RISO - Meat, Poultry and Fish, BULK Packs

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
21201-158961
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This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in
both official languages of Canada.

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 in Nova Scotia on an
"as and when" requested basis for the period from 07 April, 2015
to 31 March, 2016,   divided into four (4) rebid periods.

The Financial Limitation - Total  from April, 2015 to March,
2016 is:
$750,000.00 including applicable taxes.

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 $187,500.00

The  Standing Offer Periods will be as follows:
From 07 April 2015  to 30 June 2015;
From 01 July 2015 to 30 September 2015;
From 01 October 2015 to 31 December 2015;  and 
From 01 January 2015 to 31 March 2015

Instructions to Offerors:

Offers must be submitted for each period as per the Schedule of
Tender Closing Dates  in Annex "D".  The  Pages 1 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 «Buy and Sell» -
Government Electronic Tendering Sercvice (GETS) 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 Buy
and Sell (GETS)  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 Buy and Sell until March 2016 or
the last tender closing date.

MANDATORY CRITERIA:

Annex "A" - Requirement
Annex "B" - Basis of Payment - «List of Products»
Annex "C" - Information to Suppliers
Annex "D" - Schedule of  Tender Closing Dates and Pages 1 of the
Tender Document for 	       each tender closing date

The supplier MUST be compliant with the Requirement 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, Medium Sector - Dorchester, New
Brunswick
Dorchester Penitentiary, Minimum Sector - Dorchester, New
Brunswick
Springhill Institution - Springhill, Nova Scotia

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

EVALUATION PROCEDURE AND BASIS OF SELECTION:

Only ONE (1) Standing Offer (for the 3 month SO period) 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 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.