Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada/Canadian Coast Guard - Telemedical assistance services

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada/Canadian Coast Guard - Telemedical assistance services

F6869-190005/A
Connolly, Carolyn
Telephone No. - (709) 690-3778 
Fax No. - (709) 772-4603 

IMPORTANT: This tender is part of Public Services and Procurement Canada’s initiative to submit bid submission files electronically using epost Connect. Interested bidders should refer to Part 2 of the solicitation document entitled Instructions to bidders/offerors/suppliers, as the case may be, for instructions on how to participate and submit their files electronically for this tender.

Description:

The International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue requires the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax (JRCC) and Maritime Rescue Sub Centre St. John’s (MRSC) to provide a maritime telemedical assistance service (TMAS) to vessels operating within its search and rescue region (SRR) 24 hours a day. 

As a result, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans intends to contract TMAS for mariners who request this through the JRCC, MRSC and all Canadian Coast Guard maritime communications and traffic services (MCTS) stations in the Halifax Search and Rescue Region as well as the MCTS stations in Prescott, Ontario and Sarnia, Ontario.   

Detailed Statement of Work can be found at Annex "A" of the Request for Proposal document.  

Contract Period:

Contract will be in effect from 01 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, with three additional one year option periods: 01 July 2020 to 30 June 2021; 01 July 2021 to 30 June 2022; and 01 July 2022 to 30 June 2023. 

IMPORTANT NOTE TO BIDDERS:

It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that all amendments issued prior to tender closing have been obtained and addressed in the submitted tender.

Standard terms and conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of, the tender and contract documents. The standard Public Works and Government Services Canada documents may be viewed at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/policy-and-guidelines/standard-acquisition-clauses-and-conditions-manual/all.

Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS) at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders.  Amendments, when issued, will be available on GETS.  

Firms that elect to base their bids on tender documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the tender authority of their intention to bid.

Bids will be received in English or French: 

Carolyn Connolly
Supply Specialist
Public Services and Procurement Canada
The John Cabot Building
10 Barter's Hill, St. John's, NL A1C 5T2

or

Electronic submissions may be sent to:

PWGSC Bid Receiving Unit in Newfoundland and Labrador: 
TPSGC.RAReceptionSoumissionsTNL-ARBidReceivingNL.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

NOTE: Bids/Offers will be not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. This email is to initiate an ePost Connect conversation, as detailed in the Standard Instructions.

or

Facsimile submissions may be faxed to :

(709) 772-4603
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.