Automated Microbiological Water Quality Monitoring Systems

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

The Department of Indigenous Services Canada-First Nation and Inuit Health Branch has a requirement for the supply of Automated Microbiological Water Quality Monitoring Systems, test kits, associated supplies and equipment for the monitoring and testing the Drinking Water in First Nation or Inuit communities located in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic (Atlantic includes New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador) for the presence/absence and/or quantification of Escherichia coli (E.coli) and Total Coliforms, on an as and when requested basis for 2 years, which must meet all of the mandatory technical requirements as specified below and the mandatory evaluation criteria as specified at Article A.2 - Mandatory Technical Specifications.

The requirement also includes the option to purchase additional deliveries on an as and when requested basis for up to 3 additional 1-year periods. 

The requirement must work and operate at all times in accordance with the following mandatory technical requirements and the mandatory evaluation criteria as specified below at Article A.2 - Mandatory Technical Specifications. 

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

This is an open tender.  However, it will be set-aside under the Government of Canada’s Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) if two or more bids have been received by Aboriginal businesses who are certified under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) criteria and who may be listed in Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's Aboriginal Business Directory (http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ccc_bt-rec_ec.nsf/eng/h_00011.html). If your Aboriginal business is not yet registered in the Aboriginal Business Directory, please do so at the link provided above. If bids from two or more Aboriginal businesses are compliant with the terms of the Request for Proposal, the contracting authority will limit the competition to those Aboriginal businesses and will not consider bids from any non-Aboriginal businesses that may have been submitted.  If the bids from the Aboriginal businesses are found to be non-compliant or non-responsive or are withdrawn, such that fewer than two compliant bids from Aboriginal businesses remain, bids from all of the non-Aboriginal businesses that had submitted bids will then be considered by the contracting authority.
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.