Search and Rescue Lifeboats

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
RFI - Search and Rescue Lifeboats

F7047-141000/A
Lamothe, Brenda
Telephone No. - (819) 956-6297 
Fax No. - (819) 956-7725
								File #F7047-141000

Request for Information (RFI)
The Department of Fisheries & Oceans / The Canadian Coast Guard
For ten (10) Search and Rescue Lifeboats

Amendment #1 is raised to correct the Contracting Authorities
e-mail address to Brenda.Lamothe@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

Nature of Request for Information
The Search and Rescue vessels would support the functions of the
Canadian Coast Guard and the programs of the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans.  However, there is no approved funding yet
for this project and it is possible that a request for proposal
may never be issued and a contract may never be awarded. 

This is not a bid solicitation. This RFI will not result in the
award of any contract. As a result, potential suppliers of any
goods or services described in this RFI should not reserve stock
or facilities, nor allocate resources, as a result of any
information contained in this RFI. Nor will this RFI result in
the creation of any source list. Therefore, whether or not any
potential supplier responds to this RFI will not preclude that
supplier from participating in any future procurement. Also, the
procurement of any of the goods and services described in this
RFI will not necessarily follow this RFI. This RFI is simply
intended to solicit feedback from industry with respect to the
matters described in this RFI.


Nature and Format of Responses Requested
Respondents are requested to provide their comments, concerns
and, where applicable, alternative recommendations regarding how
the requirements or objectives described in this RFI could be
satisfied. Respondents are also invited to provide comments
regarding the content, format and/or organization of any draft
documents included in this RFI. Respondents should explain any
assumptions they make in their responses.
Response Costs
Canada will not reimburse any respondent for expenses incurred
in responding to this RFI.  Respondents will have no claim for
damages, compensation, loss of profit, or allowance arising out
of providing comments in response to the RFI.

Treatment of Responses

Use of Responses: Responses will not be formally evaluated.
However, the responses received may be used by Canada to develop
or modify procurement strategies or any draft documents
contained in this RFI. Canada will review all responses received
by the RFI closing date. Canada may, in its discretion, review
responses received after the RFI closing date.

             Review Team: A review team composed of
representatives of the Canadian Coast Guard and PWGSC will
review the responses. Canada reserves the right to hire any
independent consultant, or use any Government resources that it
considers necessary to review any response. Not all members of
the review team will necessarily review all responses.
             Confidentiality: Respondents should mark any
portions of their response that they consider proprietary or
confidential. Canada will handle the responses in accordance
with the Access to Information Act.

Activity: Canada may, in its discretion, contact any respondents
to follow up with additional questions or for clarification of
any aspect of a response.  

Contents of this RFI
This RFI contains a draft bid solicitation. These draft
solicitation documents remain a work in progress and respondents
should not assume that new clauses or requirements will not be
added to any bid solicitation that may ultimately be published
by Canada. Nor should respondents assume that none of the
clauses or requirements will be deleted or revised. Comments
regarding any aspect of the following draft solicitation
documents are welcome: 

1. Draft Request for Proposal 
2. Draft Shipbuilding Statement of Work and Construction
Specification-Annex A
3. Draft Management DID's-Annex A
4. Draft ILS DIDs-Annex A
5. Draft Quality DIDs-Annex A
6. Draft Technical DIDs-Annex A
7. Draft Government Supplied Material-Annex A
8. SAR Lifeboat Design Drawing package (available only on CD)

If a respondent wishes to review the SAR Lifeboat Design Drawing
Package, the respondent must request the CD from the Contracting
Authority listed below through e-mail. The CD contains
information that is confidential or proprietary to Canada or a
third party.  The respondent must sign a Confidentiality
Agreement in the form set out in Annex I and return it to Canada
before being provided with a copy of the CD.   All respondents
will be required to return the CD at the end of the RFI period,
or upon request from the Contracting Authority.

  
Industry Day

If there is a need and enough interest from Industry, Canada may
have an Industry Day.

Questions to Industry
This RFI also contains specific questions addressed to Industry
at Annex A.   Responses to any of these questions are welcome.

Enquiries
Because this is not a bid solicitation, Canada will not
necessarily respond to enquiries in writing or by circulating
answers to all potential respondents. However, respondents with
questions regarding this RFI may direct their enquiries to:

Contracting Authority:	Brenda Lamothe
E-mail Address:	           Brenda.Lamothe@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca


All communications regarding this Request for Information must
be directed to the Contracting Authority to ensure fair and
transparent treatment of all respondents.


Submission of Responses

Time and Place for Submission of Responses:   Respondents
interested in providing a response should deliver it by the
close of business on March 4th, 2014 to the following address:

Brenda Lamothe
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Acquisitions Branch, Marine Systems Directorate, Marine Sector,
Ship Construction
Place du Portage, Phase III, 6C2,
11 Laurier Street,
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0S5

Responsibility for Timely Delivery: Each respondent is solely
responsible for ensuring its response is delivered on time to
the correct location.

Identification of Response: Each respondent should ensure that
its name and return address, the solicitation number and the
closing date appear legibly on the outside of the response.

Delivery Date: 20/12/2021

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.