Business Cards (RCMP)

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes
Nature of Requirements: 

Business Cards (RCMP)

M7594-160346/B
Gagné, Kathleen
Telephone No. - 613-990-9189

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number M7594-160346/A dated January 04, 2016 with a closing of February 16, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. 

Summary

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have a requirement for a National Individual Standing Offer for the provision of a variety of business cards, with delivery to many locations across Canada.

This National Individual Standing Offer (NISO) is for the supply of nine different business cards to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to various locations across Canada. The most frequent destination will be the National Capital Region but there may be deliveries to cities in Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.  
The period of the Standing Offer will be one year from date of issuance of the Standing Offer, with three (3) additional extension periods of one (1)year each. 

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

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

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements (CLCAs) may apply as there may be a delivery inone of these areas. 

Evaluation Procedures

Offers will be assessed in accordance with the entire requirement of the Request for Standing Offers including the technical and financial evaluation criteria.

An evaluation team composed of representatives of Canada will evaluate the offers.

Technical Evaluation 

Mandatory Technical Criteria.

Definitions for the purposes of the mandatory technical criteria.
 
External client(s): means clients exterior to the Offeror's own legal entity (or joint venture partnership) and excludes the parent, subsidiaries or other affiliates of the Offeror.
 
Internal client(s):  means clients within the Offeror's own legal entity (or joint venture partnership) and includes the parent, subsidiaries and other affiliates of the Offeror.

Full colour: means four (4) colour process or a minimum of four (4) ink colours.

Multiple individuals: means five (5) or more individuals requiring the printing of cards to include information individual to each user.

Different Styles of business cards:  means a minimum of two (2) business cards with different logos
or designs printed and supplied to users as required under the
Contract. 

M.1   CORPORATE EXPERIENCE 

The Offeror must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound to an external client (outside of the Offeror's own company) to provide printing and production to final format of different styles of business cards for multiple individuals and delivery to the destination address or addresses specified by the Client. 

At least one (1) of the styles of business cards must have required full colour printing. 

The Contract must be or must have been for delivery of printed business cards on an as needed basis over a period of six (6) months or more.

The Contract must have been started or completed after January 1, 2013.

During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through internal clients will be accepted or reviewed.

The Offeror must provide the following information for the contract:

-  the number of individuals for whom business cards were produced by the Offeror under the Contract;
-  a description of the business cards provided by the Offeror including the number of different styles of  cards being provided under the Contract;
-  a description of the printing requirements of the business cards, including the colour printing requirements;
-  the period of the contract (example: number of months or years or March 2013 to present or April 2013 to December 2016)
- the start date or the end date of the contract (example: start date - March 2013 or end date - April 2013 or March 2013 to present); 
- the Client information for the Contract

OFFERS NOT MEETING ALL OF THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED NON RESPONSIVE AND GIVEN NO FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Financial Evaluation

The price of the bid will be evaluated in Canadian dollars, all applicable taxes excluded; FOB destination, Canadian customs duties and excise taxes included.

The Total Evaluated Price will be calculated using the prices submitted in the Annex B Basis of Payment.

Basis of Selection

An offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for Standing Offers and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive offer with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for issuance of a standing offer.


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.