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Solicitation Amendment # 026

This amendment is hereby raised : 1. To include Questions and the Responses for the solicitation. 2. To announce an update to the Technical Data Package, TDP.

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1. To include Questions and the Responses for the solicitation.

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2. To announce an update to the Technical Data Package, TDP.

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TPD Indices – Drawings and Documents. Additional files, as requested, as indicated on the Document Request Status Log - refer to green

highlights.

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Ref

Que

stio

nAn

swer

1Am

I co

rrect

to in

terp

ret t

hat i

f we

(e.g

. Com

pany

ABC

- N

orth

Am

eric

a) w

ere

to s

end

you

an N

DA

(non

-dis

clos

ure

agre

emen

t) si

gned

by

the

auth

oriz

ed re

pres

enta

tive

of

anot

her l

egal

ent

ity o

f our

s (e

.g. C

ompa

ny A

BC -

Eur

ope,

w

here

our

inte

rnat

iona

l eng

inee

ring

team

wor

ks),

that

we

(Com

pany

ABC

- N

orth

Am

eric

a) w

ould

be

able

sha

re th

e co

nfid

entia

l inf

orm

atio

n (c

onte

nts

of th

e Te

chni

cal D

ata

Pack

age,

TD

P) w

ith th

e en

tire

team

(fro

m C

ompa

ny A

BC -

Eu

rope

) in

that

lega

l ent

ity?

Or d

o yo

u ne

ed a

n N

DA

for e

ach

one

of th

ose

engi

neer

s (o

r em

ploy

ees)

?

Cor

rect

. To

shar

e th

e in

form

atio

n w

ith o

ther

col

leag

ues

from

a d

iffer

ent e

ntity

(w

here

Com

pany

ABC

- N

orth

Am

eric

a ne

eds

to s

hare

info

rmat

ion

with

Com

pany

AB

C –

Eur

ope,

to a

cqui

re th

eir e

ngin

eerin

g ex

perti

se, f

or e

xam

ple)

, the

n C

ompa

ny

ABC

- N

orth

Am

eric

a an

d C

ompa

ny A

BC -

Euro

pe w

ill bo

th s

ubm

it N

DAs

, sig

ned

by e

ach

auth

oriz

ed re

pres

enta

tive,

who

will

dist

ribut

e th

e in

form

atio

n (o

n a

need

-to-

know

bas

is) t

o th

eir e

mpl

oyee

s w

ithin

thei

r ent

ity; e

ach

empl

oyee

is n

ot e

xpec

ted

to s

ign

an N

DA.

2D

oes

Can

ada

have

spe

cific

gui

delin

es fo

r the

tran

sfer

of

info

rmat

ion

(from

the

TDP)

to o

ur s

uppl

iers

&

subc

ontra

ctor

s? A

re th

ey c

onsi

dere

d em

ploy

ees

acco

rdin

g to

th

e te

rms

used

in A

nnex

S (n

on-d

iscl

osur

e ag

reem

ent)?

Anyo

ne to

who

m th

e dr

awin

gs o

r doc

umen

ts (c

onte

nts

of th

e TD

P) a

re d

iscl

osed

to

, mus

t sig

n a

non-

disc

losu

re a

gree

men

t (i.e

. the

ent

ity’s

aut

horiz

ed

repr

esen

tativ

e m

ust s

ign

on th

at e

ntity

’s b

ehal

f). H

ave

your

sub

cont

ract

ors

and

supp

liers

als

o si

gn th

e N

DA

and

eith

er:

a) fo

rwar

d it

to m

e (th

e si

gned

ND

A) o

n th

eir b

ehal

f and

then

, you

can

sen

d th

em

the

appl

icab

le T

DP

draw

ing/

docu

men

t; or

b)

forw

ard

the

sign

ed N

DA

and

requ

est t

hat I

sen

d th

em th

e lin

ks (a

nd a

ny

upda

tes)

, and

then

you

tell

them

whi

ch T

DP

draw

ing/

docu

men

t to

use,

exa

ctly

; or

c) th

e su

pplie

r/sub

cont

ract

or c

an s

end

the

ND

A di

rect

ly to

me,

then

I w

ill se

nd

them

the

link

and

upda

tes,

and

you

can

tell

them

whi

ch T

DP

draw

ing/

docu

men

t to

use

(som

e su

pplie

rs h

ave

alre

ady

sent

me

the

ND

A).

CC

GS

Terr

y Fo

x VL

E - F

7049

-200

041/

B, Q

uest

ion

and

Answ

er L

og

AMEN

DM

ENT

001

- Ref

1 to

3

Not

e th

at a

men

dmen

ts 0

01 to

010

hav

e be

en re

leas

ed s

epar

atel

y an

d co

pied

her

e, fo

r con

veni

ence

. Any

dis

crep

ancy

in la

ngua

ge b

etw

een

the

ques

tions

and

ans

wer

s w

ill re

sult

in th

e or

igin

al a

men

dmen

t wor

ding

taki

ng p

rece

denc

e.

Page 4

3W

hen

will

the

Pric

ing

Dat

a Sh

eet (

PDS)

for t

his

proj

ect b

e pu

blis

hed

on B

uyan

dSel

l.gc.

ca?

The

PDS

is ta

rget

ed to

be

publ

ishe

d ap

prox

imat

ely

a w

eek

befo

re th

e fir

st S

ite

Visi

t day

of N

ovem

ber 3

0th.

4Ar

e th

ere

goin

g to

be

4 co

mpl

ete

days

for t

he s

ite v

isit

to th

e ve

ssel

? O

r will

each

gro

up (s

uch

as a

shi

p ya

rd b

idde

r, su

pplie

r, or

eng

inee

ring

desi

gner

, for

exa

mpl

e) o

nly

have

a

pred

eter

min

ed ti

me

perio

d fo

r the

vis

it?

Giv

en th

e si

tuat

ion

with

the

pand

emic

, Can

ada

is g

oing

to a

ssig

n tim

e sl

ots

for t

he

Site

Vis

it to

eac

h gr

oup

wan

ting

to a

ttend

. Can

ada,

ther

efor

e, n

eeds

to k

now

the

tota

l num

ber o

f gro

ups

atte

ndin

g in

ord

er to

max

imiz

e th

e tim

e sl

ot d

urat

ion

on th

e ve

ssel

for e

ach

grou

p. A

men

dmen

t 001

requ

este

d yo

ur re

spon

ses

no la

ter t

han

6 pm

Nov

embe

r 17,

202

1.

CC

GS

Terry

Fox

VLE

(F70

49-2

0004

1/B)

- Bu

yand

sell.

gc.c

aIf

you

have

not

resp

onde

d ye

t and

wou

ld li

ke to

atte

nd th

e Bi

dder

s’ C

onfe

renc

e or

th

e Si

te V

isit

(or b

oth)

, ple

ase

resp

ond

so th

at C

anad

a ca

n de

term

ine

and

shar

e th

e as

sign

ed v

esse

l tim

e sl

ots

and

time

slot

dur

atio

ns w

ith e

ach

party

(on

Nov

embe

r 18)

, so

that

they

can

pro

ceed

with

mak

ing

arra

ngem

ents

.

