E6QUE-130004/C - RMSO Trailers and Road Tractor (E6QUE-130004/C)

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:

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number E6QUE-130004/B dated 2014/09/26 with a closing of 2014/10/02 at 14h00. A debriefing or feedback session will be provided upon request to bidders/offerors/suppliers who bid on the previous solicitation.

Bidders who submit a bid agree to be bound by the instructioins, clauses and conditions of the bid solicitation and accept the clauses and conditions of the resulting contract.

(i) Title: Multiple Regional Master Standing Offers (RMSO) for the rental of: road tractors, semi-trailers, cargo carriers, and bucket trucks for the region of Quebec. It is anticipated that the Department of National Defence will be the main user of this RMSO.

(ii) Description:

Provide as needed, call-up service for semi-trailers, road tractors, cargo carriers and bucket trucks for the region of Quebec. Although this RMSO is available to all departments it is anticipated that the main user will be the Department of National Defence (DND). Specifically, the main sectors covered in this RMSO are:

1) Quebec Region (Valcartier) :

Mainly including the Canadian Forces Base in Valcartier and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) - Valcartier;

2) Montreal Region (Longue-Pointe) : Mainly including the Canadian Forces Base in Longue-Pointe;

3) Montérégie Region (St-Jean and St-Hubert): Mainly including the Canadian Forces Bases in St-Jean and St-Hubert;

4) Saguenay Region (Bagotville): Mainly including the Canadian Forces Base in Bagotville.

An offeror inventory is being drawn up for semi-trailer, road tractor, cargo carriers and bucket trucks rental services, by area, for various categories of vehicles and different rental durations (short term (30 days or less) and long term (more than 30 days)).

The Offerors may bid for the various Quebec administrative regions identified in Annex C and may provide rates for the delivery of vehicles for the Canadian Forces Bases identified above.

The Offerors can bid on one or more vehicle categories identified in Annex C, Rate Table.

(iii) Standing Offer Period :

The Standing Offer will take effect from May 1, 2015 to October 31, 2017, inclusive.

(iv) Multiple Standing Offers :

Canada expects to issue multiple standing offers to offerors of heavy vehicle rental services who meet the evaluation criteria and pass the selection procedure detailed herein.

The inventory will be accessible to all areas covered by this Request for Standing Offers.

(v) Standing Offer value :

An undetermined number of Standing Offers may be established subsequent to this Request for Standing Offers. To make administration of the Standing Offers easier, all Standing Offers issued subsequent to this solicitation will reflect a dollar value of "NIL". This does not limit the volume of business the Offeror may do with the Federal Government.

(vi) Other information :

- Offerors must submit a list of names of administrators, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2006 and 2007.

- For services requirements, Offerors 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 Request for Standing Offers (RFSO).

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

- The requirement is limited to Canadian services.

This PWGSC office provides 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.