RISO Trailers & Road Tractors rental

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Regional Individual Standing Offers (Multiple) 
for Road Tractor and Semi-Trailer Rentals for
the Department of National Defence, Quebec Region

1. 	Description: 

Provide, on an as required basis, services related to road
tractor and semi-trailer rentals to the Department of National
Defence (DND), Quebec Region (excluding the Gatineau Region).
More specifically, the sectors included in this standing offer
are: 
1) Valcartier: including Defence Research and Development Canada
(DRDC), Valcartier and Valcartier Garrison; 
2) Longue-Pointe: including Longue-Pointe Garrison, St-Jean
Garrison and St-Hubert Garrison; 
3) Bagotville: including Canadian Forces Base Bagotville. 

The objective is to create a directory of offerors of road
tractor and semi-trailer rentals, by sector and for various
categories of vehicles and different rental periods (short term
(30 days or less) and long term (more than 30 days)). 

2.	Standing Offer Period:

The standing offer will be in effect from the issuance of the
standing offers to October 31, 2014, inclusively.

3.	Multiple Standing Offers:

Canada plans to issue multiple standing offers to offerors of
heavy vehicle rental services that meet the evaluation criteria
and method of selection set out in detail in this document. The
directory will be available for all sectors included in this
standing offer. 

4.	Value of the Standing Offers:

An undetermined number of standing offers may be established
subsequent to this Request for Standing Offers. To facilitate
the administration of the standing offers, all standing offers
issued as a result of this solicitation will reflect a "nil"
value ($).  This in no way limits the volume of business the
Offeror may do with the federal government. 

The total estimated value of all Standing Offers issued under
this Request for Standing Offers is $1,700,000. This is an
approximation of the requirement given in good faith for
financial bid evaluation purposes. It does not represent a
commitment by Canada.

5.	Other Information:

-  This requirement is subject to the Agreement on Internal
Trade (AIT). 
-  This requirement is limited to Canadian Services.
-  Offerors can submit an offer for one, two or three of the
sectors identified above. 
-  Offerors can submit an offer for one or more categories of
vehicle identified in Annex C, Table of Rates.

Ce bureau de TPSGC fournit des services d'approvisionnement dans
les deux langues officielles (français et anglais) / This PWGSC
office provide purchasing services in both official languages
(French and English.)

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.