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
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
OFFICE PAPER/
E60PQ-15PAPR/B
Swanson, Manon
Telephone No. - (819) 420-2945 (    )
Fax No. - (819) 956-5706

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 a one
(1) year period with the right to extend for one (1) additional
year period under the same terms and conditions.
Two (2) separate solicitation documents will be published on the
GETS for this requirement:  one (1) solicitation document
E60PQ-15PAPR/A aimed at the general industry and one (1) under
the aboriginal set-aside program E60PQ-15PAPR/B. If Offerors are
eligible and choose to make an offer on both requirements they
must submit two (2) separate offer packages.

Offerors may submit an offer for one (1) or more of the
following region(s), including Comprehensive Land Claims
Settlement Areas:	
1) 	Pacific Region: British Columbia. 
2) 	Western Region: Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. 
3) 	Northern Ontario (Bilingual): The Districts of Algoma,
Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin, Nipissing District, Parry Sound,
Rainy River District, Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Timiskaming shall
form the bilingual region of Northern Ontario. 
4) 	Southern and South Central (SSC) Ontario: The counties and
townships of Frontenac, Muskoka , Lennox and Addington, Hastings
and Halliburton as well as all other counties and townships of
Ontario to the South and West of these shall form the region of
Southern Ontario. 
5) 	Eastern Ontario and National Capital Area - NCA (Bilingual):
The counties of Stormont, Dundas,  Glengarry, Prescott, Russell
Leeds and Grenville, Lanark, and Renfrew will be annexed to the
NCA region described below. These counties shall form the
bilingual region of Eastern Ontario and NCA. 
The NCA boundary is recognized as follows: 
Ontario Side: Osgoode, Cumberland, Gloucester, Vanier,
Rockcliffe Park, Nepean, Ottawa, Rideau, Goulbourn, Kanata, West
Carleton 
Québec Side: The city of Gatineau, and the regional county
municipalities of Papineau, Argenteuil, Vallée de la Gatineau,
Pontiac and les Collines de l'Outaouais. 
6) 	Québec Region (Bilingual): Province of Québec, excluding
National Capital Area (NCA) 
7) 	Newfoundland and Labrador
8)	New-Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (Bilingual)
9)	Nova Scotia
10)	Nunavut and Northwest Territories 
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.