4U ENVIRONMENTAL CASES

Trade Agreement: Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business (SPAB)
Tendering Procedures: Suppliers on permanent list or able to
meet qualification requirements
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
4U ENVIRONMENTAL CASES

W1786-120024/B

Benoît Paquin
Telephone: (819) 956-3966
Facsimile: (819) 956-5227
Email: benoit.paquin@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

AMENDMENT 004

This amendment is raised to modify the information in Part 4 of
the Request For Proposal as follows:

Delete: Part 4 section 1.1 Financial Evaluation;

Insert: 
1.1	Technical Evaluation

1.1.1 Mandatory Technical Evaluation Criteria

1.1.1.1 Bidders must provide all required technical information
to demonstrate their technical compliance to the Annex A -
Statement of Requirement for 4U Extended Environmental Cases.

1.1.1.2 Bidders must demonstrate that the product offered is
compatible and can be safely stack with Hardigg Classic
Rackmount Cases Part No.  DE2412-02/35/05.

1.2 	Financial Evaluation

1.2.1 	Mandatory Financial Evaluation Criteria
The price of the bid must be in Canadian dollars, Delivered Duty
Paid at destination, Incoterms 2000, Canadian Custom Duties and
Excise Taxes included where applicable, Goods and Services Tax
or the Harmonized Sales Tax extra.

Bidders must quote a price for all destinations with the same
Nato Stock Number.

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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 AMENDMENT 003

This amendment is raised to extend the bid closing date as
follows:

Page 1 Solicitation Closes

Delete: at 02:00 on 2012-07-31

Insert: at 02:00 on 2012-08-09

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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AMENDMENT 002

This amendment is raised to extend the bid closing date as
follows:

Page 1 Solicitation Closes

Delete: at 02:00 on 2012-07-26

Insert: at 02:00 on 2012-07-31

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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AMENDMENT 001

This amendment is raised to modify the Request For Proposal as
follows:

1. Table of Content - Part 5 - Certification

Delete: 1.     Certifications Precedent to Contract Award and
Certifications required with the Bid

Insert:	1.     Code of Conduct Certifications - Consent to a
Criminal Record Verification
	2.     Certifications Precedent to Contract Award and
Certifications required with the Bid


3. Part 2 - Bidder instruction, Paragraph 1 - Standard
Instructions, Clauses and Conditions

Delete: The 2003 (2012-03-02) Standard Instructions - Goods or
Services - Competitive Requirements, are incorporated by
reference into and form part of the bid solicitation.

Insert: The 2003 (2012-07-11) Standard Instructions - Goods or
Services - Competitive Requirements, are incorporated by
reference into and form part of the bid solicitation.


4. Part 5 - Certification

Delete: In its entirety

Insert: 
PART 5 - CERTIFICATIONS

Bidders must provide the required certifications to be awarded a
contract. Canada will declare a bid non-responsive if the
required certifications are not completed and submitted as
requested.

Compliance with the certifications bidders provide to Canada is
subject to verification by Canada during the bid evaluation
period (before award of a contract) and after award of a
contract. The Contracting Authority will have the right to ask
for additional information to verify bidders' compliance with
the certifications before award of a contract. The bid will be
declared non-responsive if any certification made by the Bidder
is untrue, whether made knowingly or unknowingly. Failure to
comply with the certifications or to comply with the request of
the Contracting Authority for additional information will also
render the bid non-responsive.

1.	Code of Conduct Certifications - Consent to a Criminal Record
Verification

1.1	Bidders must submit with their bid, by the bid solicitation
closing date:

	(a)	a complete list of names of all individuals who are
currently directors of the 			Bidder;

	(b)	a properly completed and signed form Consent to a Criminal
Record Verification 			(PWGSC-TPSGC 229), for each individual
named in the list.

For information purposes an electronic copy of the Consent to a
Criminal Record Verification can be found at:
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/forms/documents/229.pdf

2.	Certifications Precedent to Contract Award and Certifications
Required with the Bid

Bidders must submit the certifications as provided below:

2.1	Certifications Precedent to Contract Award

The certifications listed below should be completed and
submitted with the bid but may be submitted afterwards. If any
of these required certifications is not completed and submitted
as requested, the Contracting Authority will so inform the
Bidder and provide the Bidder with a time frame within which to
meet the requirement. Failure to comply with the request of the
Contracting Authority and meet the requirement within that time
period will render the bid non-responsive.

2.1.1	Federal Contractors Program - $200,000 or more 
1.	The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) requires that some
suppliers, including a supplier who is a member of a joint
venture, bidding for federal government contracts, valued at
$200,000 or more (including all applicable taxes), make a formal
commitment to implement employment equity. This is a condition
precedent to contract award. If the Bidder, or, if the Bidder is
a joint venture and if any member of the joint venture, is
subject to the FCP, evidence of its commitment must be provided
before the award of the Contract.

Suppliers who have been declared ineligible contractors by Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) are no longer
eligible to receive government contracts over the threshold for
solicitation of bids as set out in the Government Contracts
Regulations. Suppliers may be declared ineligible contractors
either as a result of a finding of non-compliance by HRSDC, or
following their voluntary withdrawal from the FCP for a reason
other than the reduction of their workforce to less than 100
employees. Any bids from ineligible contractors, including a bid
from a joint venture that has a member who is an ineligible
contractor, will be declared non-responsive.

2.	If the Bidder does not fall within the exceptions enumerated
in 3.(a)or (b) below, or does not have a valid certificate
number confirming its adherence to the FCP, the Bidder must fax
(819-953-8768) a copy of the signed form LAB 1168, Certificate
of Commitment to Implement Employment Equity, to the Labour
Branch of HRSDC.

