OFFICE PAPER

Trade Agreement: Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business (SPAB)
Tendering Procedures: If 3+ bids offer Canadian goods/services
other bids will not be considered
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes
Nature of Requirements: 
OFFICE PAPER

E60PD-14PAPR/E
Swanson, Manon
Telephone No. - (819) 956-7304 (    )
Fax No. - (819) 956-5454

This cancels and supersedes previous Request for Standing Offer
Number E60PD-11PAPR/D dated May 15, 2014 and closing at 2:00 PM
on June 16 2014.
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This procurement has been set aside under the federal
government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB).

Requirement
The intent of this request is to establish one Regional Master
Standing Offer by region including the Comprehensive Land Claims
Settlement Areas (CLCSAs) under the aboriginal set-aside program
for the supply and delivery of bond office paper for use by
various Federal Government Departments and Agencies across
Canada on an "as and when requested" basis for a period  from
date of issuance to June 30th, 2015 with the option to extend
for one (1) year period under the same terms and conditions.
Offerors may submit an offer for one (1) or more of the
following region(s), including Comprehensive Land Claims
Settlement Areas:	
1) 	Pacific Region:. 
2) 	Western Region: 
3) 	Northern Ontario (Bilingual) 
4) 	Southern and South Central (SSC) Ontario
5) 	Eastern Ontario and National Capital Area - NCA (Bilingual) 
6) 	Québec Region (Bilingual) 
7) 	Newfoundland and Labrador
8)	New-Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (Bilingual)
9)	Nova Scotia
10)	Nunavut and Norhtwest Territories 

Basis of Selection
To be declared responsive, an offer must:
	(a)	Comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; 
	(b)  	Meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
	(c)	For each of the two (2) classes of paper identified in the
EFOT, obtain an average 	financial evaluation of 60 points or
more by pricing column
2.     	Offers not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) above will be
declared non-responsive. 
3.	On a region by regions basis, only the responsive offer with
the highest Evaluated Sum will be recommended for issuance of a
Standing 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.