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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:

  1. to revise the Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) template as detailed in Annex A.
  2. 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

  1. 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.
  2. The Contractor must not supply to the Government of Canada any goods or services which are subject to economic sanctions.
  3. 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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