CBSA E-14 Forms

CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY - E-14 FORMS

47419-246680/A
Buck, Daniel
Telephone No. - (number on the official notice)
Fax No. - (number on the official notice)
E-mail: (email on the official notice)

NATURE OF REQUIREMENT

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) requires an Offeror to provide printing services for the supply of the CBSA E14 forms. The Offeror will be responsible for the printing, reproduction, finishing, and distribution of the forms, a throughout the period of the Standing Offer.

The period of the standing offer will be from date of standing offer issuance for a one (1) year period with the option to extend the resulting standing offer by three (3) additional one-year periods under the same terms and conditions.

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

There is no security requirement associated with the requirement of the Standing Offer.

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

The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish Regional Individual Standing Offers for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offers.
The Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business supports Aboriginal business capacity development on behalf of the government of Canada. Through mandatory set asides, voluntary set asides, joint ventures and partnerships, the Strategy aims to assist Aboriginal businesses to compete for and win federal contracting opportunities.

Although this requirement is not set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business, the Government of Canada encourages Aboriginal Bidders to self-identify themselves as qualifying under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business in the Aboriginal Business Directory to demonstrate that it has the capacity to bid on similar requests. You can register your Aboriginal business at the following link:

http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100033057/1100100033058

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.

M.1 CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
M.1.1 The Offeror must demonstrate that he has contracted or has been contractually bound with one or more external client(s) (outside of the Offeror’s own company) for two (2) contracts for the production of printing and finishing of multi-part forms.

The Offeror must provide the following information for each contract:

M.1.1.a: a description of the printing and finishing requirements of the multi-part forms provided by the Offeror;
M.1.1.b: the quantity of the multi-part forms provided per print run by the Offeror under the contract;
M.1.1.c: the Client information for the Contract
M.1.1.d: a copy of the invoice to the client for the work done on the contract.

The information above (a) to (d) must be provided for both contracts.

M.1.2.: At least one (1) of the two (2) contracts must have been for the provision of a quantity of a minimum of 500,000 multipart forms in a single print run.

Financial Evaluation

The price of the offer will be evaluated in Canadian dollars, Applicable Taxes excluded, FOB destination, Canadian customs duties and excise taxes included.

To determine the total evaluated price, the prices submitted in the Annex B: Basis of Payment of this bid solicitation for the initial period and the extension periods will be calculated as specified in the Annex B Basis of Payment.

The Offeror must identify prices and rates in accordance with Annex B: Basis of Payment Excel spreadsheet being distributed through buyandsell.gc.ca.

Basis of Selection

An offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for Standing Offers and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive offer with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for issuance of a standing offer.

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.