Meat, Poultry & Fish - Bulk Packs

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru
FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic, Paper
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
21201-140012
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This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in
both official languages of Canada.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS

Government of Canada is moving its Government Electronic
Tendering Service from MERX to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders on June
1, 2013

Starting June 1, 2013, federal government tenders (tender
notices and bid solicitation documents) will be published and
available free of charge on a Government of Canada Web site on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.

The Government Electronic Tendering Service on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders will be the sole authoritative source
for Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade
agreements or subject to departmental policies that require
public advertising of tenders.

Get more details in the Frequently Asked Questions section of
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. 

After June 1, 2013, all tenders and related documents and
amendments will be on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.

On June 1, 2013, suppliers must go to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders
to check for amendments to any tender opportunities that they
have been following on MERX prior to June 1.  

Bookmark Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders now to be ready for June 1!

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The requirement is subject to the provisions of  the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Columbia
Free Trade Agreement  (CCFTA), the Canada-Peru Free Trade
Agreement (CPFTA) and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

CSC - Meat, Poultry & Fish - Bulk Packages

REQUIREMENT:

Requesting a Standing Offer for the supply and delivery of 
Meat, Poultry & Fish Products in Bulk Packages to Correctional
Service Canada's (CSC)  Institutions located in Renous and
Dorchester in New Brunswick and Springhill Nova Scotia on an "as
and when" requested basis for the period from 01 April, 2013 to
31 March, 2014,   divided into four (4) rebid periods.

The Financial Limitation - Total  from 01 April, 2013 to 31
March, 2014 is:
$680,000.00 including 13%  HST

Standing Offers will be processed in four (4) periods of  three
(3) months each.
The Financial Limitation - Total  for each standing offer period
will be for $170,000.00

The  Standing Offer Periods will be as follows:
From 01 April 2013  to 30 June 2013;
From 01 July 2013 to 30 September 2013;
From 01 October 2013 to 31 December 2013;  and 
From 01 January 2014 to 31 March 2014

Instructions to Offerors:

Offers must be submitted for each period as per the Schedule of
Tender Closing Dates  in Annex "D".  The  first pages of the
Tender Document,  for each  tender closing date, are included in
Annex "D".

Offerors may bid on any period of their choice.  

Only one (1) notice will be posted on MERX for this requirement.
 This posting will include all the documents which are to be
submitted by the offeror for the rebidding period.  No further
notice will be given to the offerors of the periodic tender
closing dates.  It is the offeror's responsibility to create a
«bring-forward system»  that best suits his needs.

NOTE:   An amendment to the solicitation will be posted on MERX 
if  there must be any changes to the Requirement, the Schedule
of Tender Closing Dates or  to the «List of Products» at Annex
"B".   It is the responsibility of the offerors to assure
themselves they receive all the amendments (if any) during the
period from the date this solicitation is published on MERX  to
March 2014.

MANDATORY CRITERIA:

Annex "A" - Statement of Work
Annex "B" - Basis of Payment - Pricing Sheets - «List of
Products»
Annex "C" - Information to Suppliers
Annex "D" - Schedule of  Tender Closing Dates and the First Page
of the Tender Document for 		          each tender closing date

The supplier MUST be compliant with the Statement of Work (SOW)
at Annex "A", the  «List
of  Products» at Annex "B"  and Conditions of the Request for
Standing Offer.
  
Please make note that the estimated quantities indicated on
Annex "B" are to be used for evaluation purposes only.  
Quantities are based on a period of  three (3) months.

The supplier MUST provide a price for ALL items and must be able
to supply 100% of the items on the attached «List of Products»
at Annex  "B".  Failure to do so will render your bid non
compliant and it will be rejected.

Supplier must be able to deliver to all four (4) Institutions as
follows:

Atlantic Institution - Renous, New Brunswick
Dorchester Penitentiary - Dorchester, New Brunswick
Westmorland Institution - Dorchester, New Brunswick
Springhill Institution - Springhill, Nova Scotia

Mandatory Delivery Schedules and Requirements  for each
individual institution are indicated in Annex "A" the Statement
of Work.

EVALUATION PROCEDURE AND BASIS OF SELECTION:

Only ONE (1) Standing Offer will be awarded to lowest aggregate
bid, total extended cost of all items,  meeting ALL mandatory
requirements.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERER:

It is essential that the elements contained in your offer be
stated in a clear concise manner.  The Food Supply Officer
reserves the right to accept any offer as submitted without
prior negotiations.  It is the responsibility of the offerer to
obtain clarification of the requirements contained herein, if
necessary, prior to submitting their offer.


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.