Design, Integration, and Prototyping Services for Armor
Materials and Personal Protective Equipment

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
TITLE : DESIGN, INTEGRATION, AND PROTOTYPING SERVICES FOR ARMOR
MATERIALS AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 

1.	Objective

The purpose of the Contract is to provide Defence Research and
Development Canada (DRDC) with specialized technical services in
armor material selection and integration, test coupon
fabrication, and personal protective equipment prototyping and
production to support DRDC's Research and Development programs. 
The Work includes a firm portion and a portion to be performed
on an "as and when requested basis" using a Task Authorization
(TA).    

Firm portion of the Work : Selection of Knitted Protective
Material Candidates for Integration in Lightweight Fragment
Protection Systems and Fabrication of Test Coupons.

Portion of the Work to be performed on an "as and when requested
basis" using a Task Authorization (TA) :
Task 1: Identification, Selection and Acquisition of Protective
Materials
Task 2: Integration of Protective Materials
Task 3: Design of Personal Protection Systems and System
Components 
Task 4: Manufacturing and Assembly of Test Coupons and Prototypes

2.	Additional Information :

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

The period of the Contract is from date of Contract to March
31st, 2019. 
The Contract includes the irrevocable option to extend the
period by one additional one-year period, that is from April
1st, 2019, to March 31st, 2020.
For the firm portion of the Work : All the deliverables must be
received on or before March 31st, 2016.
  
Estimated amount of available funding for the Contract :
$2,500,000.00, Applicable Taxes extra, including :
$60,000, Applicable Taxes extra, for the firm portion of the
Work;
$500,000, Applicable Taxes extra, for the optional year.

Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier has
determined that any intellectual property rights arising from
the performance of the Work under the resulting contract will
belong to Canada.

There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement.  For additional information, consult Part 6 -
Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 -
Resulting Contract Clauses.  Bidders should consult the
"Security Requirements for PWGSC Bid Solicitations -
Instructions for Bidders"
(http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.html#a31)
document on the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents
website.

Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related
information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2003. 

For services requirements, Bidders in receipt of a pension or a
lump sum payment must provide the required information as
detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation.

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

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

This procurement is subject to the Controlled Goods Program.

There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment
equity requirement associated with this procurement; see Part 5
- Certifications, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the
attachment named Federal Contractors Program for Employment
Equity - Certification.
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.