RFSA- SMALL BOATS

Trade Agreement: 
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 


This RFSA has been renamed to RFSA for Small Boats, previously called Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) for Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs), Inflatable Boats (IBs)  and Aluminum Boats (AB). 

Streams have been added for Non-RHIB Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) Boats.

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) requires the services of contractors capable of building and supplying different streams of vessel for various Departments and Agencies on an as and when requested basis. This Request for Supply Arrangements (RFSA) will established a List of Qualified Contractors by streams of vessel as per Annex “A” Vessel Stream.  
 
The Supply Arrangement has no defined end-date and will remain valid until such time as Canada no longer considers it to be advantageous to use it.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

The bid solicitation of any resulting supply arrangement may be subject to different Trade Agreements depending on the Identified User for whom the procurement is conducted.
The RFSA is to establish Supply Arrangements for the delivery of the requirement detailed in the RFSA to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs).  Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting Supply Arrangements.

The RFSA Refresh schedule is on a semi-annual basis.

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.