Printing of Identity (ID) cards

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Printing ID Cards

47060-146146/A
Werk(cw), Janet
Telephone No. - (613) 998-3968 
Janet.werk@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid
solicitation number 47060-146146/A dated January 8, 2014 with a
closing of January 24, 2014 at 2 p.m. A debriefing or feedback
session will be provided upon request to
bidders/offerors/suppliers who bid on the previous solicitation.

Summary: To acquire goods and services to produce identification
(ID), authority, chip, and designation cards that will reflect
the new Federal Identity Program (FIP) Heraldic Branding of the 
Canada Border Services Agency.

The Contractor must print information on selected locations of
the identification, authority, and designation cards.

The Contract is in effect for a period a period of one (1) from
award of contract inclusively with the irrevocable option to
extend the term of the Contract by up to four (4) additional one
(1) year periods under the same conditions.

There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 -
Security Requirement, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses.
Bidders should consult the "Security Requirements for PWGSC Bid
Solicitations - Instructions for Bidders"
(http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.html#a31)
document on the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents Web
site.

THIS PROCUREMENT IS SUBJECT TO NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTION AND
IS, THEREFORE, EXCLUDED FROM ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE TRADE
AGREEMENTS.

THE REQUIREMENT IS LIMITED TO CANADIAN SUPPLIERS.

THE LOCATION OF THE PRODUCTION SITE FOR THE CARD MUST BE IN
CANADA. ONLY THE HOLOGRAMS MAY BE PRINTED OUTSIDE OF CANADA. 

Bidders must provide a list of names or other related
information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2003 (preferably with their bid).

There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment
equity requirement associated with this procurement; see Part 5
- Certifications, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the
annex named Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity -
Certification.
All instructions, clauses and conditions identified in the bid
solicitation by number, date and title
are set out in the Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions
Manual
(https://buyandsell.gc.ca/policy-and-guidelines/standard-acquisit
ion-clauses-and-conditions-manual) issued by Public Works and
Government Services Canada.

Mandatory Technical Criteria  - Phase 1 - ALL Bidders

Bidders MUST meet the mandatory criterion of the RFP.  No
further consideration will be given to bidders not meeting the
mandatory criterion.
The mandatory requirements are:
M.1   	To demonstrate that the Bidder has experience producing
the type of cards described in the Annex A Statement of Work,
the Bidder must provide a detailed description of two (2)
previous contracts for one (1) or more external clients, for
which the Bidder supplied large quantities of PVC or composite
cards to be used for personalization.

	The detailed description must demonstrate all of the following:

	M.1.1	The Bidder provided custom imprinting for the cards
supplied for at least one (1) of the two (2) described contracts.
	
	M.1.2	The cards supplied by the Bidder for at least one (1) of
the two (2) described contracts included a hot stamped
holographic image.

	M.1.3 	The cards supplied by the Bidder for at least one (1) of
the two (2) described contracts were RFID technology proximity
cards.

	M.1.4 	The quantity of  cards supplied by the Bidder for at
least one (1) of the two (2) described contracts was a minimum
of 15,000 cards.

	The detailed description must also include the following for
each contract description:
		a.	the client information;
		b.	the quantity of cards supplied and delivered; 
		c.	a description of the cards supplied under the contract
including:
the card material;
the size of the card;
the imprint requirements and the number of ink colours;
the hot stampled holographic image requirement, as applicable;
the RFID technology requirements of the card,  as applicable. 

M.2	Location of Work

The Bidder must provide the full details of all the location of
all the work being performed under this contract including all
subcontractors as per PART 3 - BID PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
Section IV and Part 7 - RESULTING CONTRACT CLAUSES clause  3.1
Contractor's Site or Premises Requiring Safeguard Measures  and 
3.1.1 Contractor's Proposed Subcontractors including but not
limited to Printing of the holograms.

The detailed description must include the following for each
work location:

a)	Address:
	Street Number / Street Name, Unit / Suite / Apartment Number
	City, Province, Territory / State
	Postal Code / Zip Code  Country

b)	What work will be performed at this location?

Phase 2:  Prototype evaluation

The two responsive bids with the lowest and second lowest total
aggregate price will proceed to Phase 2 which is the evaluation
of prototype cards.

M.1 For Phase 2, the Bidder must provide ten (10) prototype
cards of Card B with the "chip" activated and ten (10) prototype
cards of Card C printed as per the artwork supplied and as
specified in the Annex A Statement of Work. The PWGSC
Contracting Authority will provide the Bidder with the artwork
for these prototypes as either PDF or EPS files as well as a the
artwork for the holographic image to be used for the basis to
produce the required prototype cards.


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.