RISO Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Trade Agreement: LCSA/AIT
Tendering Procedures: If 2+ bids offer Canadian goods/services other bids will not be considered
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

RISO Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

W0105-17F003
Drisdelle, Charlotte J.
Telephone No. - (506) 851-6948 (will change soon)
Fax No. - (506) 851-6759
Email: charlotte.drisdelle@pwgsc.gc.ca

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

The requirement is subject to the provisions of Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

REQUIREMENT:

Requesting a Standing Offer for the supply and delivery of  Fresh Fruits and Vegetables to Department of National Defence for 3 ASG Food Services’ various kitchens at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown located in Oromocto, New Brunswick on an "as and when" requested basis for the period from 01 April, 2017 to 31 March, 2018, divided into eleven (11) rebid periods.

The Financial Limitation - Total from 01 April, 2017 to March 31, 2018 is estimated at $600,000.00 applicable taxes included.

Standing Offers will be processed in eleven (11) standing offer periods of one (1) month each with the exception for the months from November to January, as indicated at Annex E, as 5 CDSB Gagetown shuts down from mid- December until after the holidays.

Instructions to Offerors:

Offers must be submitted for each standing offer 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 the amendments (if any) during the period from the date this solicitation is published on Buy and Sell.

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 ClosingDates and Pages 1 of the Tender Document for each tender closing date

The supplier MUST be compliant with the Requirement at Annex "A", and the «List of Products» at Annex "B" and Conditions of the Request for Standing Offer.

Pricing:  As per attached Annex "B" - Basis of Payment. 

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.

Please note that the estimated quantities indicated on Annex "B" are based on a one (1) year period and are to be used for evaluation purposes only.   

Delivery Schedules and mandatory Requirements are indicated in Annex “A”.

EVALUATION PROCEDURE AND BASIS OF SELECTION:

Each monthly Standing Offer will be awarded to the 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 Contracting Authority 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.

Suppliers intending to submit tenders on this requirement should obtain tender documents through the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS). Addenda, when issued, will be available on GETS.

Standard terms and conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference, and form part of the tender and standing offer documents. The standard documents are issued by Public Works and Government Services Canada and may be viewed at www.buyandsell.gc.ca.
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.