REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD EF

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: If 3+ bids offer Canadian goods/services
other bids will not be considered
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION (NCR)

08956-110350/C
Alfred Ogbumor.
Telephone No. (819) 956-3589 
Fax No. - (819) 956-4944

The Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada on
behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade Canada (DFAIT), requires National Individual Standing
Offers, (NISOs), for the provision of removal and storage
services for Household Effects on an as-and-when requested basis.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
(DFAIT) is responsible for the relocation of its employees and
their dependants from Canada to Canada's Missions abroad and
from Canada's Missions abroad back to Canada. To support these
relocations, DFAIT requires removal and storage services for
Household Effects.

These services include packing, delivery and/or long-term
storage of personal household effects, from/to employees'
residences to/from storage facilities of the Offeror in the
National Capital Region (NCR). It also includes making
arrangements with the Freight Forwarders, who will in turn,
pick-up/deliver the goods from/to the Offeror's storage facility
for delivery and/or return from/to Canadian missions throughout
the world.

These services are limited to the National Capital Region (NCR).

The employees concerned are DFAIT employees and employees from
other government departments who are being relocated from Canada
to Canada's missions abroad and from Canada's missions abroad
back to Canada. There is also a requirement for bonded storage
for employees on assignments from Mission to Mission (cross
-posting) under the terms of the Foreign Service Directives
(FSD) which will require a bonded storage warehouse.

It is the intention to qualify up to a maximum of eight (8)
Offerors in this Standing Offer.

An offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for
Standing Offer and meet all mandatory technical evaluation
criteria to be declared responsive for the services. The
responsive offers with the lowest total offer price will be
issued a Standing Offer (up to eight (8) Offerors will be
selected).  

Those Offerors authorized to provide services to the NCR, must
submit fixed firm unit prices for these services in  the Basis
of Payment. 

The period of the standing offers will be for two (2) years,
from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2015, plus two (2) options
periods of one (1) year each, from April 1, 2015 to March 31,
2016 and from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017, should the
extension year be exercised. The call-up limitation for the
standing offers will be $100,000.00 (GST included).

The request for Standing Offers will be solely limited to
suppliers offering Canadian goods and services.

Offerors must make sure that they fulfill all the mandatory
technical criteria to be considered. Failure to do so will cause
their Offer to be non-responsive. 

If PWGSC notifies the Offeror that it intent to issue a standing
offer, the Offeror shall, at its sole expense, provide financial
security to the Crown within 7 calendar days from such
notification, in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit in
the amount of $150,000.00 Canadian dollars.


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.