Miscellaneous Groceries

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Miscellaneous Groceries

W0134-20R001/A
Nigam, Nidhi
Telephone No. - (587) 532-8142 (    )
Fax No. - (780) 497-3510 (    )

Requirement:

This Regional Individual Standing Offer (RISO) is for the supply, delivery and off-loading of Miscellaneous Groceries, Dairy Products, Fresh Bread, Meats and Fresh Produce to the Department of National Defence (DND), 4 Wing Cold Lake located at Cold Lake, Alberta on an "as required", basis. 

The items and estimated quantities required are listed in Annex B, Working Documents - List of Products. The estimated quantities are for evaluation purposes only and do not represent the actual quantity that will be ordered during the period of the Standing Offer.

The requirement is divided into the following five (5) categories and their refresh/rebid periods are as follows:

1) Miscellaneous Grocery - rebid annually, no refreshes;
2) Dairy Products - rebid annually, no refreshes, price adjustments, as applicable;
3) Fresh Bread - rebid annually, no refreshes;
4) Meats - rebid quarterly, no refreshes;
5) Fresh Produce - rebid quarterly, with monthly prices refreshes between quarterly rebids.

The first one-year period will be from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020 inclusive. 
The second one-year period will be from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021 inclusive.
The third one-year period will be from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 inclusive.

There will be one (1) rebid period at the end of year one and one (1) rebid period at the end of year two. 
The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer is from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.
   
The annual rebid process includes all 5 categories whereby the current standing offer holders and any other interested suppliers will be able to bid on this requirement.  The quarterly rebids for meat and produce are only open to the suppliers that hold at least one of the five current standing offers at the time of the rebid.

One (1) Standing Offer is to be issued per category as a result of this procurement process. If an Offeror is being recommended for issuance of a Standing Offer for more than one category, only one Standing Offer will be issued to this supplier for those categories if the periods are the same.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian goods and/or services.

This RFSO allows offerors to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their offers electronically. Offerors must refer to Part 2 of the RFSO entitled Offeror Instructions and Part 3 of the RFSO entitled Offer Preparation Instructions, for further information on using this method.

Anticipated migration to an e-Procurement Solution (EPS)

Canada is currently developing an online EPS for faster and more convenient ordering of goods and services. In support of the anticipated transition to this system and how it may impact any resulting Standing Offer that is issued under this solicitation, refer to 6.12 - Transition to an e-Procurement Solution (EPS).




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.