Freight Forwarding & Customs Brokerage

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Freight Forwarding & Customs Brokerage

MA021-200026/A
Richard, Linda K.
Telephone No. - (902) 402-9059 (    )
Fax No. - (902) 496-5016 (    )

Marine Atlantic (MAI) requires the services of customs clearance, duty brokerage, and international freight forwarding services. The supplier will ensure the appropriate process is followed and facilitate the required arrangements for shipment of goods and customs clearance based on the multimodal shipments by air, ocean, or truck freight, and in accordance with applicable Incoterm requirements for each shipment.

MAI generally ships to and receives shipments from the following destinations: 

Germany;
Great Britain;
Netherlands;
Finland; 
Norway; 
Sweden;
Italy.

The Supplier will provide all equipment and materials on an EXW (Ex Works) basis (supplier’s facility) under Incoterms 2020, or latest Incoterms. The Supplier shall be responsible for the transporting of equipment and materials purchased by MAI door to door, from the supplier’s loading dock to the Marine Atlantic receiving warehouse at 65 Memorial Drive, North Sydney, Nova Scotia, unless otherwise instructed at time of the assignment.  Supplier shall ensure that all deliveries are in accordance with MAI’s needs while minimizing costs and the risk of damage and pilferage.

All questions must be directed to the Contracting Authority, linda.k.richard@pwgsc.gc.ca no later than 5 days before bid closing.  Questions asked after that day may not be answered.

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.
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.