Miscellaneous Groceries-Retail Pack

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
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
21201-140023
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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!

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).

Miscellenaous Groceries - Retail Pack Sizes

REQUIREMENT:

Requesting a Standing Offer for the supply and delivery of 
Miscellaneous Grocery Products in Retail Size Packages  to
Correctional Service Canada's (CSC)  Institutions located in
Dorchester New Brunswick and Springhill and Truro in Nova Scotia
on an "as and when" requested basis for the period from 01
August, 2013 to  31 July,  2014,   divided into two (2) rebid
periods.

The Financial Limitation - Total  from 01 August, 2013 to 31
July, 2014 is: $350,000.00 including applicable taxes.

Standing Offers will be processed in two (2) periods.
The Financial Limitation - Total  for each will be for
$175,000.00

The  Standing Offer Periods will be as follows:

From 01 August 2013  to  31 January, 2014   and    from  01
February 2014 to 31 July 2014

Instructions to Offerors:

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

Offerors may bid on any period of their choice.  

Only one (1) notice will be posted 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 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 up to July
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 Pages 1 of the
solicitation document with each individual bid 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  six (6) 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 deliver to all three (3) Institutions as follows:

Westmorland Institution - Dorchester, New Brunswick
Springhill Institution - Springhill, Nova Scotia
Nova Institution for Women - Truro, 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.