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Nature of Requirements: 

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Harvest Grain Envelopes

5K003-192060/B
Blake, Luke J.
Telephone No. - (403) 613-0725

REQUIREMENT:

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number 5K003-192060/A dated 2020-02-25 with a closing of 2020-04-14 at 14:00 MDT. A debriefing or feedback session will be provided upon request to bidders/offerors/suppliers who bid on the previous solicitation.


The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), Harvest Sample Program (HSP), requires the design, manufacture, printing, supply and delivery of 73,000 grain envelopes delivered by July 17, 2020. The period of the contract is for one (1) year, with an option to extend for an additional three (3) one-year periods.  Order quantities are subject to change according to requirements for a particular crop year.

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), CGC Pulse Program, requires the design, manufacture, printing, supply and delivery of three (3) types of envelopes, with three separate barcode requirements for a total of 1,500 envelopes by July 17, 2020.

The contractor must have approval from Canada Post Corporation(CPC) to print the CPC next generation barcode for encoding, as per specifications 3575 version 10 in Appendix D (full version to be provided after contract award).  CGC will provide graphic designs of the twenty (20) grain evelopes in PDF format to the contractor.  The contractor must make the required design changes to the grain evelopes which includes the design of Canada Post barcode on each envelope type.  Once the barcode is approved by CPC and the graphics by CGC the contractor will produce a sample of each envelope for approval to the Project Authority prior to final print and delivery.

The period of the Contract is from date of Contract to 2021-04-30 inclusive with three (3) one year option periods. 
EVALUATION AND SELECTION:

The responsive bid meeting all mandatory requirements with the lowest overall price will be recommended for contract award.



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.