5I w

as d

iscu

ssin

g a

pote

ntia

l site

vis

it w

ith o

ur te

am th

is

mor

ning

and

bas

ical

ly th

e ne

cess

ity to

atte

nd is

som

ewha

t in

fluen

ced

by th

e qu

ality

of t

he v

esse

l 3d

scan

s et

c.

Whe

n is

the

gove

rnm

ent i

nten

ding

to re

leas

e th

is

info

rmat

ion?

If n

ot b

efor

e th

e si

te v

isit

will

ther

e be

ano

ther

op

portu

nity

to v

isit

once

this

info

rmat

ion

is a

vaila

ble?

3D s

cans

hav

e be

en m

ade

avai

labl

e, p

er S

OW

Par

t A G

R 0

1 se

ctio

n 1.

1.1.

7

inst

ruct

ions

(als

o in

dica

ted

in S

OW

App

endi

x A,

und

er ‘O

ther

Res

ourc

es’).

Addi

tiona

l virt

ual 3

D s

cans

will

likel

y be

ava

ilabl

e by

Nov

embe

r 22

(end

of d

ay).

Anot

her v

esse

l vie

win

g is

not

ant

icip

ated

.Ef

forts

will

be m

ade

to a

ccom

mod

ate

late

con

firm

ers

but t

hese

slo

ts m

ay n

ot b

e gu

aran

teed

to b

e as

long

in d

urat

ion

as p

rede

term

ined

slo

ts.

6C

an v

ideo

s an

d ph

otog

raph

s be

take

n du

ring

the

Site

Vis

it -

Vess

el?

Vide

os a

nd p

hoto

grap

hs a

re p

erm

itted

for t

he p

urpo

ses

of c

larif

ying

the

inte

rpre

tatio

n fo

r the

SO

W.

7W

hen

will

the

Pric

ing

Dat

a Sh

eet (

PDS)

for t

his

proj

ect b

e pu

blis

hed

on B

uyan

dSel

l.gc.

ca?

The

PDS

is ta

rget

ed to

be

publ

ishe

d ap

prox

imat

ely

a w

eek

befo

re th

e Bi

dder

s’

Con

fere

nce

on D

ecem

ber 6

.

8C

an y

ou k

indl

y ad

vise

how

this

pro

ject

has

ach

ieve

d an

ex

empt

ion

from

hav

ing

ITB

requ

irem

ents

?Th

ere

are

a nu

mbe

r of

fact

ors

to c

onsi

der i

n de

term

inin

g th

e ap

plic

abilit

y of

the

ITB

Polic

y in

clud

ing,

but

not

lim

ited

to, t

he p

roje

ct p

re-ta

x do

llar v

alue

, sco

pe a

nd

dura

tion

as w

ell a

s th

e po

rtion

of l

abou

r tha

t will

be c

arrie

d ou

t in

Can

ada.

An

asse

ssm

ent w

as c

ondu

cted

and

it w

as d

eter

min

ed th

at th

e IT

B Po

licy

wou

ld n

ot

appl

y fo

r the

Ter

ry F

ox re

quire

men

t.9

Is th

is s

olic

itatio

n co

nsid

ered

par

t of t

he N

SS?

Yes,

the

Terry

Fox

VLE

requ

irem

ent f

alls

und

er th

e N

atio

nal S

hipb

uild

ing

Stra

tegy

.

AMEN

DM

ENT

002

- Que

stio

ns 1

to 2

(ref

4-5

)

AMEN

DM

ENT

003

- Que

stio

ns 1

to 2

(ref

6-7

)

AMEN

DM

ENT

005

- Que

stio

ns 1

to 3

(ref

8-1

0)

Page 5

10U

nder

the

NSS

Can

ada

has

empl

oyed

a s

ucce

ssfu

l co

ntra

ctin

g st

rate

gy o

f aw

ardi

ng a

fund

ed a

ncilla

ry c

ontra

ct to

th

e sh

ipya

rd to

per

form

det

aile

d de

sign

wor

k, fo

llow

ed b

y a

fund

ed d

efin

ition

con

tract

to c

ompl

ete

the

deta

iled

engi

neer

ing

wor

k an

d pr

oduc

e an

indi

cativ

e pr

ice

from

whi

ch

Can

ada

can

obta

in fu

ndin

g or

bud

get c

erta

inty

. H

owev

er, i

n th

is s

olic

itatio

n PS

PC is

exp

ectin

g th

e bi

dder

to

be a

ble

to c

ompl

ete

the

VLE

deta

iled

desi

gn w

ork

durin

g th

e bi

d ph

ase,

to a

suf

ficie

nt le

vel o

f con

fiden

ce, t

o of

fer a

firm

pr

ice.

Thi

s is

not

pos

sibl

e to

any

acc

epta

ble

leve

l of

accu

racy

. It

is a

lso

unfa

ir to

ask

bid

ders

to ta

ke o

n th

is le

vel

of w

ork

at th

e bi

d ph

ase.

Bid

ders

are

aw

are

that

thei

r effo

rts

will

lead

to w

ildly

inac

cura

te p

ricin

g an

d an

uns

ucce

ssfu

l VL

E, e

ven

if de

term

ined

the

low

est r

espo

nsiv

e bi

dder

. Th

is p

rocu

rem

ent s

trate

gy is

ext

rem

ely

high

risk

to b

oth

parti

es a

nd w

ill w

ork

cont

rary

to th

e ve

ry s

ucce

ssfu

l co

ntra

ctin

g st

rate

gies

cur

rent

ly e

mpl

oyed

und

er N

SS.

Will

Can

ada

re-c

onsi

der t

his

proc

urem

ent s

trate

gy to

allo

w

for a

bal

ance

d ris

k ap

proa

ch th

at w

ill le

ad to

a s

ucce

ssfu

l ou

tcom

e fo

r bot

h th

e Bi

dder

and

Can

ada?

Can

ada

ackn

owle

dges

that

anc

illary

con

tract

s ha

ve b

een

used

in c

erta

in

circ

umst

ance

s, h

owev

er, t

hey

are

not c

onsi

dere

d fo

r com

petit

ive

proc

urem

ent

proc

esse

s un

der t

he N

SS.

Indu

stry

resp

onse

s to

the

RFI

pos

ted

in O

ctob

er 2

020

conf

irmed

the

proc

urem

ent

appr

oach

, tha

t bei

ng, t

o bu

ndle

the

proc

urem

ent o

f lon

g le

ad it

ems

with

the

VLE

wor

k ca

rried

out

at t

he s

hipy

ard.

Can

ada

is m

ovin

g fo

rwar

d w

ith th

is p

rocu

rem

ent

stra

tegy

.C

anad

a ap

prec

iate

s th

e le

vel o

f effo

rt re

quire

d to

pre

pare

bid

pac

kage

s. T

he T

erry

Fo

x VL

E is

a u

niqu

e w

ork

pack

age

that

requ

ires

a di

ffere

nt le

vel o

f effo

rt co

mpa

red

to p

revi

ous

refit

/VLE

requ

irem

ents

. Bi

dder

s ar

e en

cour

aged

, as

need

ed, t

o w

ork

with

key

sup

plie

rs, e

ngin

eerin

g an

d/or

pro

ject

man

agem

ent f

irms

to d

evel

op th

eir

bid.

Can

ada

has

incl

uded

an

initi

al 8

mon

th w

ork

perio

d af

ter c

ontra

ct a

war

d to

ca

rry o

ut d

etai

led

desi

gn w

ork

and

proc

ure

the

long

lead

item

s.

