Search & Removal Equipment Suite (SRES)

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
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Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Search & Removal Equipment Suite (SRES)

W8476-112761/A
Michael Rancourt
Telephone No. - (819) 956-3930

This solicitation is issued on behalf of the Department of
National Defence.

The objective of this solicitation is to purchase an Explosive
Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Search and Removal Equipment Suite
(SRES) to be used by the Canadian Forces (CF). CF EOD operators
are required to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised
explosive devices (IEDs). UXO, and in particular IEDs, come in
all sizes, shapes and forms, with various kinds of explosives or
toxic fillings and with increasingly sophisticated means of
initiation. The intended use of the SRES is to provide the EOD
operator with a balanced suite of equipment to be used in a
systematic manner for the efficient conduct of both direct and
indirect search, identification, render safe and removal
procedures required in UXO and IED clearance operations.

The Proposed SRES shall be based on proven, fielded equipment
that is in-service with a North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) or American, British, Canadian, Australian (ABCA)
military partner or police agency of those countries. The SRES
equipment shall consist of the following main components and is
fully defined in Annex A, Statement of Work for SRES:

Search/Investigation Equipment;

Non-magnetic/sparking Search/Investigation Equipment;

Threat Removal/Mitigation Equipment;

Lightweight Dismounted Operations Equipment;

EOD equipment hand truck.

This requirement includes the provision of integrated logistics
support (Data Item Descriptions), project management, training,
and the optional procurement of additional SRES Equipment,
spares, special tools and test equipment, and work arisings, as
necessary.

All deliverables are to be completed on or before two hundred
and seventy (270) calendar days after Contract award. Training
and Data Item Description deliverables are to be completed /
delivered by various dates (specified herein). 

The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian goods
and/or services.





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.