PRECISION MECHANICAL MANUFACTURING SERVICES

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
TITLE : PRECISION MECHANICAL MANUFACTURING SERVICES

Provision of services to Defence Research and Development Canada
Valcartier (DRDC Valcartier) involving specialist technicians
and the fabrication of precision mechanical items on an
as-ordered basis. This is needed to meet urgent requirements for
scientific testing or to accelerate production of lots of
individual items or assemblies.

Note : The provision of materials needed for fabricating items
is not included in this standing offer. For call-ups, materials
will be provided by the client department or the Contractor, to
be approved by the project manager. Items must be invoiced
separately where applicable.


Following this Request for Standing Offer, Canada plans to issue
two (2) Regional Individual Standing Offers (RISOs). These RISOs
shall be issued according to the proportional basis approach
(i.e. 60% of the total value of the RISOs to the offeror with
the highest score and 40% to the offeror with the second highest
score).

The organization for which the services are to be rendered is
Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier (DRDC -
Valcartier).

Period of  the Standing Offer : The period for making call-ups
against the Standing Offer is from January 1st, 2013, to
December 31st, 2014, inclusive. The period of the Standing Offer
may be extended for two (2) additional one-year periods. under
the same conditions.

Available funding for two Standing Offers : $450,000.00 (GST or
HST excluded) for the period from January 1st, 2013, to December
31st, 2014, and $225,000.00 (GST or HST excluded) for each of
the two (2) additional one-year periods.

The work will be performed at the offeror workshop. The offeror
will be responsible of picking-up the materials for the
manufacture of parts at Defence Research and Development Canada
- Valcartier, located at 2459 Pie-XI Blvd North, Quebec City,
Quebec, as well as delivering the completed workpieces at
Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier.

Pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2006, Offerors
must submit a complete list of names of all individuals who are
currently directors of the Offeror.  Furthermore, as determined
by the Special Investigations Directorate, Departmental
Oversight Branch, each individual named on the list may be
requested to complete a Consent to a Criminal Record
Verification form.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on
Internal Trade (AIT).

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

The Offeror must own maintenance workshop facilities suitably
equipped for performing machining work of a general nature and
producing parts to highly stringent tolerance specifications.
The workshop must include, at minimum, the following equipment:
manual lathe, manual milling machine, drill press, grinder,
tapping machine, band saw and sander. 
The Offeror must own a metrology laboratory equipped with, at
minimum, the following measuring instrumentation: inside and
outside micrometers, Vernier calipers, Vernier height gauges,
gauge blocks, optical comparators, machinist squares, pin gauges
and marble surfaces.
The Offeror must own cylindrical and/or surface grinding
machines for machining workpieces to tolerances of plus or minus
0.0001".
The Offeror must own a computed numerically controlled (CNC)
turret lathe capable of machining workpieces with minimum
dimensions of 12" in diameter and 24" in length.
The Offeror must own a CNC milling machine capable of machining
workpieces with minimum dimensions of 16" in width, 12" in
height and 30" in length.
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.