Page 6

11SO

W it

em 1

2.1,

sec

tion

3.4.

2.2.

The

ME’

s m

ust b

e m

ediu

m

spee

d, fo

ur s

troke

die

sel e

n-gi

nes,

with

med

ium

spe

ed b

eing

de

fined

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f thi

s SO

W a

s be

ing

betw

een

600

rpm

and

750

rpm

.SO

W it

em s

ectio

n 12

.1 3

.4.2

.20.

The

ME’

s m

ust b

e ca

pabl

e of

acc

omm

odat

ing

Com

bina

tor M

ode

(CM

) of p

ropu

lsio

n co

ntro

l whe

rein

eng

ine

and

prop

elle

r spe

ed is

var

iabl

e an

d m

atch

ed w

ith p

rope

ller p

itch

to o

ffer m

axim

um P

M e

ffici

ency

of

ope

ratio

n.C

onsi

derin

g th

at, t

he M

arin

e In

dust

ry re

cogn

izes

that

Med

ium

sp

eed

engi

nes

are

norm

ally

rate

d at

up

to 9

00 rp

m a

nd, a

s su

ch, w

ould

“Med

ium

Spe

ed” e

ngin

es th

at m

eet a

ll ot

her

requ

irem

ents

be

acce

ptab

le if

rate

d at

900

rpm

? W

hat a

bout

th

e fo

ur s

troke

s, is

it m

anda

tory

or a

2-s

troke

eng

ine

wou

ld

also

be

a po

ssib

ility

as w

ell?

We

have

bot

h pr

oduc

ts a

nd

wou

ld li

ke to

be

able

to p

rovi

de th

e m

ost s

uita

ble

quot

e,

whi

ch c

ould

be

a 2-

stro

ke e

ngin

e an

d its

ver

y co

st a

ttrac

tive

lifet

ime

mai

nte-

nanc

e pr

ice.

The

inte

nt is

that

the

four

stro

ke e

ngin

es p

rovi

ded

will

deliv

er th

e sp

ecifi

ed

Max

imum

Con

tinuo

us R

atin

g (M

CR

) pow

er re

quire

men

t at a

spe

ed o

f bet

wee

n 60

0 an

d 75

0 R

PM.

Per S

OW

item

12.

1 se

ctio

n 3.

4.2.

2, ‘T

he M

E’s

mus

t be

in-li

ne, m

ediu

m s

peed

, fou

r st

roke

die

sel e

ngin

es, w

ith m

ediu

m s

peed

bei

ng d

efin

ed fo

r the

pur

pose

of t

his

SOW

as

bein

g be

twee

n 60

0 rp

m a

nd 7

50 rp

m.’

12In

futu

re a

men

dmen

ts, i

s it

poss

ible

to c

ombi

ne q

uest

ions

an

d an

swer

s so

that

the

last

am

endm

ent i

nclu

des

all t

he

amen

dmen

ts fo

r the

pro

ject

?

This

is ty

pica

lly d

one

near

the

end

of th

e bi

d pe

riod

(app

roxi

mat

ely

2 w

eeks

prio

r to

the

end

of th

e bi

d so

licita

tion

perio

d).

Can

ada

has

reco

nsid

ered

and

is u

sing

this

log

(Dec

23,

202

1, A

MD

011

)

13 W

e no

te th

at m

any

sign

ifica

nt c

hang

es (p

er A

men

dmen

t 00

5) w

ere

bein

g m

ade

to A

nnex

A -

Stat

emen

t of W

ork

(SO

W).

Will

a re

vise

d SO

W b

e pu

blis

hed

in th

e ne

ar fu

ture

to

inco

rpor

ate

thes

e ch

ange

s?

Yes.

We

are

goin

g to

soo

n re

leas

e a

REV

1 to

the

SOW

.

14Pa

ra 2

.7.1

- Th

e In

itial

Wor

k Pe

riod

of e

ight

mon

ths

is

inad

equa

te fo

r thi

s w

ork

scop

e to

be

com

-ple

ted.

Will

Can

ada

cons

ider

14

mon

ths

for t

his

Def

initi

on a

nd E

ngin

eerin

g Ph

ase

(i.e.

Initi

al W

ork

Perio

d)?

The

Initi

al W

ork

perio

d ha

s an

8 m

onth

min

imum

dur

atio

n pr

ior t

o th

e ve

ssel

arri

val

and

the

star

t of t

he V

esse

l Wor

k Pe

riod.

It c

ould

be

as lo

ng a

s 10

mon

ths,

sub

ject

to

the

dura

tion

of th

e so

licita

tion

proc

ess.

Not

all

equi

pmen

t pur

chas

ed is

exp

ecte

d to

be

deliv

ered

dur

ing

the

Initi

al W

ork

Perio

d. A

lthou

gh m

ost o

f the

eng

inee

ring

wor

k is

exp

ecte

d to

be

com

plet

ed b

y th

e C

ritic

al D

esig

n R

evie

w s

tage

(ref

er to

An

nex

V fo

r PD

R a

nd C

DR

del

iver

able

s as

wel

l as

artic

le 7

.33.

1 in

the

RFP

), C

anad

a m

ay a

utho

rize

addi

tiona

l tim

e fo

r som

e en

gine

erin

g w

ork

durin

g th

e Ve

ssel

Wor

k Pe

riod.

At t

his

time,

we

will

not i

ncre

ase

the

dura

tion

of th

e In

itial

W

ork

Perio

d.15

How

man

y da

ys w

ill C

anad

a ta

ke to

ana

lyse

the

bid

(to

eval

uate

the

bid)

? Th

e bi

d ev

alua

tion

perio

d is

est

imat

ed to

last

bet

wee

n on

e to

two

mon

ths

AMEN

DM

ENT

006

- Que

stio

ns 1

to 3

(ref

11-

13)

AMEN

DM

ENT

007

- Que

stio

ns 1

to 2

1 (re

f 14-

34),

Bidd

es' C

onfe

renc

e M

inut

es

Page 7

16(q

uest

ion

subm

itted

out

side

the

Con

fere

nce)

: The

pro

pose

d ba

sis

of s

elec

tion

is lo

wes

t cos

t com

plia

nt, u

sing

onl

y m

anda

tory

crit

eria

, with

no

rate

d el

emen

ts. T

his

appr

oach

po

ses

risk

to b

oth

Can

ada

and

the

bidd

er a

s th

e lo

wes

t pric

e w

ith th

e le

ast c

apab

le b

idde

r is

not a

form

ula

for p

roje

ct

succ

ess.

A lo

wes

t cos

t eva

luat

ion

usin

g on

ly m

anda

tory

cr

iteria

pro

vide

s no

ass

uran

ce o

f the

ca-

pabi

lity

or q

ualit

y of

th

e pr

opos

ed s

olut

ion.

