pattern;
-	Variable size reverse and micro lettering;
-	Anti-copy line patterns;
-	Variable size wavy text;
-	Three level multiplex feature;
-	Fine line Guilloche patterns on End sheet and data page and on
back End sheet;
-	Single colour tactile intaglio printing with latent image and
white line Guilloche pattern;
-	Rainbow (prismatic printing);
-	Reactive (solvent sensitive) inks on all pages;
-	UV inks on all pages;
-	Three level multiplex feature with embedded page numbers;
-	Laser perforation numbering;
-	Unique document number/barcode on page 24; and
-	Printing of a security seal unique to Transport Canada on
specified pages

Materials - Including Security Features:

Cover	-   0.25 Tanotex (or acceptable equivalent ) blue;

Text pages   -	Special watermarked security paper, minimum
thickness 90gsm, receptive to ink jet printing, resistant to
bleed through, Optically dead text paper with invisible
fluorescing fibres, chemically reactive paper (solvent
sensitive), 

Embossing -  Synthetic gold foil.

Laminate - Variable sized flowing visible text on laminate,
invisible fluorescent UV image printed, 
heat activated adhesive coated one side providing a protective
cover to the data page (3) following customization.

UNIQUE LABELS ON LABEL CARRIER SHEETS

The permits, licences and medical certificates will be presented
in the form of a unique label.
The label and label carrier are part of the same sheet. Blank
labels are pre-printed and kiss-cut on the label carrier.

Security Printing Techniques Required for the Labels on Carrier
Sheets include:
-	Single colour background printing incorporating fine line
interlocking security pattern;
-	UV Reactive (solvent sensitive) penetrating ink for logo and
FIP;
-	Secure lithographic printing (invisible and UV); and
-	Optically variable inks (OVI).

1D bar coded to each booklet. Numbering instructions will be
provided to the Contractor by the TC Procurement Authority, as
required. The bar code will be machine readable with
corresponding visual number for verification.

Material - Labels on Label Carrier (Including Security
Features): 
-	Optically dead text paper with one (1) colour invisible UV
fibres, visible UV fibres and two (2) colour visible (non-UV)
fibres;
-	Chemically reactive paper (solvent sensitive); and
-	Non-peelable permanent adhesive, strong enough to prevent the
label, once attached, from being removed without destroying it
(same as motor vehicle licence plate stickers). There is a
possibility to have the label made of a frangible type of paper.
Contractor to confirm with the PWGSC Contracting Authority.

STREAM B: Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) has a
requirement for a Contractor to provide warehousing of
pre-printed Aviation Document Booklets and labels, order
reception and fulfillment, insertion of labels and distribution
of orders using Transport Canada (TC) envelopes with postage
paid on Transport Canada's account on an "as required" basis.

The Contractor will be responsible for the complete supply chain
process of storage, reporting, order processing and order
fulfillment, customization, distribution (using Transport Canada
envelopes that will be supplied with Canada Post account
information to cover postage costs), tracking and reporting of
activity.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND BASIS OF SELECTION

Bids will be assessed in accordance with the entire requirement
of the bid solicitation including the  technical and financial
evaluation criteria for Stream A and/or Stream B.

Bids submitted for Stream A and Stream B will be evaluated
separately. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price
per point will be recommended for award of a contract.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA - STREAM A

M.1: BIDDER'S EXPERIENCE - PRODUCING SECURE MULTI-PAGE
LICENCE/PASSPORT STYLE BOOKLETS AS DESCRIBED IN THE STATEMENT OF
WORK
To demonstrate that the Bidder has experience producing secure
multi-page licence/passport style booklets as described in the
Statement of Work, the Bidder must provide a detailed
description of two (2) previous contracts for which the Bidder
was under contract to one (1) or two (2) external clients to
provide the printing and finishing/binding of secure of
multi-page licence/passport style booklets to be used for
customization after printing. 
M.1.1	The detailed description of the two (2) contracts
(combined) must demonstrate that the Bidder provided security
printing techniques which included all of the following:
- Intaglio printing
- Anti-copy line patterns
- Fine line Guilloche patterns or variable size micro-lettering
- Rainbow (prismatic printing)
- Reactive (solvent sensitive) inks on all pages
- UV inks on all pagesImpression en creux

M.1.2	The detailed description of the two (2) contracts must
demonstrate that each of the printed secure multi-page
licence/passport style booklets required multiple ink colours.

M.1.3	The detailed description of the two (2) contracts
(combined) must demonstrate that the printed secure multi-page
licence/passport style booklets included the following
additional security features:
- printing of a security seal or supply and application of a
hologram on selected pages
- printing of a unique document number on selected text pages

M.1.4	The detailed description of the two (2)
contracts(combined) must demonstrate that the paper/substrate
used for the printed secure multi-page licence/passport style
included the following security features:
- optically dead security papers
- chemically reactive paper (solvent sensitive)

M.1.5 	The quantity of multi-page licence/passport style
booklets supplied by the Bidder for at least one (1) of the two
(2) described contracts was a minimum of 50,000 booklets/bound
documents.

M.1.6 	The printed multi-page licence/passport style booklets
required the inclusion of a laminate sheet printed using
security printing techniques such as variable sized flowing
visible text on the laminate and bound in the finished booklet
for at least one (1) of the two (2) described contracts.

