SHIRTS, HOT WEATHER, HYBRID

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: YES (PWGSC) Paper
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
This amendment changes the closing date to March 15, 2013.

Requirement: The Department of National Defence (DND) has a
requirement for Hybrid Shirt with a knit material body and FR
fabric arms in Canadian Disruptive Pattern Arid Regions (CADPAT™
AR) and Canadian Disruptive Pattern Temperate Regions (CADPAT™
TW) . 

The hybrid shirts have to be manufactured in accordance with the
following Department of National Defence documents :
Manufacturing Data for shirt, hot weather, hybrid DSSPM
2-6-87-8832, dated September 2009, revised October 2012,
Specification for cloth, twill, aramid/FR viscose, 185 g/m²,
dated January 2011, Specification for CADPAT ™(AR), dated March
2012, Specification for CADPAT ™(TW), dated January 2012,
Specification for cloth, knit, jersey, 60/40 cotton/nylon, dated
August 2012, patterns, drawings, and sealed patterns. 

Technical data should be automatically issued, under separate
cover, upon request for the bid documents. Therefore, it is
imperative that this request for the bid documentation be done
as soon as possible to ensure timely receipt of the associated
technical data. However, the Crown shall not be held responsible
for untimely release of technical data, since the technical data
package as well as the sealed samples shall be available for
viewing at the following Public Works and Government Services
Canada regional offices: Quebec, Quebec, Montréal, Quebec,
Mississauga, Ontario, Edmonton, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Firm quantity:
This requirement is for a firm quantity of 32,000 shirts in
CADPAT™ (AR) and 4,500 shirts in CADPAT ™(TW) to be delivered to
Montreal, Qc and Edmonton, Alb. Delivery of the firm quantity is
requested complete 240 days from contract award.

"As and when requested" Specials:
The total estimated quantity is 300 shirts to be ordered on an
"as and when requested" basis during a period of 36 months from
the contract award date.

Option:
This requirement also includes one option to purchase an
additional estimated total quantity of a minimum of 5,000 to a
maximum of 50,000 shirts. This option may be exercised during a
period of 36 months from the contract award date.

Canadian Content: This requirement is subject to the Canadian
Content Policy and is solely limited to Canadian goods.

Enquiries :
To ensure a response before bid closing date, all enquiries
about this requirement must be submitted in writing and received
by the Contracting Authority at least seven (7) calendar days
prior to the bid closing date. 

E-mail:sylvie.elder@pwgsc.gc.ca
Fax:819-956-5454
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.