Cadets - Workstations and Cases

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
The purpose of this Amendment #001 to the Notice of Proposed
Procurement (NPP) is to change the delivery date.


CADETS CANADA - WORKSTATIONS AND CASES

W8561-130003/A
York, Rochelle
Telephone No. - (613) 998-8408
Fax No. - (613) 993-2581


NATURE OF REQUIREMENT:

Cadets Canada has a requirement for the supply and delivery of 6
workstations (Classic Exhibits MOD-1133, or equivalent) and 6
cases (Classic Exhibits Euro LT Clamshell Case (LT-550)
(MOD-550)), or equivalent, as detailed at Annex "A" Statement of
Requirements, Annex "B" Pricing and List of Deliverables, and
Annex "C" Delivery Locations and Quantities.

Cadets Canada has two optional requirements to replace the
yellow Plex, or equivalent, wings of the workstations with Plex,
or equivalent, wings with direct print graphics, and for 6 VESA
monitor mounts with accompanying hardware.  The optional
requirements may only be exercised upon contract award and must
be shipped with the original quantities.

DELIVERY DATE:

All the deliverables must be delivered on or before March 28,
2013 to the delivery addresses specified in Annex "C" Delivery
Locations and Quantities.

Deliveries must be made in full quantities for each delivery
site.  Partial deliveries will not be accepted.  Only one (1)
invoice for all shipments is to be made which should include the
name, address, and destination of shipments, quantities,
description, as well as the date and name of the company.  The
Contractor should call the delivery contact for each location
prior to any shipments.

The Contractor must ensure the safe arrival of all deliverables
at their final destination by using industry-standard packaging
and shipping practices. Packing slips must accompany each
shipment. All deliverables remain the responsibility of and at
the risk of the Contractor until accepted by Canada in
accordance with this Contract. The cost of replacing any units
damaged in transit to the final destination is the Contractor's
responsibility and units will not be considered delivered on the
Delivery Date unless they are undamaged and ready for acceptance.


MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:

M.1	Requirement and Equivalent Products

The Bidder must provide specifications and descriptive
literature for each proposed product (even if the Bidder is
proposing the brands, makes and models as specified herein) in
accordance with the requirement described in Annex "A" Statement
of Requirements, and in accordance with SACC Manual Clause
B3000T (2006-06-16) Equivalent Products (reproduced below for
convenience).

Equivalent Products:

1.     Products that are equivalent in form, fit, function and
quality to the item(s) specified in the bid solicitation will be
considered where the Bidder:

designates the brand name, model and/or part number of the
substitute product;
states that the substitute product is fully interchangeable with
the item specified;
provides complete specifications and descriptive literature for
each substitute product; 
provides compliance statements that include technical specifics
showing the substitute product meets all mandatory performance
criteria that are specified in the bid solicitation; and
clearly identifies those areas in the specifications and
descriptive literature that support the substitute product's
compliance with any mandatory performance criteria.

2.     Products offered as equivalent in form, fit, function and
quality will not be considered if:

the bid fails to provide all the information requested to allow
the Contracting Authority to fully evaluate the equivalency of
each substitute product; or
the substitute product fails to meet or exceed the mandatory
performance criteria specified in the bid solicitation for that
item.

3.     In conducting its evaluation of the bids, Canada may, but
will have no obligation to, request bidders offering a
substitute product to demonstrate, at the sole cost of bidders,
that the substitute product is equivalent to the item specified
in the bid solicitation. 

If the Bidder proposes one or more products under the Equivalent
Products article, Canada may, but will have no obligation to,
request a sample of one or more of the product(s) proposed in
order to determine whether the proposed product(s) meet the
technical specifications identified at Annex "A" Statement of
Requirements.  The Bidder will have the number of days specified
by Canada in its request to provide the required sample(s). 
Failure to provide a sample within the time allotted may result
in the entire bid being declared non-responsive.

If the Bidder fails to demonstrate in its technical proposal
and/or through a sample provided (if requested by Canada) that a
proposed product is equivalent (in accordance with SACC Manual
Clause B3000T (2006-06-16) Equivalent Products, the entire bid
will be declared non-responsive and will not be considered
further.

NOTE:  The Bidder is not required to submit a sample of any
product(s) proposed with the bid submission.

M.2	Financial Proposal

The Bidder must provide complete costing information strictly in
accordance with Annex "B" Pricing and List of Deliverables.  All
line items, including line items for "Optional Goods and
Services", in Annex "B" must be bid.  The total amount of Goods
and Services Tax (GST) or Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) must be
shown separately, if applicable.


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 Bid
Evaluation Value (BEV) 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.