Safety Training Courses, Cold Lake, AB

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
1.  TITLE: SAFETY TRAINING COURSES, Cold Lake, AB

2.  SECURITY:
All of the work is unclassified and the contractor will not have
access to any classified information. 

3.  REQUIREMENT:
The Department of National Defence, 4 Wing Cold Lake, AB, has a
requirement to provide personnel at 4 Wing Cold Lake with safety
training courses on an "as and when requested" basis to meet
training requirements specified in the Canada Labour Code,
National Joint Council Occupational Health and Safety Directive
and the Department of National Defence (DND) General Safety
Policy and Standards. 
Training will take place at 4 Wing Cold Lake in building 84 or
other training facilities as designated by the Wing General
Safety Office.

The contractor must provide the following courses in accordance
with provided prerequisites: 

I.	Fall Protection
II.	Confined Spaces
III.	Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S)

Courses will be scheduled with the intent to run consecutive
serials totalling three (3) to five (5) days, as demand
warrants. The Contractor must be prepared to run three (3) or
more courses back to back if demand warrants or due to time
constraints (venue availability). Classes will run from 8:00
a.m. to 4 p.m. 4 Wing will not normally request training to be
scheduled from April to August. The Wing General Safety Officer
will liaise with the Contractor to determine a course schedule
achievable and practical to both parties. Course delivery must
be available within two (2) months from receipt of a DND
confirmation of dates.

4. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:
Failure to meet any of the following mandatory criteria at bid
closing will render your submission non-responsive and it will
be given no further consideration. 

a)	Bidders must certifiy compliance to the provision of all
prerequisites identified in Appendix 1 to Annex "A", Minimum
Course Requirements by signing below. Upon request, bidders must
submit the training material and sample examinations to be used.
If requested, training material will be evaluated to ensure that
all teaching points required are addressed. The training
material and sample examinations if requested, must be submitted
on CD with files in either PDF, DOC, or WPD format. It is
requested that the files be read-only. It is the responsibility
of the Bidder to ensure that the correct information is included
on the CD and that the CD works. PWGSC reserves the right to
distribute the information contained on the CD to the evaluation
team for evaluation purposes.

	I certify that our training courses address, as a minimum, all
prerequisites identified in Appendix 1 		to Annex "A".

	________________________________		______________________________
	  Name of Person Authorized to Certify		                   
Signature


b)	Bidders must provide the names of individuals proposed to
teach the courses. Individuals 			proposed must be Qualified
Persons under the Canada Labour Code - Canada Occupational
		Health and Safety Regulations. That is, in respect of a
specified duty, a person who, because of 		his/her knowledge,
training and experience is qualified to perform that duty safely
and properly. 		Résumés may be requested.



5. CONTRACTOR 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.

6. PERIOD OF CONTRACT: 
The contract period for authorizing task authorizations is from
October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013, wiith an option to extend
for two (2) additional one (1) year periods.

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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.