Cold Weather Layering System Clothing

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Cold Weather Layering System Clothing

W6399-22LH75/A
Choquette, Herb
Telephone No. - (613) 449-8446 

The Department of National Defence (DND) requires a regional individual standing offer (RISO) to supply a cold weather layering system (CWLS) for 4 categories of clothing (head to toe) that is suitable for use in climates from +5ºC down to -50ºC as specified in Annex “A”,  The CWLS are to be delivered to the Canadian Forces Base at Petawawa, Ontario on an as-and-when-requested basis for 5 years with an option to extend the Standing Offer for 5 more years.

This solicitation’s evaluation will be conducted in multiple stages: 
Stage 1A: Offers will be evaluated using the mandatory evaluation criteria to create a pre-qualified list of Offerors. 

Stage 1B: The pre-qualified Offerors will be emailed Request for Standing Offer W6399-22LH75/B which is an invitation to submit their offers for the point rated technical evaluation criteria. Up to three (3) Offeror(s) who both meet or exceed the minimum technical score and who score the top 3 highest points against the point rated technical evaluation criteria will be issued a Standing Offer with a term from date of issuance to 30 April 2023.  Canada will use these Standing Offers to purchase up to 20 proposed CWLS samples from each Standing Offer Holder for the next stage of the evaluation, which is an extensive Operational Performance Assessment. If there are less than 3 compliant Offerors at the conclusion of Stage 1B, Canada reserves the right to either proceed with the tender process, or cancel then rescope and retender.

Stage 2 Operational Performance Assessments: Offerors’ sample CWLS will be assessed over a period of 4-6 months (anticipated Stage 2 evaluation period: 1 November 2022 to 31 March 2023) and be scored based on their performance. 

The Standing Offer Holder whose offer is deemed the best value (based on a combination of weighted scores from the Operational Performance Assessment, the Financial Evaluation and the Social & Environmental Evaluation) for all categories of clothing will have their standing offer for all categories of clothing extended for 5 years with an option for Canada to extend their standing offer for 5 more years. The Standing Offer Holder(s) that achieve the higher performance score than the Best Value Standing Offer Holder in a specific category will also receive a 5 years extension with an option to extend for 5 more years for that category only.

The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement; refer to Part 5 - Certifications and Additional Information, Part 7A -Standing Offer, and Part 7B - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex titled Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.

This RFSO requires Offerors to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their offers electronically. Offerors must refer to Part 2 of the RFSO entitled Offeror Instructions and Part 3 of the RFSO entitled Offer Preparation Instructions, for further information on using this method.

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.