Supply Arrangement - Postage Meter Equipment (Mailing Machines)

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Supply Arrangement - Postage Meter Equipment (Mailing Machines)

E6HAL-140008/A
Figueredo, Laila
Telephone No. - (902) 496-5353
Fax No. - (902) 496-5016

Supply Arrangement - Postage Meter Equipment (Mailing Machines)

This Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) is to establish a
Supply Arrangement (SA) for the supply
and service of Postage Meter Equipment (Mailing Machines),
purchase or lease, on behalf of Identified
Users for locations throughout Canada, except for areas subject
to a Comprehensive Land Claims
Agreement (CLCA).

For the purpose of the Supply Arrangement the term "postage
meter equipment" refers only to the
following categories:  mailing machines, postage meters, scales,
and their associated components,
accessories, supplies, and services.  This Supply Arrangement is
for original purchase or lease of
equipment.  It does not include any after sales consumables,
products or services that were
not part of the original purchase or lease.

The Supplier will supply, configure, deliver, install, provide
documentation, training, provide warranty /
maintenance services and repairs for postage meter equipment, on
an as and when requested basis, in
accordance with the terms and conditions and specifications
detailed in the resultant Supply
Arrangement. 

The Supplier must be recognized as a Canada Post Corporation
(CPC) supplier for postage in Canada and
their postage meter equipment must be authorized by Canada Post
Corporation (CPC) for use in Canada. 

The Supply Arrangement has no defined end-date and will remain
valid until such time as Canada no
longer considers it to be advantageous to use it.  The period
for awarding contracts under the Supply
Arrangement begins from date of issuance.  

This RFSA includes several categories of postage meters, mailing
machines and scales of various
specifications to meet a range of production volumes, speeds,
and types of mail pieces.  It is intended to
satisfy the majority of the Government of Canada's postage meter
equipment needs.

Suppliers will be evaluated on a category basis.  Therefore, if
a Supplier wishes to submit a mailing
machine model in only one specific category, it has the
opportunity to do so.  It is not mandatory to submit a
mailing machine model or be selected in all categories to be a
Supplier on the Supply Arrangement.

Canada reserves the right to add additional categories of
postage meter equipment.  New categories will be
competed on the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS),
allowing suppliers to qualify new
equipment.

Annex A - Requirement describes and details the technical
specifications for all categories.

For postage meter equipment requirements that PWGSC determines
cannot be met by anyof the
categories, other purchasing methods will be used.  However, the
resulting SA is intended to be the primary
purchasing instrument for postage meter equipment for Canada.

Identified Users of the Supply Arrangement include any
Government Department, Departmental
Corporation or Agency, or other Crown entity described in
Schedules I, I.1, II, III, of the Financial
Administration Act (as amended from time to time), and any other
party for which the Department of Public
Works and Government Services may be authorized to act from time
to time under section 16 of the
Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (each a
"Client"). 

This requirement excludes areas subject to a Comprehensive Land
Claims Agreement (CLCA).  Any
requirement for delivery to a destination in a lands claim area
will be actioned as a separate requisition
outside of this Supply Arrangement.

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), and the Agreement on
Internal Trade (AIT).

Suppliers are encouraged to submit any  questions they have
regarding this solicitation including the
evaluation process and the resulting Supply Arrangement or
Contract clauses to the Supply Arrangement
Authority.

A Notice will be posted once a year on the Government Electronic
Tendering Service (GETS) to allow new
Suppliers to become qualified.  Existing qualified Suppliers,
who have been issued a supply arrangement,
will not be required to submit a new arrangement.

Interested Suppliers may request the full solicitation document
by contacting the Supply Arrangement Authority, Laila Figueredo,
by email at:  laila.figueredo@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca or by phone:
(902) 496-5353.


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.