Vessel Charter - Array Deployment

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number W7707-206595/A dated 2019-07-31 with a closing of 2019-08-20 at 14:00 ADT. A debriefing or feedback session will be provided
upon request to bidders/offerors/suppliers who bid on the previous solicitation.

Vessel Charter - Array Deployment

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) on behalf of Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Atlantic has a requirement for  a Vessel Charter for  DRDC personnel’s to deploy a long, seabed acoustic array on the seabed in the vicinity of Winchelsea Island on the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Range (CFMETR) near Nanaimo, British Columbia. The array will be deployed into 100-m deep water and its connective cables will be routed along designated cable routes to come ashore on Winchelsea Island in accordance with Annex A-Statement of Work of the Request for Proposal Documents. 

IMPORTANT: This tender is part of Public Services and Procurement 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.

Canadian Content

The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian services.

Security Requirements.
Before award of a contract,the bidder must hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS), issued by the Contract Security Program (CSP) of the Industrial Security Sector (ISS), Public Works and Government Services (PWGSC).


Period of the Contract

The period of the Contract is from February 24,2020 to March 14, 2020 inclusive.


INQUIRIES: All inquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Chukwudi Chinye, telephone (902) 401-7604, facsimile: (902) 496-5016, and email- chukwudi.chinye@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca. Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) calendar days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.

This requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

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.