The

add

ition

of e

valu

ated

tech

nica

l cr

iteria

will

prov

ide

Can

ada

a gr

eate

r ass

uran

ce o

f the

co

ntra

ctor

’s c

apab

ilitie

s. C

onse

quen

tly, t

he b

idde

r req

uest

s a

chan

ge to

the

eval

uatio

n cr

iteria

to in

clud

e a

mix

of

man

dato

ry a

nd e

valu

ated

tech

nica

l crit

eria

, with

wei

ghtin

g as

sign

ed to

bot

h te

chni

cal a

nd p

rice

cate

gorie

s. G

iven

the

high

ly c

ompl

ex n

atur

e of

this

refit

, lim

ited

timef

ram

e an

d he

avy

engi

neer

ing

inpu

t, th

e Bi

dder

reco

mm

ends

a b

est

valu

e se

lect

ion

met

hod

that

sco

res

pric

e an

d te

chni

cal m

erit

in a

ratio

of 4

0:60

.

The

basi

s of

sel

ectio

n an

d ev

alua

tion

crite

ria m

etho

d w

ill no

t be

chan

ged.

The

m

anda

tory

crit

eria

hav

e be

en e

stab

lishe

d to

ens

ure

that

com

plia

nt b

idde

rs h

ave

the

abilit

y to

car

ry o

ut th

e W

ork

(SO

W) a

fter C

ontra

ct a

war

d.

17Pl

ease

con

firm

, at a

sui

tabl

e tim

e, w

hat t

he o

vera

ll sc

hedu

le

is. T

he m

inim

um p

erio

d, w

ith n

o ga

p be

twee

n th

e en

gine

erin

g pe

riod

and

exec

utio

n pe

riod

seem

s to

be

26 m

onth

s. Is

this

co

rrect

?

The

min

imum

Tot

al W

ork

Perio

d is

26

mon

ths.

The

Ves

sel W

ork

Perio

d du

ratio

n is

fix

ed a

t 18

mon

ths

(from

Apr

il 1,

202

2 to

Sep

tem

ber 3

0, 2

023)

, how

ever

the

dura

tion

of th

e In

itial

Wor

k Pe

riod

is a

min

imum

of 8

mon

ths.

It c

ould

be

as lo

ng a

s 10

mon

ths,

sub

ject

to th

e du

ratio

n of

the

solic

itatio

n pr

oces

s.

18Ev

alua

tion

Proc

ess.

Can

Can

ada

defin

e w

hat a

re a

ll "E

ligib

le

Man

dato

ry C

riter

ia?"

How

do

thes

e di

ffer f

rom

the

11,0

00+

Mus

t sta

tem

ents

in th

e SO

W?

(and

, als

o, a

s su

bmitt

ed o

utsi

de o

f the

Con

fere

nce,

bel

ow)

The

SOW

con

tain

s ov

er 1

1,00

0 “m

ust”

stat

emen

ts, m

eani

ng

that

ther

e ar

e ef

fect

ivel

y ov

er 1

1,00

0 m

anda

tory

re

quire

men

ts.

GR

01

sect

ion

1.4.

1.3

stat

es th

at a

ll re

quire

men

ts a

re m

anda

tory

. G

iven

that

this

is a

n R

FP a

nd

not a

n IT

T, w

ill th

e bi

dder

be

allo

wed

to p

ropo

se a

ltern

ativ

es

to th

e 11

,000

mus

ts, p

rovi

ded

that

they

mee

t the

pe

rform

ance

requ

irem

ents

rela

ted

to th

ose

man

dato

ries?

H

ow w

ill C

anad

a ev

alua

te th

e ov

er 1

1,00

0 m

anda

torie

s?

Can

ada

eval

uate

s th

e m

anda

tory

crit

eria

iden

tifie

d in

the

RFP

(Ann

ex P

) in

orde

r to

ensu

re th

e Bi

dder

’s a

bilit

y to

car

ry o

ut th

e W

ork

(SO

W) a

fter C

ontra

ct a

war

d. T

he

SOW

incl

udes

con

tract

ual o

blig

atio

ns (m

ust s

tate

men

ts) t

hat t

he C

ontra

ctor

mus

t m

eet a

fter C

ontra

ct a

war

d.

Page 8

19In

term

s of

a p

hase

d an

alys

is o

f the

bid

, Ann

ex H

app

ears

to

be th

e on

ly d

ocum

ent f

or c

ompa

rison

bet

wee

n el

igib

le

bidd

ers.

Is th

ere

any

tech

nica

l eva

luat

ion

scor

ing

as w

ell;

espe

cial

ly s

ince

life

cy-c

le c

osts

and

kno

wn

wor

k ca

n be

a

sign

ifica

nt n

umbe

r. Th

e on

ly te

chni

cal a

spec

t is

if th

e re

plac

e-m

ent s

yste

ms

have

a lo

wer

true

life

cos

t. Th

at w

ill si

gnifi

cant

ly s

ave

for t

hat t

echn

ical

sol

utio

n.

Is th

ere

any

anal

ysis

of t

echn

ical

requ

irem

ent w

eigh

ted

agai

nst t

hese

for

pric

ing

eval

uatio

n?

The

Basi

s of

Sel

ectio

n is

for t

he lo

wes

t cos

t com

plia

nt b

idde

r. To

be

com

plia

nt, t

he

Bidd

er m

ust s

atis

fy th

e m

anda

tory

requ

irem

ents

list

ed in

Ann

ex P

, in

addi

tion

to

subm

ittin

g th

e re

quire

men

ts li

sted

in th

e R

FP, a

s hi

ghlig

hted

in A

nnex

O, t

he

chec

klis

t gui

danc

e do

cum

ent.

Ther

e ar

e no

poi

nt-ra

ted

eval

uatio

n cr

iteria

.

20In

Ann

ex H

– T

able

of l

ife-c

ycle

cos

t, th

e to

tal c

ost i

nclu

des

a 15

yea

r per

iod

for l

ube

oil b

ut o

nly

an a

nnua

l cos

t for

the

fuel

. C

ould

Can

ada

expl

ain

that

? Th

e th

ough

t beh

ind

com

parin

g 15

yea

rs v

s 1

year

?

That

is c

orre

ct. A

cos

ting

exer

cise

was

con

duct

ed a

nd, f

rom

the

resu

lts, i

t was

de

cide

d to

incl

ude

an a

nnua

l fue

l cos

t in

the

tota

l life

cyc

le c

ost,

so th

at it

wou

ld n

ot

outw

eigh

oth

er re

leva

nt c

riter

ia.

21Th

e eq

uipm

ent w

arra

nty

was

indi

cate

d to

be

1 ye

ar fr

om

acce

ptan

ce. I

s th

e ac

cept

ance

mile

ston

e fro

m e

quip

men

t FA

T or

CC

G S

AT a

ccep

tanc

e?

The

equi

pmen

t war

rant

y st

arts

afte

r suc

cess

ful s

ea tr

ials

and

acc

epta

nce

by th

e C

anad

ian

Coa

st G

uard

.

22C

an a

Bid

der a

ccum

ulat

e cr

edits

or t

rans

fer c

redi

ts re

late

d to

th

e IP

C fr

om o

ther

pro

gram

s, m

uch

like

wha

t is

done

in th

e IT

B pr

ogra

m?

For I

TBs,

if w

e ha

ve a

pro

gram

with

unu

sed

cred

its (f

or e

x-am

ple,

the

Loui

s Sa

int L

aure

nt d

oes

not h

ave

an IT

B bu

t it d

oes

have

Can

adia

n w

ork

on it

that

we

are

allo

wed

to c

redi

t to

Dav

ie’s

ove

rall

ITB

budg

et; t

hat c

redi

t can

be

use

d to

war

ds o

ther

pro

gram

s th

at d

o re

quire

s an

ITB

(suc

h as

the

ferry

bui

ld p

rogr

am).

