Meningococcal Quadrivalent Vaccine

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Requirement: 

To supply Meningococcal Quadrivalent vaccine on as and when
requested basis to to various federal, provincial and
territorial (F/P/T) consignees as part of the F/P/T Group
Purchasing Program.

Each consignee will be obligated to purchase 90% of their
estimated requirement.

Any resulting contract will include an option to add new users
and to increase the quantity required for any given item by up
to 20% of the total estimated requirement to accommodate the
increased requirements of existing users.

Quantity: 

The estimated requirement: doses for 185,030 people for the firm
year.

Contract period: 

April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015,  with an option to extend the
contract period for two additional one-year periods from April
1, 2015 to March 31, 2016 and April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017.

Delivery

Will be on an as-and-when requested basis.

Trade Agreements

The provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on
Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) and
Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement Canada-Peru Free Trade
(FTA) are not applicable for reasons connected with the
protection of human life and health (see NAFTA article 1018
para. 2 (a) and (b); WTO-AGP article XXIII (2); CCFTA article
Kbis-16 para. 2 (b); and FTA article 2202 para. 2 (b) ), and
because of the absence of regulatory harmonization between
Canada and the other signatory countries to the WTO, NAFTA 
CCFTA , and FTA. This requirement is subject to the Agreement on
Internal Trade (AIT).


Canada and PWGSC as Agent

This requirement is for the Federal/Provincial/Territorial
(F/P/T) Group Purchasing Program for Drugs and Vaccines. Canada
is acting as a purchasing agent for Provincial and/or
Territorial Governments.

Inquiries regarding this RFP are to be submitted to the
contracting officer listed below.
Delivery Date: 01/04/2014

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.