RESIDUAL STRESS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Paper
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
RESIDUAL STRESS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE (RSAS)

W8486-121726/A
Friesen, Manon
E-mail: manon.friesen@pwgsc.gc.ca

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This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement
of Department of National Defence (DND) (the "Client") for a
Residual Stress Analysis Software (RSAS). The bid solicitation
is intended to result in the award of a contract for 1 year,
plus 5 one-year irrevocable option(s) allowing Canada to extend
the term of the contract.

The scope of the bid solicitation includes:

1. the delivery of, and the licensing of, a non-exclusive,
perpetual Commercial -Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Residual Stress
Analysis Software (hereinafter reffered to as the Licensed
Software, and where the context requires, as RSAS), for a
requirement of one User license to use by the Client meeting all
the requirements as stated in Annex A, Statement of Requirement
(SOR);
2. the delivery of the licensed documentation (which includes
delivery, installation, integration and configuration of the
Licensed Software) meeting all the requirements as stated in
Annex A, Statement of Requirement (SOR);
3. upon acceptance of the Licensed Software by Canada, a 12
month Warranty, and provision of ongoing Software Maintenance
and Support Services for the requirement during the Contract
Period and any extension thereof, and 
4. the provision of training services, to be provided with the
installation and configuration of the Licensed Software during
the Initial Contract Period.

All parts of the Software must be available to the Client users
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, in English, and
operate at all times in accordance with the Statement of
Requirement in the Client's operational environment described in
the bid solicitation.

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 Agreement on Internal Trade
(AIT), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), and the
Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement.

There is no security requirement associated with this
requirement.


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.