Can

the

sam

e be

don

e fo

r IP

Cs

(for e

x-am

ple,

if a

noth

er s

hip

does

not

hav

e an

IPC

re

quire

men

t, bu

t it d

oes

use

Indi

geno

us P

artic

ipat

ion;

can

th

at b

e cr

edite

d an

d us

ed to

war

ds th

e Te

rry F

ox p

rogr

am o

r do

es th

e IP

C n

eed

to b

e di

rect

ly fo

r the

Ter

ry F

ox V

LE?

If w

e ha

ve c

ontra

cts

such

as

the

one

on th

e Lo

uis

St. L

aure

nt th

at

does

not

hav

e a

IPC

requ

irem

ent c

an w

e us

e cr

edits

from

th

at p

roje

ct o

n th

is c

ontra

ct?

The

resp

onse

to th

is q

uest

ion

shal

l be

elab

orat

ed o

n in

a s

ubse

quen

t am

endm

ent.

23An

nex

P - M

anda

tory

Tec

hnic

al R

equi

rem

ents

. Can

Can

ada

conf

irm h

ow c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e M

anda

tory

Tec

hnic

al

Req

uire

men

ts w

ill be

ass

esse

d. A

s th

ese

will

not b

e sc

ored

, ho

w w

ill pa

ss/fa

il be

mea

sure

d?

For m

anda

tory

tech

nica

l req

uire

men

ts li

sted

in A

nnex

P, e

ach

requ

irem

ent (

M#)

in

clud

es tw

o pa

rts:

1) T

he fi

rst p

art s

tate

s th

e re

quire

men

t; an

d 2)

The

sec

ond

part

iden

tifie

s w

hat n

eeds

to b

e su

bmitt

ed in

ord

er to

dem

onst

rate

co

mpl

ianc

e.

The

Phas

ed B

id C

ompl

ianc

e Pr

oces

s (P

BCB)

pro

vide

s op

portu

nitie

s w

here

C

anad

a m

ay s

eek

clar

i-fic

atio

n or

requ

est a

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion

from

Bid

ders

. For

de

tails

rega

rdin

g th

e PB

CB,

refe

r to

artic

le 4

.1.1

of t

he R

FP.

Page 9

24W

ithin

the

PBC

P th

ere

are

thre

e ph

ases

. Pha

se I

is a

sim

ple

revi

ew fo

r Fin

anci

al C

ompl

eten

ess.

Pha

se II

will

be li

mite

d to

a

revi

ew o

f the

Tec

hnic

al B

id to

iden

tify

any

inst

ance

s w

here

th

e Bi

dder

has

faile

d to

mee

t any

Elig

ible

Man

dato

ry C

riter

ia

requ

este

d fo

r the

bid

, inc

ludi

ng e

valu

atio

n of

equ

ival

ent

prod

ucts

per

sec

tion

4.1.

2, if

app

licab

le.

How

ever

ther

e ar

e no

man

dato

ry c

riter

ia li

sted

for a

ny d

eck

equi

pmen

t. As

suc

h ho

w w

ill th

e de

ck e

quip

men

t offe

red

be

asse

ssed

to e

nsur

e th

at it

at m

inim

um m

eets

the

liste

d cr

iteria

out

lined

with

in th

e in

divi

dual

sec

tions

of t

he a

nnex

A,

SOW

. If t

here

are

no

asse

ssm

ent c

riter

ia th

en a

less

ex-

pens

ive

prod

uct c

ould

be

offe

red

that

doe

s no

t mee

t the

lis

ted

“mus

t” cr

iteria

with

in th

e SO

W. C

urre

ntly

as

the

Phas

ed

asse

ssm

ent i

s w

ritte

n th

ere

is n

othi

ng to

sto

p th

is o

ccur

ring.

The

awar

ded

Bidd

er w

ill be

und

er c

ontra

ct to

sat

isfy

eac

h eq

uipm

ent r

equi

rem

ent

spec

ified

in th

e SO

W.

Can

ada

also

requ

ires

info

rmat

ion

on p

ropo

sed

equi

pmen

t pe

r Ann

ex Q

; pro

pose

d eq

uipm

ent m

ust m

eet a

ll m

anda

tory

requ

irem

ents

sp

ecifi

ed fo

r eac

h eq

uipm

ent S

OW

item

.

25(s

ubm

itted

out

side

the

Con

fere

nce)

The

SO

W is

ram

pant

w

ith th

e st

atem

ent:

“to th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

the

Tech

nica

l Au

thor

ity”.

As

“sat

isfa

ctio

n” is

sub

ject

ive,

in o

rder

to b

e ab

le

to b

id a

sub

ject

ive

re-q

uire

men

t the

Bid

der r

equi

res

Can

ada

to e

ither

del

ete

this

cla

use

or re

plac

e it

with

app

ropr

iate

ly d

e-fin

ed a

ccep

tanc

e cr

iteria

.

The

Con

tract

or is

to d

emon

stra

te to

the

Tech

nica

l Aut

horit

y, th

at th

e de

liver

ed

wor

k sa

tisfie

s th

e re

quire

men

ts c

alle

d up

or o

utlin

ed in

the

SOW

and

any

ap

plic

able

regu

latio

n.PS

PC w

ill ov

erse

e an

d ne

gotia

te a

ny is

sues

or d

ispu

tes

that

cou

ld p

oten

tially

ar

ise.

PSP

C w

ill al

so h

ave

an o

nsite

tech

nica

l rep

rese

ntat

ive

pres

ent d

urin

g th

e Ve

ssel

Wor

k Pe

riod.

26(s

ubm

itted

out

side

the

Con

fere

nce)

If th

e In

spec

tion

Auth

ority

is a

lso

the

Tech

nica

l Aut

horit

y, h

ow w

ill PS

PC

ensu

re th

at th

e in

spec

tion

of th

e w

ork

will

be o

bjec

tivel

y co

nduc

ted?

The

Tec

hnic

al A

utho

rity

has

a ve

sted

inte

rest

to

inte

rpre

t the

spe

cific

atio

n in

its

favo

ur.

In o

rder

to e

nsur

e th

at

the

insp

ectio

n of

the

wor

k is

don

e ob

ject

ivel

y an

d fa

irly

to th

e C

ontra

ctor

, the

Insp

ectio

n or

gani

za-ti

on m

ust r

esid

e ou

tsid

e of

the

Clie

nt D

epar

tmen

t. In

ord

er to

ens

ure

a fa

ir an

d eq

uita

ble

insp

ectio

n of

the

wor

k, th

e Bi

dder

requ

ires

that

the

Insp

ectio

n Au

thor

ity to

be

an o

bjec

tive

3rd

party

.

The

Can

adia

n G

over

nmen

t’s s

truct

ure

iden

tifie

s th

e C

anad

ian

Coa

st G

uard

as

the

Tech

nica

l Aut

horit

y an

d th

e In

spec

tion

Auth

ority

for t

he p

roje

ct. T

he C

anad

ian

Coa

st G

uard

will

iden

tify

diffe

rent

indi

vidu

als

to p

erfo

rm th

ese

role

s bu

t the

y w

ill bo

th b

e in

divi

dual

s em

ploy

ed b

y or

eng

aged

by

the

Can

adia

n C

oast

Gua

rd.