3.	The Bidder, or, if the Bidder is a joint venture the member
of the joint venture, certifies its status with the FCP, as
follows:

The Bidder or the member of the joint venture

(a)	(    ) is not subject to the FCP, having a workforce of less
than 100 full-time or part-time permanent employees, and/or
temporary employees having worked 12 weeks or more in Canada;

(b)	(    ) is not subject to the FCP, being a regulated employer
under the Employment Equity Act, S.C. 1995, c. 44;

(c)	(    ) is subject to the requirements of the FCP, having a
workforce of 100 or more  full-time or part-time permanent
employees, and/or temporary employees having worked 12 weeks or
more in Canada, but has not previously obtained a certificate
number from HRSDC (having not bid on requirements of $200,000 or
more), in which case a duly signed certificate of commitment is
attached;

(d)	(    ) is subject to the FCP, and has a valid certificate
number as follows: _______ (e.g. has not been declared an
ineligible contractor by HRSDC.)

Further information on the FCP is available on the HRSDC Web
site.

2.2	Certifications Required with the Bid

Bidders must submit the following duly completed certifications
with their bid.

2.2.1	Canadian Content Certification
This procurement is conditionally limited to Canadian goods.

Subject to the evaluation procedures contained in the bid
solicitation, bidders acknowledge that only bids with a
certification that the good(s) offered are Canadian goods, as
defined in clause A3050T, may be considered.

Failure to provide this certification completed with the bid
will result in the good(s) offered being treated as non-Canadian
goods.

The Bidder certifies that:

( ) the good(s) offered are Canadian goods as defined in
paragraph 1 of clause A3050T.

2.2.1.1 SACC Manual Clauses

SACC Reference	Title	Date
A3050T	Canadian Content Definition	2010-01-11



2.2.2	Set-aside for Aboriginal Business
1.    This procurement is set aside under the federal
government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business, as
detailed in Annex 9.4, Requirements for the Set-aside Program
for Aboriginal Business, of the Supply Manual.

2.     The Bidder:

 (i)    certifies that it meets, and will continue to meet
throughout the duration of any resulting contract, the
requirements described in the above-mentioned annex;

(ii)   agrees that any subcontractor it engages under any
resulting contract must satisfy the requirements described in
the above-mentioned annex; and

(iii)  agrees to provide to Canada, immediately upon request,
evidence supporting any subcontractor's compliance with the
requirements described in the above-mentioned annex.

3.     The Bidder must check the applicable box below:

 (i)    (   )  The Bidder is an Aboriginal business that is a
sole proprietorship, band, limited company, co-operative,
partnership or not-for-profit organization.

       OR

(ii)   (   )  The Bidder is either a joint venture consisting of
two or more Aboriginal businesses or a joint venture between an
Aboriginal business and a non-Aboriginal business.

4.     The Bidder must check the applicable box below:

 (i)    (   )  The Aboriginal business has fewer than six
full-time employees.

       OR

 (ii)   (   )  The Aboriginal business has six or more full-time
employees.

5.     The Bidder must, upon request by Canada, provide all
information and evidence supporting this certification. The
Bidder must ensure that this evidence will be available for
audit during normal business hours by a representative of
Canada, who may make copies and take extracts from the evidence.
The Bidder must provide all reasonably required facilities for
any audits.

6.     By submitting a bid, the Bidder certifies that the
information submitted by the Bidder in response to the above
requirements is accurate and complete. 

2.2.3	Owner/Employee Certification - Set-aside for Aboriginal
Business
The Bidder must provide the following certification for each
owner and employee who is Aboriginal:

1.	I am __________________________ ( owner and/or  full-time
employee) of ________________________ (name of business), and an
Aboriginal person, as defined in Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual
entitled "Requirements for the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal
Business". 

2.	I certify that the above statement is true and consent to its
verification upon request by Canada. 

_________________________________
Printed name of owner and/or employee

_____________________________					____________
Signature of owner and/or employee 					Date


5. Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses, Paragraphe 3.1 - General
Conditions

Delete: 2010A (2012-03-02) General Conditions - Goods (Medium
Complexity) apply to and form part of the Contract.

Insert: 2010A (2012-07-16) General Conditions - Goods (Medium
Complexity) apply to and form part of the Contract.


6. Part 6 - Resulting Contract Clauses, Paragraphe 10 (b) -
Priority of Documents 

Delete: 2010A (2012-03-02) General Conditions - Goods (Medium
Complexity);

Insert: 2010A (2012-07-16) General Conditions - Goods (Medium
Complexity);


7. The Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form is
attached to this amendment. 


All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid
solicitation number W1786-120024/A
dated 2012-05-22 with a closing of 2012-06-12 at 14:00.

This procurement has been set aside under the federal
government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business
(PSAB). In order to be considered, a supplier must certify that
it qualifies as an Aboriginal business as defined under PSAB and
that it will comply with all requirements of PSAB. Bidders must
submit the completed certification (Part 5, 1.2.1) with their
bid. 

The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian goods.

The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the
item mentioned below. The delivery is requested at 360 LeBreton
Street, Ottawa, Ontario by July 20, 2012.

Item 1, GSIN:N8145, 4U ENVIRONMENTAL CASE
Quantity:120, Unit of Issue:Each.
In accordance with Annex A - Statement of Requirement.

Debriefings

After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the
results of the bid solicitation. Bidders should make the request
to the Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) working days of
receipt of notification that their bid was unsuccessful. The
debriefing may be provided in writing, by telephone or in person.
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.