ARCTIC NAVAL DISTILLATE FUEL

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes
Nature of Requirements: 
ARCTIC NAVAL DISTILLATE FUEL 

TRADE AGREEMENTS:
This 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-Peru
Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement,
the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Chile Free
Trade Agreement, and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

REQUIREMENT:
This Canadian Coast Guard requirement is for the supply of a
total potential quantity of 24,600,000 litres of Naval
Distillate Fuel (Type 15, in accordance with CGSB Standard
3.11-2010 (latest issue), except Pour point max. -15°C, Cloud
point max. -9°C, and Kinematic Viscosity at 40°C, min. 2.5 mm2/s
and max. 4.2 mm2/s) as follows: a total firm quantity of
6,600,000 litres and a total optional quantity of 1,600,000
litres for the first year and the same estimated firm and
optional quantities for each of the two one-year supply period
options. 

The product is required at several locations in the Arctic as
follows:

Item 1 - A firm quantity of 2,000,000 litres per year, and an
additional optional quantity of up to 500,000 litres per year,
via ship-to-ship delivery into Canadian Coast Guard vessels
Pierre Radisson and Desgroseilliers at Nanisivik, Nunavut or
another mutually agreeable location in the Canadian Eastern
Arctic area (Lancaster Sound).

Anticipated delivery period is September 5 to September 10, 2015
(Supply Period I). 

Item 2 - A firm quantity of 200,000 litres per year, and an
additional optional quantity of up to 150,000 litres per year,
via ship-to-ship delivery into Canadian Coast Guard vessel Sir
Wilfrid Laurier, outside Fairway Buoy at Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest
Territories. 

Anticipated delivery date is August 3, 2015 (Supply Period I). 

Item 3 - A firm quantity of 500,000 litres per year, an
additional optional quantity of up to 250,000 litres per year
via ship-to-ship delivery into Canadian Coast Guard vessel
Amundsen at Kugluktuk, Nunuavut. 

Anticipated delivery date is August 21, 2015 (Supply Period I). 

Item 4 - A firm quantity of 3,700,000 litres per year, and an
additional optional quantity of up to 300,000 litres per year
via ship-to-ship delivery into Canadian Coast Guard vessels
Terry Fox and Louis S. St. Laurent at Kugluktuk, Nunavut. 

Anticipated delivery date is September 16, 2015 (Supply Period
I). 

Item 5 - A firm quantity of 200,000 litres per year, and an
additional optional quantity of up to 400,000 litres per year,
via pipeline into Canadian Coast Guard vessel Sir Wilfrid
Laurier at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. 

Anticipated delivery date is October 10, 2015 (Supply Period I). 

Delivery dates for all items to be confirmed by the Canadian
Coast Guard.

COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIM AGREEMENTS:
The following Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements apply to this
procurement:

Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA) for deliveries to* Tuktoyaktuk,
Northwest Territories. 

Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) for deliveries to*
Nanisivik and Kugluktuk, Nunavut. 

*where "deliveries to" meas goods delivered to, and services
performed in.

SULPHUR IN DIESEL FUEL REGULATIONS:
The maximum limit on sulphur in naval distillate fuel (for
non-large vessels) is specified as 15 mg/kg, in accordance with
the Sulphur in Diesel Regulations.

LUBRICITY REQUIREMENT:
Naval Distillate Fuel must have a wear scar diameter of less
than or equal to 460 µm at 60°C 



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.