PSPC

will

over

see

and

nego

tiate

any

issu

es o

r dis

pute

s th

at c

ould

pot

entia

lly

aris

e. P

SPC

will

also

hav

e an

ons

ite te

chni

cal r

epre

sent

ativ

e pr

esen

t dur

ing

the

Vess

el W

ork

Perio

d.

Page 10

27(s

ubm

itted

out

side

the

Con

fere

nce)

GR

01

sect

ion

5 lis

ts

man

y R

efer

ence

Sta

ndar

ds w

ithou

t cle

ar s

tate

men

ts

rega

rdin

g th

eir f

ull a

pplic

abilit

y. T

he s

tand

ards

are

indi

cate

d as

man

dato

ry b

ut m

ay o

nly

be p

artia

lly a

pplic

able

. In

ord

er to

ac

cura

tely

bid

the

Wor

k, th

e Bi

dder

requ

ires

Can

ada

to b

e m

ore

spec

ific

as to

wha

t pre

cise

sec

tions

of t

he re

fere

nces

ar

e ap

plic

able

.

The

Acts

and

Reg

ulat

ions

refe

renc

ed in

SO

W P

art A

GR

01

sect

ions

5.2

to 5

.5 a

re

man

dato

ry. A

ny s

tand

ards

, rul

es, c

odes

or g

uide

line

refe

renc

ed in

the

regu

latio

ns

(sec

tion

GR

01,

5.2

to 5

.5) a

re to

be

cons

ider

ed a

s m

anda

tory

, as

wel

l (re

fere

nce

GR

01,

5.6

.1.1

). Th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f ABS

Rul

es a

nd a

ny s

tand

ard

refe

renc

ed

with

in th

e SO

W m

ust a

lso

be m

et a

s ap

plic

able

. Sta

ndar

ds, r

ules

, cod

es, o

r gu

idel

ines

refe

renc

ed w

ithin

a p

artic

ular

SO

W it

em in

Par

t B a

re a

lso

appl

icab

le.

The

Con

tract

or m

ust a

pply

eac

h st

anda

rd a

nd u

se p

rofe

ssio

nal k

now

ledg

e an

d ex

perie

nce

to e

n-su

re th

at th

e w

ork,

as

carri

ed o

ut o

n th

e Te

rry F

ox, w

ill de

liver

a

vess

el th

at is

com

plia

nt w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

sta

ndar

ds.

28D

oes

the

Can

adia

n C

oast

Gua

rd a

ctua

lly k

now

of f

ive

Die

sel

mec

hani

cal C

PP m

achi

nery

set

s fo

r ice

bre

akin

g of

the

sam

e si

ze a

s th

e C

CG

S Te

rry F

ox?

I thi

nk th

at w

ill be

a d

iffic

ult

requ

irem

ent t

o m

eet.

From

SO

W it

em 1

2.1,

the

follo

win

g se

ctio

ns a

re e

xtra

cted

:3.

3.1.

13.

The

PM

mus

t be

of p

rove

n pe

rform

ance

in ic

e br

eaki

ng

appl

icat

ions

in v

esse

ls o

f com

pa-ra

ble

arra

ngem

ent,

serv

ice,

and

pow

er.

The

Con

tract

or m

ust p

rovi

de fi

ve in

stal

latio

n re

fere

nces

whe

rein

the

prop

osed

PM

has

be

en s

ucce

ssfu

lly a

pplie

d on

Iceb

reak

ers

with

Die

sel-G

eare

d C

P Pr

opel

ler P

M.

3.3.

1.14

.

A

ltern

ativ

ely,

in li

eu o

f ice

brea

king

app

licat

ion

refe

renc

es, t

he

Con

tract

or m

ust p

rovi

de in

stal

latio

n re

fere

nces

whe

rein

the

prop

osed

PM

has

bee

n su

cces

sful

ly a

pplie

d in

equ

ally

ard

uous

ser

vice

app

licat

ions

to ic

ebre

akin

g in

volv

ing

repe

ated

, rap

id, a

nd e

xtre

me

load

cha

nges

from

max

imum

load

to z

ero

load

, and

/or m

axim

um lo

ad in

the

ahea

d di

rect

ion

to m

axim

um lo

ad in

the

aste

rn

dire

ctio

n ov

er p

ro-lo

nged

per

iods

of t

ime.

Not

e th

at 3

.3.1

.14

offe

rs a

ltern

ativ

es. A

nnex

P o

f the

RFP

sha

ll be

upd

ated

(to

Rev

1) a

nd p

ublis

hed

in a

sub

sequ

ent a

men

dmen

t, to

cla

rify

and

incl

ude

as a

M

anda

tory

Crit

eria

requ

irem

ent.

29W

hen

we

atte

nded

the

site

vis

it, w

e w

ere

not a

llow

ed to

look

at

any

of t

he p

ower

dis

tribu

tion

equi

pmen

t; w

e co

uld

not s

ee

insi

de th

e sw

itchb

oard

bec

ause

they

wer

e liv

e. If

this

can

be

the

only

site

vis

it, h

ow c

an w

e kn

ow w

hat i

s in

side

; the

di

men

sion

, etc

.?

Plea

se p

rovi

de a

requ

est d

etai

ling

the

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion

that

you

requ

ire.

30W

ithin

sec

tion

17.1

for t

he 4

0 to

nne

deck

cra

ne,

ther

e is

re

fere

nce

to a

reco

gniz

ed C

lass

ifica

tion

Soci

ety

but i

t onl

y no

tes

one

soci

ety

with

in th

e se

ctio

n (w

hich

is A

BS) w

hich

I be

lieve

is fo

r the

dec

k st

ruct

ure.

Cou

ld y

ou c

onfir

m if

the

cran

e ca

n be

cer

tifie

d to

any

app

rove

d cl

assi

fied

soci

ety?

The

cran

e m

ust m

eet t

he R

egul

ator

y re

quire

men

ts s

et o

ut in

SO

W P

art A

GR

01,

se

ctio

n 5

incl

ud-in

g ap

prov

al in

com

plia

nce

with

the

Car

go F

umig

atio

n R

egul

atio

ns, s

ectio

n 3

17, 1

(b).

This

app

rova

l can

com

e fro

m a

ny o

f the

Can

adia

n G

over

nmen

t app

rove

d C

lass

ifica

tion

Soci

etie

s. T

he B

idde

r mus

t con

firm

with

ABS

th

at th

ey w

ill ac

cept

the

cran

e an

d al

so m

eet t

he re

quire

men

ts o

f ‘AB

S C

ertif

icat

ion

of L

iftin

g Ap

plia

nces

(202

0)’,

as a

pplic

able

.

Page 11

31In

som

e ca

ses,

spe

cific

equ

ipm

ent h

as b

een

defin

ed a

nd, i

n ot

her c

ases

, the

equ

ipm

ent r

epla

ce-m

ent i

s no

t def

ined

. For

th

e eq

uipm

ent t

hat h

as b

een

defin

ed, h

as th

at e

quip

men

t be

en p

revi

ousl

y (a

nd s

ucce

ssfu

lly) i

nteg

rate

d on

ano

ther

sh

ip, f

or in

stan

ce?