For each contract the Bidder must provide the following
information:
the client information;
the quantity of printed and bound multi-page licence/passport
style booklets produced by the Bidder;
the paper for the cover and text pages;
the laminate substrate used and security printing requirements
included in the bound multi-page licence/passport style booklets
(as applicable to the contract);
the size and the number of pages of the multi-page
licence/passport style booklets;
the security printing techniques used for the printing of the
multi-page licence/passport style booklets;
the number of ink colours (as applicable to the contract);
other security features included in the multi-page
licence/passport style booklets, (as applicable to the contract);
the binding/finishing requirements of the multi-page
licence/passport style booklet;
the customization requirements of the multi-page
licence/passport style booklets after printing.
M.2: BIDDER'S EXPERIENCE -  PRODUCING SECURE PRINTED LABELS AS
DESCRIBED IN THE STATEMENT OF WORK
To demonstrate that the Bidder has experience producing the type
of secure printed labels as described in the Statement of Work,
the Bidder must provide a detailed description of two (2)
previous contracts for which the Bidder was under contract to
one (1) or two (2) external clients to provide printing using
secure printing techniques and finishing of die-cut/kiss-cut
labels on carrier sheets to be used for customization after
printing.
M.2.1	The detailed description of the two (2) contracts
(combined) must demonstrate that the Bidder provided security
printing techniques which included all of the following:
- Multiple ink colours;
- Reactive (solvent sensitive) inks, and
- UV inks on all labels

M.2.2	The detailed description of the two (2) contracts must
demonstrate that each of the printed labels included additional
security features such as the printing of a security seal or
other unique identifier.

M.2.3	The detailed description of the two (2)
contracts(combined)  must demonstrate that the paper/substrate
used for the printed secure labels included the following
security features:
- optically dead security papers;
- chemically reactive paper (solvent sensitive); and
- non-peelable permanent adhesive.

M.2.4 	The quantity of labels supplied by the Bidder for at
least one (1) of the two (2) described contracts was a minimum
of 50,000 labels on carrier sheets.

M.2.5 	The finishing of the printed labels for at least one (1)
of the two (2) described contracts required die-cutting or
kiss-cutting on a printed carrier sheet.
For each contract the Bidder must provide the following
information:
- the client information;
- the quantity of printed and finished labels produced by the
Bidder;
- the label paper/substrate used for the labels;
- the secure printing techniques used for the printing of the
labels (as applicable to the contract);
- the additional security features such as the printing of a
security seal or other unique identifier;
- the number of ink colours(as applicable to the contract);
- the printing requirements of the carrier sheets (as applicable
to the contract); and
- the die-cutting/kiss-cutting requirements of the printed
labels and sheets (as applicable to the contract);
M.3:  BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN
Bidders must demonstrate their capability to maintain production
and delivery of the Transport Canada requirements during events
that would negatively impact their normal operations. 
Bidders must demonstrate this capability by providing a Business
Continuity Plan (BCP) for each facility (physical plant where
work required under the Contract is carried out including
facilities that are owned by same legal entity as the Bidder
and/or joint venture partner(s) and subcontractor's facilities)
identified in their proposal.
The Business Continuity Plan submitted for M.2 will be evaluated
in the point rated criteria R.3.
MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA - STREAM B

M.1	BIDDER'S EXPERIENCE - PROVIDING WAREHOUSING, ORDER RECEIVING
AND FULFILLMENT AND CUSTOMIZATION SERVICES AS DESCRIBED IN THE
STATEMENT OF WORK 

To demonstrate that the Bidder has experience providing the
services as specified in the Statement of Work, the Bidder must
provide a detailed description of two (2) previous contracts for
which the Bidder was under contract to one (1) or two (2)
external clients to provide warehousing of printed materials,
inventory management, order receiving and fulfillment,
customization of pre-printed booklet style multi-page documents,
customization and application of pre-printed labels, preparation
for distribution and delivery as described in the Statement of
Work.

M.1.1	The detailed description of the two (2) contracts
(combined) must demonstrate that the Bidder provided the
following services as a part of the contracts:
- Warehousing of pre-printed materials supplied to the Bidder.
- Inventory management.
- Order receipt and fulfillment on an on-going basis.
- Customization of pre-printed booklet style multi-page
documents.
- Customization and application or insertion of pre-printed
labels.
- Preparation for distribution and distribution.

For each contract the Bidder must provide the following
information:
the client information;
the quantity of printed and bound multi-page licence/passport
style booklets customized by the Bidder each year (as applicable
to the contract);
- the warehousing and inventory management requirements (as
applicable to the contract);
- the order receiving and fulfillment requirements (as
applicable to the contract);
- the customization requirements for the bound multi-page
licence/passport style booklets;
- the customization requirements for the pre-printed labels (as
applicable to the contract);
- the requirements for the application of the customized labels
into documents (as applicable to the contract); and
- requirements for the preparation and delivery of the completed
items to final destinations (as applicable to the contract).
M.2 	BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN
Bidders must demonstrate their capability to maintain production
and delivery of the Transport Canada requirements during events
that would negatively impact their normal operations. 
Bidders must demonstrate this capability by providing a Business
Continuity Plan (BCP) for each facility (physical plant where
work required under the Contract is carried out including
facilities that are owned by same legal entity as the Bidder
and/or joint venture partner(s) and subcontractor's facilities)
identified in their proposal.
The Business Continuity Plan submitted for M.2 will be evaluated
in the point rated criteria R.3.
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.