Parks Canada Banners

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
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: 
PARKS CANADA BANNERS

5P110-140555
Buck, Daniel
Telephone No. - (613) 998-8588
Fax No. - (613) 991-5870
E-mail: daniel.buck@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

NATURE OF REQUIREMENT:
Parks Canada requires imprinting, fabricating to final format
and delivery of high tenacity Acid Dyed nylon banners for
display in national parks and national historic sites. There
will be between one to three designs based on the thematic(s) of
the year. Each design is made up for double or triple banners or
both, that are hung as pairs or triads on posts. Each design is
made of a coloured image printed onto one layer of high tenacity
nylon, which is to be visible from both sides. The top and
bottom of each banner incorporates an opaque strip onto which
the text, logo is printed (both sides). 
 
The quantities will vary based on the thematic of the year. 
Banners must be delivered to one address.

The period of the contract will be from date of award until
March 25, 2017 with the option to extend this period by one (1)
additional one (1) year period under the same terms and
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.

For services requirements, Bidders must provide the required
information as detailed in article 2.3 of Part 2 of the bid
solicitation, in order to comply with Treasury Board policies
and directives on contracts awarded to former public servants."

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

Mandatory Technical Criteria

M.1	Experience of the Bidder

The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound
under three (3) separate contracts to provide imprinting,
fabrication to final format, and delivery of custom imprinted
banners to locations across Canada.

The three (3) separate contracts must have been completed for at
least two (2) separate external clients (outside of the Bidder's
own company.

During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through
internal clients will be accepted or reviewed.

The three (3) separate contracts must have been completed since
January 01, 2009.

M.1.1 Each of the three (3) contracts must have included all of
the following requirements:
Custom imprinting of the required banners on UV resistant banner
material;
Custom imprinting using UV resistant, colour fast dyes;
Finishing to final format, including trimming to final size,
sewing of hems and/or seams, and preparation for display; 
Packaging and delivery to final destination.


M.1.2 When combined*, each of the following requirements was
included in the three (3) contracts:

Banners fabricated using high tenacity (minimum 210 denier) flag
nylon;
Acid dye imprinting process;
Banners treated with a U.V. inhibitor after imprinting;
Multi-coloured images (imprinting of a minimum of four [4]
colours for any single design);
Fabrication of banners to be used in an outdoor location (or
locations) exposed to outdoor weather conditions including wind,
rain and sun light;
Management of multiple distinct designs (four [4] or more) to be
fabricated and assembled in packages ready for distribution;
A quantity of 600 banners or more, consisting of multiple (four
[4] or more) distinct banner designs.
 
*One (1) contract does not need to include all of the listed
requirements for M.1.2, however each separate requirement must
have been included in any of the three (3) contracts. The three
(3) contracts together must have included all of the listed
requirements for M.1.2.

M.1.3: To demonstrate this corporate experience with external
clients the Bidder must provide the following information in a
description of each contract:
The Contract reference number
The Client information for the Contract
The completion date of the Contract
A complete description of the requirements for the imprinting,
fabrication and finishing to final format, and
delivery/distribution of the custom imprinted banners. The
description must demonstrate the following:
The type of UV resistant banner material used and the properties
of the material;
The imprinting process used and the number of colours imprinted
for each distinct design;
The dyes used for imprinting;
The finishing requirements of the banners; 
The number of distinct designs managed, imprinted and fabricated;
The packaging requirements;
The assembly and delivery/distribution requirements of the
banners;
The final display location of the banners (example: Outdoors
exposed to outdoor weather conditions including wind, rain and
sun light)
The invoice (or copy of) presented to the client

FAILURE TO PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE MAY
RESULT IN THE PROPOSAL BEING DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE. BIDS NOT
MEETING THE ALL THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE GIVEN NO
FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Financial Evaluation

To determine the total evaluated price, the prices submitted in
the Annex B: Basis of Payment of this bid solicitation for the
initial period and the extension periods will be calculated as
specified in the Annex B Basis of Payment Excel spreadsheet
being distributed through Government Electronic Tender Service.
	
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 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.