Security Printing - Visas

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

B8297-200035/A
Leblanc(CX Div.), Marc-Andre
Telephone No. - (873) 354-5948

Line 1, Printing, Warehousing, Order Fulfillment of Visas

LETTER OF INTEREST REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURITY PRINTING SERVICES FOR IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES AND CITIZENSHIP CANADA

This is not a bid solicitation. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is releasing this Letter of Interest (LOI) as a first step to inform all interested parties of the following potential procurement activity:

The purpose of this notice is to make Canadian industry aware that PSPC is seeking to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the provision of printing, order fulfillment, warehousing and distribution of two key controlled forms to a vendor and all associated actions thereof on behalf of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.  The purpose of this LOI is to make industry aware of particular security requirements related to this procurement, which must be met before award of a Contract to a supplier.  

A copy of the draft statement of work and evaluation criteria which include a description of the services that may be required have also been attached to this notice.  Interested suppliers should familiarize themselves with the document in order to best be prepared to respond to an eventual RFP.  Comments regarding any aspect of the draft document are welcome and may be submitted via e-mail.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO INTERESTED SUPPLIERS

Prior to issuance of Standing Offers, the following will be required of suppliers:

1.  The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid Facility Security Clearance at the level of SECRET, with approved Document Safeguarding and Production Capabilities at the level of SECRET, issued by the Contract Security Program (CSP) of the Industrial Security Sector (ISS), Public Works and Government Services (PWGSC).

2.  The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to CLASSIFIED/PROTECTED information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid personnel security screening at the level of SECRET, granted or approved by the CSP/ISS/PWGSC. Until the security screening of the Contractor personnel required by this Contract has been completed satisfactorily by the CSP/ISS/PWGSC, the Contractor/ personnel MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS to CLASSIFIED/PROTECTED information or assets, and MAY NOT ENTER sites where such information or assets are kept, without an escort.

3.  The Contractor MUST NOT utilize its Information Technology systems to electronically process, produce or store any sensitive CLASSIFIED/PROTECTED information until the CSP/ISS/PWGSC has issued written approval.  After approval has been granted, these tasks may be performed at the level of SECRET.

4.  Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of the CSP/ISS/PWGSC.

5.  The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the:

 (a)  Security Requirements Check List , attached at Annex ______;
 (b)  Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).

Suppliers who are interested in this requirement but who do not hold the required security clearances may use the following link to obtain instructions on how to obtain them: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/enquete-screening-eng.html

The proposed requirement will be subject to PSPCs Policy on Canadian Content and therefore will be solely limited to suppliers offering Canadian goods and services. 

A resulting bid solicitation would be used to award up to one contract for the delivery of the requirement, to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement outside the resulting Contract.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

Suppliers should note that this LOI is not a pre-selection process. There will be no short listing of firms for purposes of undertaking any future works, as a result of this LOI. The issuance of this LOI is not to be considered in any way as a commitment by Canada, or as authority for the respondent to undertake any work which could be charged to Canada, nor is this LOI to be considered a commitment to issue an eventual Contract in relation to these services.

Canada shall not be bound by anything stated in this LOI. 

Canada reserves the right to change all or any parts of this LOI as deemed necessary.

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.



Delivery Date: 22/07/2019

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.