Laboratory Infomation Management System

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Laboratory Infomation Management System

This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement
of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) nuclear
laboratory (the Initial "Client") for the provision of goods and
services for the implementation of a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
(COTS) Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). CNSC is
the Initial Client that will use the LIMS (the "Software
Solution"). However, this bid solicitation will also allow
Canada to make the Software Solution available to any department
or Crown corporation (as those terms are defined in the
Financial Administration Act) or any other party for which the
Department of Public Works and Government Services is authorized
to act from time to time under section 16 of the Department of
Public Works and Government Services Act (each a "Client").
Although Canada may make the Software Solution available to any
or all the Clients, this bid solicitation does not preclude
Canada from using another method of supply for entities of the
Government of Canada with the same or similar needs. When the
Software Solution is made available to Clients other than the
Initial Client, any required professional services or training
will be purchased under a separate contract.

The required Software Solution must include the Licensed
Software, a 12-month warranty, software maintenance and support,
and documentation. The LIMS must offer complete sample tracking
throughout its life cycle. This includes, but is not limited to,
the following steps: laboratory user sample login, sample
submission, sample preparation, inventory, sample testing
(including manual data entry), data review, automated and manual
report writing, scheduling of equipment maintenance, data query,
electronic report distribution, report archiving, data
archiving, event-driven actions, instrument calibration records,
instrument and source inventory and tracking instrument and
source requests. 

The bid solicitation includes a requirement to procure all
related professional services (including installation of
software, support, consultation, training, testing,
configuration of the software solution), training and training
material, as well as, options to purchase additional user
licenses, yearly upgrades, technical support and ongoing
maintenance services.

It is intended to result in the award of a contract for an
initial period of 1 year, plus 4, one-year irrevocable option
years for renewal of maintenance and support services. 

There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement. For additional information, see Part 6 - Security,
Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting
Contract Clauses. Bidders should consult the "Security
Requirements on PWGSC Bid Solicitations - Instructions for
Bidders" document on the Departmental Standard Procurement
Documents (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html)
Website.

Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related
information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2003.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile
Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade
Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
(CPanFTA) if it is in force, and the Agreement on Internal Trade
(AIT).

There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment
equity requirement associated with this procurement: see Part 5
- Certifications, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the
annex named  Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity -
Certification.

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.