Fire Protection Services

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
RFSO FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES
E60FK-120001/B


This amendment is raised to answer questions from the offerors.


This is a Bid Solicitation for Fire Protection Services Standing
offers.

OFFERORS INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING AN OFFER MAY DOWNLOAD THE BID
SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AND FOLLOW ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS WITHIN.

An RFI containing a draft of bid solicitation documents was
posted on the Government Electronic Tendering Service, MERX™
under solicitation number E60FK-120001/A.

Background:

In order to maintain the availability of fire protection related
services to Federal Departments and First Nations communities
during the wind-down of the Fire Protection Services unit within
the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) Labour
program and subsequent transition period, Regional Master
Standing Offers (RMSOs) are being developed.

This requirement is intended to describe fire protection related
services pursuant to Treasury Board Standard for Fire
Protection.  The services are aimed at reducing the risk of fire
within Federal buildings, protecting physical structures,
contents, occupants and ensuring continuity of services. This
requirement applies to Fire Protection Services that are
required for Federal Buildings owned or otherwise occupied by
Federal Departments as well as buildings owned by First Nations
communities.

Requirement:

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) has a
requirement to establish Regional Master Standing Offers (RMSO)
for the provision of Fire Protection Services in accordance with
the Statement of Work at Annex "A".   

The services are broken down into 7 Work Packages:
1)  Compliance Monitoring Inspection 
2)  Compliance Monitoring Engineering Assessment
3)  Strategic and Technical Advice or Guidance
4)  Engineering Surveys and Plan Reviews
5)  Development of Training and Promotional Materials
6)  Fire Investigation
7)  Fire Safety Plan Review

PWGSC intends to issue multiple Regional Master Standing Offers
for Fire Protection services to be provided in Canada as a
result of this solicitation.  A RMSO is a Standing Offer made
available for use by several Identified Users identified in the
RMSO for delivery within specific geographic Regions and
Sub-regions.

The offeror may submit an offer for one or more of the work
packages identified within the RFSO.

Period of the Standing Offer:

The RFSO will result in Regional Master Standing Offers (RMSOs)
valid for three (3) years with Canada retaining the irrevocable
option to extend the term of the Standing Offers by up to 2 
additional consecutive twelve (12) month periods under the same
conditions




Security Requirement:

Offerors are hereby informed that there is a strong possibility
that some call-ups against the Standing Offers might require
that firms and their personnel possess a Facility Security
Clearance (FSC) at different levels issued by the Canadian
Industrial Security Directorate (CISD) of Public Works and
Government Services Canada (PWGSC). Several generic Security
Requirement Check Lists (SRCL), which PWGSC anticipates will
satisfy most security requirements associated with individual
requirements, are attached to Annex C - Generic Security
Requirements Check Lists (SRCLs) to this SO.   Each call-up will
identify which SCRL will apply to that call-up.

The generic SRCLs may not meet the needs of some Identified
Users for some requirement; in such cases, a unique SRCL fully
describing the security requirements will be included in the
documentation associated with that individual call-up.

Should the successful offerors wish to obtain a level of
security, PWGSC shall sponsor the successful offerors so CISD
can initiate procedures for security clearance.  CISD, by
letter, shall forward documentation to the successful offerors
for completion.

Offerors desiring such sponsorship should so indicate in their
covering letter with their offer.

Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business:

Part of this procurement may be designated by one or more
Identified Users as set-aside under the federal government's
Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB). In these
specific cases, (i) the procurement is set aside from the
international trade agreements under the provision each has for
set-asides for small and minority businesses, and (ii) as per
Article 1802 of the AIT, the AIT does not apply.

In order to be considered as an Aboriginal Business under the
PSAB, the Bidder must complete the Aboriginal Business
Certification contained in Part 5 of the RFSO.

By executing the certification, the Offeror warrants that it is
an Aboriginal business as defined in the Set-aside Program for
Aboriginal Business.

Official Languages:

The services to be provided will be delivered in one or both of
the two official languages of Canada according to the
requirements of the Identified User issuing a Call-up against
the SO. 


Basis of Selection:

1) To be declared responsive, an offer must:
     a)	comply with all the requirements of the Request for
Standing Offers (RFSO); 
     b)	meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
     c)	obtain the required minimum of 70 percent overall of the
points for the technical evaluation criteria which are subject
to point rating. The rating is performed on a scale of 100
points.
Offers not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) above will be declared
non-responsive.  Neither the responsive offer that receives the
highest number of points nor the one that proposed the lowest
price will necessarily  be accepted. 
The selection will be based on the highest responsive combined
rating of technical merit and price. The ratio will be 70% for
the technical merit and 30% for the price.
To establish the technical merit score, the overall technical
score for each responsive offer will be      determined as
follows: total number of points obtained multiplied by the ratio
of 70%.
To establish the pricing score, each responsive offer will be
prorated against the lowest evaluated price and the ratio of 30%.
For each responsive offer, the technical merit score and the
pricing score will be added to determine its total score for
each work package in each Sub-Region and/or Region.
Responsive offer will be ranked in order from the highest to the
lowest using the total score for each    work package in each
Sub-Region and/or Region and will be recommended for issuance of
a standing offer.


Enquiries:

All enquiries regarding this requirement must be submitted in
writing to the SO Authority:

Courteau, Josianne
E-mail - SPCI.FPS@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
(819) 956-6632

Larente, Fleurette
E-mail - SPCI.FPS@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
(819) 934-2074

Delivery Date: 01/11/2013

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.