Smart Cards & Logical Access Smartc

Trade Agreement: World Trade Organization - Agreement on
Government Procurement (WTO-AGP)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Smart Cards & Logical Access Smarts

M7594-160758/A
Werk(cw), Janet
Telephone No. - (613) 998-3968 (    )
janet.werk@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

Line1, Smart Cards & Logical Access Smartcards

Summary  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a
requirement for the supply of the following types of unprinted
smart cards:
1.	Combined Physical and Logical Access Smart Card,
2.	Physical Access Card
3.	Logical Access Smart Card.

The period of the Contract is from date of award to October 30,
2017 inclusive (2 years).

The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend
the term of the Contract by up to four (4) additional one (1)
year period(s) under the same conditions. 

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.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement
on Internal Trade (AIT).

This procurement is not reserved for beneficiaries of the
following Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s) (CLCAs). 

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.

Basis of Selection:  A bid must comply with the requirements of
the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation
criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the
lowest evaluated price (Canadian dollars ) will be recommended
for award of a contract.

Mandatory Technical Criteria.

Definitions for the purposes of the mandatory technical criteria.

External client(s):means clients exterior to the Bidder's own
legal entity (or joint venture partnership) and excludes the
parent, subsidiaries or other affiliates of the Bidder.

Internal client(s):means clients within the Bidder's own legal
entity (or joint venture partnership) and includes the parent,
subsidiaries and other affiliates of the Bidder.

The mandatory requirement is:

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.

The detailed description must demonstrate all of the following:

M.1.1	The quantity of cards supplied by the Bidder for at least
one (1) of the two (2) described contracts was a minimum of
7,000 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 Smart Card/RFID technology requirements of the card, as
applicable. 
Bidders MUST meet all the mandatory requirements of the RFP. No
further consideration will be given to Bidders not meeting all
the mandatory criteria. 

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.