Yes,

def

ined

equ

ipm

ent u

nder

sec

tion

18 is

use

d on

oth

er v

esse

ls; C

anad

a w

ishe

s to

hav

e co

mm

onal

ity a

cros

s th

e fle

et.

32At

som

e co

nven

ient

poi

nt, w

ill C

anad

a pl

ease

con

firm

wha

t th

e re

quire

d st

atus

of a

ll de

sign

wor

k is

bef

ore

the

engi

neer

ing

perio

d is

con

side

red

com

plet

e. It

is o

ne th

ing

to

say

the

mai

n en

gine

s m

ust b

e or

dere

d bu

t wha

t is

the

stat

us

requ

ired

for t

hing

s lik

e de

ck e

quip

men

t, au

xilia

ry e

quip

men

t et

c.

Not

all

equi

pmen

t pur

chas

ed is

exp

ecte

d to

be

deliv

ered

dur

ing

the

Initi

al W

ork

Perio

d. A

lthou

gh m

ost o

f the

eng

inee

ring

wor

k is

exp

ecte

d to

be

com

plet

ed b

y th

e C

ritic

al D

esig

n R

evie

w s

tage

(re-

fer t

o An

nex

V fo

r PD

R a

nd C

DR

del

iver

able

s as

w

ell a

s ar

ticle

7.3

3.1

in th

e R

FP),

Can

ada

may

aut

horiz

e ad

ditio

nal t

ime

for s

ome

engi

neer

ing

wor

k du

ring

the

Vess

el W

ork

Perio

d. T

he s

hipy

ard,

how

ever

, will

also

ne

ed e

ngin

eerin

g su

ppor

t dur

ing

the

Vess

el W

ork

Perio

d fo

r wor

king

dra

win

gs a

nd

such

. 33

For t

he w

arra

nty,

whe

n w

e ta

lk a

bout

sea

tria

ls, i

s it

afte

r th

ose

cond

ucte

d in

ice?

War

rant

y w

ill be

gin

afte

r acc

epta

nce.

The

acc

epta

nce

is a

sses

sed

afte

r the

Sea

Tr

ials

at t

he e

nd o

f the

Ves

sel W

ork

Perio

d (Ic

e tri

als

are

not f

easi

ble

in O

ctob

er).

Page 12

34I’m

a li

ttle

wor

ried

abou

t the

tim

elin

e an

d th

e cl

osin

g da

tes.

W

e ha

ve n

ot b

een

able

to d

o m

uch

yet d

ue to

mis

sing

dr

awin

gs. I

was

won

derin

g if

this

will

be ta

ken

into

co

nsid

erat

ion

in re

gard

s to

the

clos

ing

date

s.

The

Can

adia

n C

oast

Gua

rd is

con

duct

ing

a ve

rific

atio

n on

the

cont

ent o

f the

TD

P.

If th

ere

are

any

spec

ific

docu

men

ts o

r dra

win

gs th

at y

ou re

quire

soo

ner,

plea

se

subm

it a

spec

ific

requ

est.

At th

is p

oint

in ti

me,

we

will

not b

e ex

tend

ing

the

bid

clos

ing

date

.

351.

In

rega

rds

to b

id c

losi

ng d

ate,

five

mon

ths

is u

nrea

listic

gi

ven

the

amou

nt o

f eng

inee

ring

requ

ired

upfro

nt. W

ould

PS

PC b

e w

illing

to e

xten

d th

e bi

d pe

riod

to c

lose

in th

e m

onth

of S

epte

mbe

r?2.

At t

he b

idde

rs m

eetin

g, it

was

ask

ed if

it w

as p

ossi

ble

to

have

an

exte

nsio

n to

the

tend

er d

epos

it. C

ould

a o

ne m

onth

ex

tens

ion

to th

e su

bmis

sion

of b

ids

be g

rant

ed?

Can

ada

will

exte

nd th

e bi

d cl

osin

g da

te b

y on

e m

onth

(May

16,

202

2).

Bidd

ers

are

enco

urag

ed, a

s ne

eded

, to

wor

k w

ith k

ey s

uppl

iers

, eng

inee

ring

and/

or

proj

ect m

anag

emen

t firm

s to

dev

elop

thei

r bid

. C

anad

a ha

s in

clud

ed a

n in

itial

8 m

onth

wor

k pe

riod

afte

r con

tract

aw

ard

to c

arry

ou

t det

aile

d de

sign

wor

k an

d pr

ocur

e th

e lo

ng le

ad it

ems.

36W

hy is

a p

hase

d bi

d co

mpl

ianc

e pr

oces

s (P

BCB)

bei

ng

utiliz

ed fo

r thi

s pr

ojec

t ins

tead

of u

sing

a p

re-q

ualif

icat

ion

proc

ess?

It is

our

pol

icy

to a

pply

the

PBC

P fo

r thi

s ty

pe o

f pro

cure

men

t. It

was

det

erm

ined

th

at th

e pr

equa

lific

atio

n pr

oces

s w

as n

ot w

arra

nted

and

that

it is

mor

e ad

vant

ageo

us fo

r Can

ada

to k

eep

the

com

petit

ive

proc

ess

open

.

37Th

e si

te v

isit

time

was

inad

equa

te fo

r a re

quire

men

t as

com

plex

as

this

. Als

o m

any

key

area

s di

d no

t allo

w fo

r ac

cess

, ie

elec

trica

l sw

itchb

oard

s an

d co

nsol

es. W

ill C

anad

a al

low

furth

er s

hip

acce

ss?

Can

ada

is a

rrang

ing

for a

sec

ond

site

vis

it fro

m J

an 1

8 to

21,

202

2, a

t Bot

woo

d,

NL

(refe

r to

Amen

dmen

t 8, i

tem

1).

38In

rega

rds

to R

eque

st fo

r Pro

posa

l (R

FP)

2.7.

1. In

itial

Wor

k Pe

riod,

eig

ht m

onth

s is

inad

equa

te fo

r thi

s w

ork

scop

e. W

ill C

anad

a co

nsid

er 1

4 m

onth

s fo

r thi

s D

efin

ition

Pha

se?

The

Initi

al W

ork

perio

d ha

s an

8 m

onth

min

imum

dur

atio

n pr

ior t

o th

e ve

ssel

arri

val

and

the

star

t of t

he V

esse

l Wor

k Pe

riod.

It c

ould

be

as lo

ng a

s 9

mon

ths,

sub

ject

to

the

dura

tion

of th

e so

licita

tion

proc

ess.

Not

all

equi

pmen

t pur

chas

ed is

exp

ecte

d to

be

del

iver

ed d

urin

g th

e In

itial

Wor

k Pe

riod.

Alth

ough

mos

t of t

he e

ngin

eerin

g w

ork

is e

xpec

ted

to b

e co

mpl

eted

by

the

Crit

ical

Des

ign

Rev

iew

sta

ge (r

efer

to A

nnex

V

for P

DR

and

CD

R d

eliv

erab

les

as w

ell a

s ar

ticle

7.3

3.1

in th

e R

FP),

Can

ada

may

au

thor

ize

addi

tiona

l tim

e fo

r som

e en

gine

erin

g w

ork

durin

g th

e Ve

ssel

Wor

k Pe

riod.

The

Fin

al d

eliv

ery

of w

orki

ng d

raw

ings

, for

exa

mpl

e, c

an o

ccur

afte

r CD

R

and

per t

he a

ctua

l Ves

sel W

ork

Perio

d sc

hedu

le.

