HELICOPTER MOUNTAIN FLYING TRAINING

Trade Agreement: NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

IMPORTANT: This tender is part of Public Works and Government Services Canada’s initiative to submit bid submission files electronically using epost Connect. Interested bidders should refer to Part 2 of the solicitation document entitled Instructions to bidders/offerors/suppliers, as the case may be, for instructions on how to participate and submit their files electronically for this tender.


1.  TITLE:   HELICOPTER MOUNTAIN FLYING TRAINING

2.  SECURITY:
There is no security requirement associated with the requirement.

3.  REQUIREMENT:
The Department of National Defence requires a Task Authorization Contract to provide mountain flying training to Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) helicopter pilots as follows: 

a. An enhanced 21-trainging day contractor-delivered helicopter MFC, which consists of: 
   i.   3.5 days ground school 
   ii.  Twenty-six (26) hours of daytime mountain flying training 
   iii. Five (5) hours of night vision goggle (NVG) mountain flying         training 

b. A 5-day Rapid Deployment Mountain Refresher Course, which consists of: 
   i.   One (1) day ground school 
   ii.  Six (6) hours daytime mountain flying training 
   iii. Six (6) hours of night vision goggle (NVG) mountain flying         training. 

The Contractor's training capacity must be sufficient to train a minimum of 24 and up to 36 helicopter pilots per year for the MFC and a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 10 helicopter pilots per year for the Refresher Course on a prorated basis for partial fiscal years. Given six (6) months’ notice the Contractor must be capable of surging to 48 students for the MFC and up to 20 pilots for the Refresher Course annually. 

4. EVALUATION AND SELECTION:  
Mandatory and point rated technical evaluation criteria are included in Annex "H" of the solicitation. 

Contractor selection will be based on the highest responsive combined rating of technical merit and price.  The ratio will be 60% for the technical merit and 40% for the price.

5. PERIOD OF CONTRACT: 
The services will be required for a one (1) year period with Canada retaining the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to four (4) additional one (1) year periods under the same conditions.


Contracting Authority

Lorraine Jenkinson  
Procurement Specialist 
Public Works and Government Services Canada 
Procurement and Compensation Branch, Western Region 
ATB Place, North Tower, 5th Floor 
10025 Jasper Avenue  NW
Edmonton, AB T5J 1S6 

Telephone: 587-337-2458 
Facsimile: 780-497-3510 
E-mail address: lorraine.jenkinson@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca


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.