PN-79U: Departmental Plain Language Standard Procurement Documents:
Standing Offers - Goods or Services
DATE: August 10, 2006
This is an update to Policy Notification 79 dated July 10, 2006,
to be effective August 15, 2006. The Plain
Language Website will reflect the changes to the template as
of August 15, 2006, however, the SACC Manual Website will be updated
only in the next SACC Manual release scheduled for December 2006.
Purpose
The purpose of Policy Notification (PN) 79U is:
- to revise the Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) template
as detailed in Annex A.
- to revise the French text of SACC Manual clause M7010C
and the remarks of clause M9105C as detailed in Annex B.
Contact
Please direct inquiries to Gaëtane
Dagenais, or Ginette
Plante Procurement Process Tools Division.
ANNEX A
Modifications to Request for Standing Offer Template - Goods
or Services, 2T-RFSO1
Part 3, Section II: Financial Offer, clause entitled Payment
by Credit Card
Payment by Credit Card
The Offeror is requested to complete one
of the following:
- (a) ( )
Government of Canada Acquisition Cards
(credit cards) will be accepted for
payment of call-ups against the standing offer.
The following credit card(s) are accepted:
VISA _______
Master Card _______
OR
- (b) ( )
Government of Canada Acquisition Cards (credit
cards)
will not be accepted for payment of call-ups
against
the standing offer.
The Offeror is not obligated to accept payment by credit card.
Acceptance of credit cards for payment of call-ups will not be
considered as an evaluation criterion.
Part 5B, Resulting Contract Clauses, under article 2.
Standard Clauses and Conditions
If general conditions 9601, 9676 or 9624 apply to the
requirement, include the following article:
2.3 International Sanctions
- Persons in Canada, and Canadians outside of Canada,
are bound by economic sanctions imposed by Canada. As a result,
the Government of Canada cannot accept delivery of goods or services
that originate, either directly or indirectly, from the countries
or persons subject to economic sanctions.
Details on existing sanctions can be found at: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/sanctions-en.asp.
- The Contractor must not supply to the Government
of Canada any goods or services which are subject to economic
sanctions.
- By law, the Contractor must comply with changes to
the regulations imposed during the life of the Contract. During
the performance of the Contract, should the imposition of sanctions
against a country or person or the addition of a good or service
to the list of sanctioned goods or services cause an impossibility
of performance for the Contractor, the situation will be treated
by the Parties as a force majeure. The Contractor must immediately
inform Canada of the situation and the procedures applicable
to force majeure will then apply.
ANNEX B
Changes to the SACC Manual
The remarks of M9105C are revised as follows:
M9105C Work Force Reduction Programs
Remarks:
Use the following clause in standing offers where clauses 9103T M9103T or 9104T M9104T and
clause 9106T M9106T were
used.
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