RISO - Very High Spatial Resolution (VHSR) Satellite Imagery Services - NRCan

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Amendment history:

Amd 001: To publish answers to enquiries received from potential service providers, and amend section 5.2.3.1 (Legal Entity and Licensing Capacity Certification) of the solicitation.

** The enquiry period is now closed **

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1.2 Summary

1.2.1 The National Forest Inventory (NFI) program in the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) of Natural Resources Canada, Victoria British Columbia Canada V8Z 1M5 requires sub 75 cm resolution panchromatic and very high resolution multi-spectral satellite imagery meeting the requirements detailed herein for use by the NFI and its Federal, Provincial and Territorial collaborators. 

1.2.2    The period of the Standing Offer is for two (2) years from date of issuance, with the option to extend the Standing Offer for an additional three (3) periods of one (1) year each under the same conditions.

1.2.3    The estimated total business volume is 500 images per year for all imagery types.  This volume does not represent a commitment by Canada, and is only an estimation of the potential call-up volumes which may be placed by the Identified User (NRCan-CFS) against all the Standing Offers issued as a result of this Request for Standing Offers (RFSO).

1.2.4 An offer must comply with the requirements of the RFSO and meet all mandatory technical and financial evaluation criteria listed herein to be declared responsive.  Offers will be evaluated separately for each satellite-sensor or constellation-sensor. The responsive offer with the lowest evaluated price per satellite-sensor will be recommended for issuance of a Standing Offer.  Canada intends to issue only one (1) Standing Offer per satellite sensor. This Request for Standing Offer may result in the award of multiple Standing Offers. A Standing Offer may combine several sensors in the event that the same Offeror is recommended for issuance of a Standing Offer for multiple sensors.

1.2.5 The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

1.2.6 This RFSO allows offerors to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their offers electronically. Offerors must refer to Part 2 of the RFSO entitled Offeror Instructions and Part 3 of the RFSO entitled Offer Preparation Instructions, for further information on using this method.

1.2.7 It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure that all amendments issued prior to solicitation closing have been obtained and addressed in the submitted Offer. Offerors intending to submit an offer should obtain solicitation documents from the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS) at www.Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Amendments, when issued, will be available on GETS. Offerors basing their offer on solicitation documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk.  

For further information, please refer to the solicitation documents.

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