Permanent Resident Card

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes
Nature of Requirements: 
Permanent Resident Card
B8362-120420/C
Werk(cw), Janet
Telephone No. - (613) 998-3968 
Janet.werk@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

Closing date has change to Friday Sept 26, 2014

The national security exceptions provided for in the trade
agreements have been invoked; therefore, this procurement is
excluded from all of the obligations of all the trade agreements.

For security reasons, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
requires that the manufacturing of the card and the
personalization process both take place in a facility (or
facilities) located in Canada.

CIC  issues status identification cards, known as Permanent
Resident Cards (PR Cards), to new and existing permanent
residents of Canada. The purpose of the PR Card is to provide a
secure and reliable means to verify permanent resident status,
thereby reducing the incidence of fraud and illegal activity
encountered with the status verification aspect of the
inspection process. CIC requires the services of a Contractor to
provide a PR Card design, manufacturing and distribution
solution that meets the requirements defined in the Statement of
Requirements (SOR) over the term of the Contract which is for a
period of three (3 ) years with 4 x 1 year option periods.

This SOR defines the objectives and deliverables associated with
the CIC initiative for issuance of modern and highly secure PR
Cards, containing a RFID computer integrated circuit (IC). 

Volume is an intended purchase of an estimated annual volume of
350,000 cards.This number is a minimal guarantee of volume;
since 2008 the lowest actual annual production volume for PR
Cards measured was over 371,000 cards.
Because production rates vary through the year, the Contractor
must have a minimum production capacity of 12,000 cards per week.

There is a security requirement 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 Canadian Industrial Security Directorate
(CISD), Industrial and Security Program of Public Works and
Government Services Canada 
(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related
information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2003 .

Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s) (CLCAs) are applicable 
to this procurement.

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.

Basis of selection: 

1. To be declared responsive, a bid must: 

a.	comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation;
b.	meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
c.	Meet the miniumum pass mark indicated in each rated criteria.

2.	Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) will be declared
non-responsive. Neither the responsive bid that receives the
highest number of points nor the one that proposed the lowest
price will necessarily be accepted. The responsive bid with the
lowest evaluated price per point will be recommended for award
of a contract.

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.