B8362-190251/B - Permanent Resident Cards (B8362-190251/B)

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall

Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Attachment: NO Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: NO Nature of Requirements:

Permanent Resident Cards B8362-190251/B Leblanc (cw), Marc-André Telephone No. - (873) 354-5948

Marc-André.Leblanc@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

The national security exceptions provided for in the trade agreements have been invoked; therefore, this procurement is excluded from all of the obligations of all the trade agreements.

For security reasons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) requires that the manufacturing of the card and the personalization process both take place in a facility (or facilities) located in Canada.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) requires Card Design and Manufacturing, Personalization, Distribution (collectively “Production”) services and all associated sourcing, inventory management and warehousing, quality assurance/quality control, Card Request processing, program data management and reporting services, for the Permanent Resident (PR) Card program.

PR Cards consist of multilayered polycarbonate sheets that incorporate numerous advanced printing techniques and security features in order to deter fraud and tampering.

Cards are ordered and personalized on an as-requested basis in order to provide them to individuals either renewing previous PR Cards or obtaining new ones.

This requirement also contains a task authorization-based process for the redesign of the PR Card should such a redesign be necessary. IRCC requires these services over the term of the Contract which is for a period of seven (7) years with 4 x 2 year option periods.

This SOW defines the objectives and deliverables associated with the IRCC initiative for issuance of modern and highly secure PR Cards.

Because production rates vary through the year, the Contractor must have a minimum production capacity of 12,000 cards per week.

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders should refer to the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Industrial and Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada

(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003.

Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s) (CLCAs) are not applicable

to this procurement.

There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity requirement associated with this procurement; see Part 5 - Certifications, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the annex named Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity - Certification.

Basis of selection:

1. To be declared responsive, a bid must:

a. comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; b. meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and c. Meet the miniumum pass mark indicated in each rated criteria.

2. Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) will be declared non-responsive. Neither the responsive bid that receives the highest number of points nor the one that proposed the lowest price will necessarily be accepted. The responsive bid with the highest combined score of technical merit (70%) and price (30%) will be recommended for award of a contract.

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.

Delivery Date: 03/08/2020

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.