W8476-206313/C - Light Utility Vehicle (LUV) (W8476-206313/C)

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

SUBJECT: This Request for Information (RFI) #1 - Round 2, is raised to provide some updates to industry with regard to the Light Utility Vehicle (LUV) requirement and seek additional input from industry.

PURPOSE OF THIS SECOND ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT:

In order for the project to establish the optimal procurement/sustainment strategies, supplementary information from industry is needed. The following questions are complementary to the first round of engagement conducted in Spring-Summer 2020, to ensure the current analysis leading to a Request for Proposal (RFP) remains relevant to industry’s capabilities.

Note: At this stage, there are no answer(s) that would exclude a company from the subsequent procurement phases, the intent of the questions is to obtain planning considerations to sustain the equipment for its life cycle.

REQUIREMENT: The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) requires a protected, lightweight multi-role and highly mobile ground vehicle in order to conduct multiple battlefield roles and tasks across the spectrum of conflict. This includes, Combat roles, Command Support roles, Combat Service Support roles, Individual Training and Training support tasks.

The current Light Utility Vehicle Wheeled (LUVW) fleet is comprised of a Standard Military Pattern (SMP) Geländewagen (G-Wagon) and Militarized Commercial Off-The-Shelf (MilCOTS) Silverado truck. This fleet has been in service since 2003, has reached its end-of-useful life and has operational limitations, safety deficiencies, and no longer meets Canada's Strong, Secure,Engaged (SSE) Defence Policy and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) objectives.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Industry has been engaged in a consultative process as the first step in this procurement process. The consultation process included the following two activities:

- A Request for Information (RFI) W8476-206313/A, issued on May 4th, 2020 and closed on July 15th, 2020. The RFI document can be consulted on the following web page: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/cds/public/2020/05/01/869ac04462c869ac8dfaac0aaf8c2006/ABES.PROD.PW__BL.B326.E27752.EBSU000.PDF,

- An Industry Day session that was held on 26 May 2020. Please use the following web link for a copy of the Industry Day presentation deck: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/cds/public/2020/07/02/e1bfec32537bb590c5d6d16224320144/ABES.PROD.PW__BL.B326.E27752.EBSU003.PDF;

OTHER RFI #1 - ROUND 2, TERMS & CONDITIONS:

Sections A3, A4, A5, and A6 of the original LUV RFI are included by reference in this document and will apply to this second round of engagement.

INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES:

See Annex D of Request for Information (RFI) W8476-206313/A, https://buyandsell.gc.ca/cds/public/2020/05/01/869ac04462c869ac8dfaac0aaf8c2006/ABES.PROD.PW__BL.B326.E27752.EBSU000.PDF

One-on-One Industry Meetings: If required, Canada may meet with Industry participants individually to listen to their concerns, recommendations and solutions. Canada would analyze and summarize industry’s input for further use during the definition of requirements phase or to identify topics that still need to be discussed at other consultation sessions.

SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES:

Canada requests that responses be emailed to the following generic email address: TPSGC.PADGAMDVUL-APDMPBLUV.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca according to the following timeline:

The responses to the list of questions to Industry, are requested by 11 June 2021.

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.