Course Material

COURSE MATERIAL

0X001-160047/A

The Canada School of the Public Service (CSPS) requires the on-demand production of various spiral-bound course materials in black only and colour, along with loose sheet inserts, handouts and larger wide-format posters on an ?if and when? required basis.

Each time that a course is scheduled, the Project Authority (as indicated in the Work Request) will request between five (5) and one hundred (100) copies of the course material depending on the number of students.

The Contractor must ship all printed materials to the destination indicated in the work order. The delivery locations are the CSPS office in Edmonton, the CSPS office in Winnipeg, the CSPS office in Calgary and the CSPS office in Regina, along with the Correctional Services Canada office in Saskatoon.

Based on historical data, the 2014-2015 yearly volume is approximately 2,100,000 impressions, which produces manuals of as little as 60 impressions for one manual to 700 impressions for the largest ones. This number does not represent a firm commitment that the same quantities will be produced under this Contract and is to serve only as a historical basis for evaluation.

There will be two (2) levels of services, Regular Service and Rush Service. Regular Service describes a submitted work order where delivery is required within six (6) to ten (10) business days from issuance of the order, whereas Rush Service describes a submitted work order where delivery is required within four (4) to five (5) business days from issuance of the order.

The Contract will be in effect for a period of one year (1) from the date of award of Contract with the irrevocable option to extend the Contract by two (2) additional one (1) year periods.

This proposed procurement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

Basis of Selection

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.

M.1 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

The Bidder must demonstrate that it has been contractually bound to an external client (outside of the Bidder's own company) or to external clients* for two (2) contracts to provide printing and production to final format of spiral bound manuals/publications and delivery to the destination address or addresses specified by the Client.

At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have beenfor the production of various (more than two [2] different) spiral bound manuals/publications for delivery at different times as requested by the Client.

At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have included the printing/reproduction of coversfor the spiral bound manuals/publications in multiple colours.

At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have included the printing/reproduction of a spiral bound publication/manual with a minimum of 400 pages (200 sheets) + covers. .

At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have included a requirement for the Contractor to receive supplied components for printing electronically via e-mail or the Bidder’s FTP/ electronic drop box.

The Contracts must have been started or completed after April 01, 2012.

*During the evaluation no corporate experience gained through internal clients will be accepted or reviewed.

The Bidder must provide the following information for each contract:

a. a description of the publication(s)/manual(s) provided by the Bidder to demonstrate binding requirements and the requirements for the printing of the covers and text;
b. a description of the requirements for the reception of electronic components from the client;
c. a description of the manuals/publications produced under the contract, including the number of different manuals/publications produced by the Bidder
d. a description of the delivery requirements.
e. the start date orthe completion date of the Contract as required to demonstrate that the contract was started or completed after April 01, 2012;
f. the Client information for the Contract

PROPOSALS NOT MEETING ALL OF THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED NON RESPONSIVE AND GIVEN NO FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

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.