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Argo Free Drifting Profiling Floats
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Public Works and Government Services Canada, acting on behalf of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, is seeking to establish a three year National Master Standing Offer for the procurement of Argo free drifting profiling floats. These floats are essential for the Government of Canada's contribution to the International Argo Program and the Global Ocean Observing System. The requirement consists of two specific configurations: floats equipped with SBE CTD sensors and floats equipped with RBR CTD sensors. Successful suppliers will be responsible for delivering the equipment to DFO facilities located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and Sydney, British Columbia. This solicitation is open to all interested suppliers under various trade agreements, including CETA, WTO-AGP, CPTPP, CFTA, and the FTA with the UK, with a competitive procurement strategy based on the lowest bid. In alignment with the Greening Government Strategy and the Ocean Plastics Charter, offerors are encouraged to utilize environmentally preferable packaging. The solicitation closing date has been amended to February 2, 2024, and documents may be submitted in either of Canada's official languages.
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*Nova Scotia *British Columbia, CANSet-Aside
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The Notification Amendment is raised to change the solicitation closing date from January 26th, 2024 to February 2nd, 2024.
*************************************************************** Argo Free Drifting Profiling Floats
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has a requirement to procure a number of Argo free drifting profiling floats.
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) intends to put in place a three (3) year National Master Standing Offer (NMSO), to procure the required equipment.
The objective is to provide Argo profiling floats to support the Government of Canada contribution to the International Argo Program, which is a key element of the Global Ocean Observing System.
Background
The broad-scale global array of temperature/salinity profiling floats, known as Argo, is a major component of the ocean observing system. Argo is a standard to which other developing ocean observing systems can look to for ideas as it was designed from the outset to function as a global network. Argo exemplifies international collaboration, with more than 25 nations contributing floats and a data management system that delivers consistent quality controlled data streams to the global data center. The vendor shall supply Argo floats to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) facilities in Dartmouth, NS and Sydney, BC.
Configurations The list of the two (2) Configurations are: Configuration 1: Float equipped with SBE CTD sensor to support the objectives of the Core Argo program. Configuration 2: Float equipped with RBR CTD sensor to support the objectives of the Core Argo program.
Green Procurement - Environmentally Preferable Packaging
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is committed to promoting the procurement of environmentally preferable plastic products and the reduction of plastic packaging waste as per the Greening Government Strategy: A Government of Canada Directive, the Government of Canada actions on plastic waste in federal operations, and the Ocean Plastics Charter. Offerors are encouraged to use environmentally preferable packaging for all packaged goods to be delivered to the end user as part of this procurement.
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.
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