RISO - Groceries Retail Packs - CSC

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: 
21201-163260
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This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in
both official languages of Canada.

CSC - Miscellaneous Groceries - Retail Packages

REQUIREMENT:

Requesting a Standing Offer for the supply and delivery of 
Miscellaneous Groceries in RETAIL Packages to Correctional
Service Canada's (CSC)  Institutions located in Dorchester New
Brunswick and in Springhill and Truro in Nova Scotia on an "as
and when" requested basis for  the period from 01 August, 2015
to 31 July, 2016, divided into two (2) rebid periods.

The Financial Limitation - Total for 1 year is: $350,000.00
includes applicable taxes

Standing Offers will be processed in two (2) periods of six (6)
months each.
The Financial Limitation - Total for each standing offer period
will be for $175,000.00

Instructions to Offerors:

Offers must be submitted for each period as per the Schedule of
Tender Closing Dates in Annex "E".  The Pages 1 of the Tender
Document, for each tender closing date, are included in Annex
"E".

Offerors may bid on any period of their choice.  

Only one (1) notice will be posted on Buy and Sell - Government
Electronic Tendering Service (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 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 amendments (if any) during the
period from the date this solicitation is published.









MANDATORY CRITERIA:  

Annex "A" - Requirement
Annex "B" - Basis of Payment - "List of Products"
Annex "C" - Complete List of Each Individual who are currently
Directors and/or Owners of the offeror;
Annex "D" - Information to Suppliers
Annex "E" - 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.  

The supplier MUST provide a price for ALL items and must be able
to supply 100% of the items listed 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 Institutions as follows:

Dorchester Penitentiary - Minimum Sector - Dorchester, New
Brunswick
Springhill Institution - Springhill, Nova Scotia
Nova Institution - Truro, 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 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 offeror 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.