Logistics and Recovery Services Stratospheric balloon Nunavut 2024

**This is a notice of proposed procurement for a requirement that is limited for bidding among firms registered on the Inuit Firm Registry (IFR)** Under Article 24 of the Nunavut Agreement:24.4.3 Where the Government of Canada or the Territorial Government intends to invite bids for government contracts to be performed in the Nunavut Settlement Area, it shall take all reasonable measures to inform Inuit firms of such bids, and provide Inuit firms with a fair and reasonable opportunity to submit bids. As part of our Stratos program (About STRATOS, the CSA's stratospheric balloon program | https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/sciences/balloons/stratos.asp , The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) would like to fly, alongside our international partner, the French Space Agency – Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), a scientific gondola under a stratospheric balloon from Sweden that would land on Baffin Island following a transatlantic flight. The flight is planned to last 3-5 days (between June 15th and June 30th 2024) depending on wind speed in the stratosphere. As part of the scientific instruments onboard the gondola, it is also planned to include a payload designed by youth who attended the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation's Science Career Camp in Cambridge Bay (April 21th to April 26th 2024). This bid solicitation is to establish a contract for the delivery of a requirement detailed in the bid solicitation. This procurement is subject to the Nunavut Agreement. Duration of Contract: from contract award to July 31th, 2024 Any conditions for participation of suppliers not specified in the solicitation documentation: This solicitation is open only to suppliers who are registered on the Inuit Firm Registry (IFR). • If your company does not appear in the IFR search results, you must then contact Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. to have your company added. Proof of being added must be provided to the CSA Contracting Authority on the file before the invitation request will be considered.The contact info for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.is: https://www.tunngavik.com/contact-us/ .