At th

is ti

me,

we

will

not i

ncre

ase

the

dura

tion

of th

e In

itial

Wor

k Pe

riod.

AMEN

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stio

ns 1

to 1

0 (re

f 35-

44)

Page 13

39Al

so in

rega

rds

to s

ectio

n R

FP 2

.7.1

. Ini

tial W

ork

Perio

d,

the

RFP

sta

tes

Can

ada

is p

rocu

ring

the

one

PS. P

leas

e ca

n C

anad

a cl

arify

, who

is p

rocu

ring

the

PS, t

he s

hipy

ard

or

Can

ada?

Will

it be

GSM

?

The

Prop

ulsi

on S

yste

m (P

S), p

er th

e SO

W, i

s su

pplie

d by

the

Con

tract

or a

nd w

ill no

t be

supp

lied

by C

anad

a.

In th

e R

FP, D

elet

e (in

its

entir

ety)

:2.

7.1

Inse

rt (th

e se

nten

ce in

bol

d an

d ita

lics

has

been

mod

ified

):2.

7.1

The

Initi

al W

ork

Perio

d of

the

Con

tract

will

star

t at C

ontra

ct A

war

d an

d w

ill ha

ve a

dur

atio

n of

at l

east

eig

ht (8

) mon

ths.

Thi

s pe

riod

will

end

at th

e st

art o

f the

Ve

ssel

Wor

k Pe

riod,

def

ined

in th

e fo

llow

ing

sect

ion.

Dur

ing

this

Initi

al W

ork

Perio

d, th

e C

ontr

acto

r is

proc

urin

g on

e PS

, as

wel

l as

othe

r lon

g le

ad

com

pone

nts

(as

iden

tifie

d in

Ann

ex “

A”

- Sta

tem

ent o

f Wor

k) to

be

fitte

d on

boar

d th

e C

CG

S Te

rry

Fox

durin

g th

e Ve

ssel

Wor

k Pe

riod

. Ad

ditio

nal p

repa

ratio

n ac

tiviti

es c

ondu

cted

dur

ing

the

Initi

al W

ork

Perio

d m

ust

incl

ude

engi

neer

ing

wor

k ne

cess

ary

to e

nsur

e th

e pr

oper

inte

grat

ion

of n

ew

equi

pmen

t on

the

vess

el, a

s w

ell a

s an

y pr

epar

atio

n w

ork

requ

ired

for t

he o

ther

VL

E or

refit

mai

nten

ance

des

crib

ed in

Ann

ex “A

” – S

tate

men

t of W

ork.

Des

ign

Rev

iew

Mee

tings

mus

t tak

e pl

ace

durin

g th

is p

erio

d.

40In

rega

rds

to s

ectio

n 4.

1.1.

2 (i)

Pha

se I:

Fin

anci

al B

id, s

ince

to

the

"sat

isfa

ctio

n of

Can

ada"

is s

ubje

ctiv

e an

d un

defin

ed,

will

Can

ada

publ

ish

its E

valu

atio

n Pl

an?

Will

Can

ada

empl

oy

a Fa

irnes

s M

onito

r?

The

eval

uatio

n pl

an is

alre

ady

publ

ishe

d pe

r sec

tion

4 in

the

RFP

. The

nee

d fo

r a

fairn

ess

mon

itor w

as a

cces

sed

and

was

det

erm

ined

to b

e no

t req

uire

d.

41In

rega

rds

to s

ectio

n 4.

1.2

(c )

Eval

uatio

n Pr

oced

ures

for

Prop

osed

Equ

ival

ent P

rodu

cts,

“If r

eque

sted

dur

ing

eval

uatio

n, th

e Bi

dder

mus

t sub

mit

a sa

mpl

e of

any

pro

pose

d eq

uiva

lent

pro

duct

to th

e C

ontra

ctin

g Au

thor

ity fo

r tes

ting”

. W

ill th

is te

stin

g be

per

form

ed b

y an

inde

pend

ent 3

rd p

arty

or

will

Can

ada

dete

rmin

e th

e eq

uiva

lenc

y? W

ill C

anad

a pa

y fo

r th

is te

st?

Can

ada

will

mak

e ar

rang

emen

ts fo

r tes

ting

to b

e pe

rform

ed in

tern

ally

or c

arrie

d ou

t by

a th

ird p

arty

, as

requ

ired,

and

Can

ada

will

pay

for t

his

test

ing.

42In

rega

rds

to s

ectio

n 4.

1.6

Fina

ncia

l Eva

luat

ion,

will

revi

sion

s to

the

Gov

ernm

enta

l Cov

id p

roto

col,

post

bid

cl

osin

g, b

e pa

id b

y C

anad

a th

roug

h th

e no

rmal

137

9 pr

oces

s?

Any

unfo

rese

en is

sues

that

resu

lt fro

m C

OVI

D-1

9 pr

otoc

ol-re

quire

d ch

ange

s (re

quire

d by

fede

ral/p

rovi

ncia

l and

or m

unic

ipal

revi

sed

regu

latio

ns) a

fter b

id

clos

ing

will

be p

aid

by C

anad

a th

roug

h PW

GSC

137

9, p

rovi

ded

that

the

Con

tract

or

prov

ides

acc

epta

ble

subs

tant

iatio

n, w

hich

may

be

subj

ect t

o an

aud

it.

43M

anda

tory

Tec

hnic

al R

equi

rem

ent M

5-B

is a

low

bar

to p

ass

and

is n

ot re

pres

enta

tive

of th

e co

mpl

exity

of a

maj

or p

roje

ct

leve

l req

uire

men

t. A

$5M

doc

king

for a

ves

sel t

he s

ize

of

CC

GS

Terry

Fox

is n

ot m

uch.

Will

Can

ada

cons

ider

ch

angi

ng th

is e

xper

ienc

e th

resh

old

to a

mor

e ap

prop

riate

co

mpl

exity

leve

l, sa

y $5

0M?

This

requ

irem

ent w

ill no

t be

mod

ified

.

Page 14

44In

rega

rds

to R

FP s

ectio

n 4.

1.3

Tech

nica

l Eva

luat

ion

Who

w

ill pe

rform

the

tech

nica

l eva

luat

ion?

How

will

the

eval

uatio

n be

con

duct

ed?

The

clie

nt d

epar

tmen

t (C

CG

) is

resp

onsi

ble

for t

he te

chni

cal e

valu

atio

n of

the

bids

. (Is

PSP

C re

spon

sibl

e fo

r ove

rall

proc

ess/

prov

ides

an

audi

t fun

ctio

n?) F

or

man

dato

ry te

chni

cal r

equi

rem

ents

list

ed in

Ann

ex P

, eac

h re

quire

men

t (M

#)

incl

udes

two

parts

:1)

The

firs

t par

t sta

tes

the

requ

irem

ent;

and

2) T

he s

econ

d pa

rt id

entif

ies

wha

t nee

ds to

be

subm

itted

in o

rder

to d

emon

stra

te

com

plia

nce.

The

Phas

ed B

id C

ompl

ianc

e Pr

oces

s (P

BCB)

pro

vide

s op

portu

nitie

s w

here

C

anad

a m

ay s

eek

clar

ifica

tion

or re

ques

t add

ition

al in

form

atio

n fro

m B

idde

rs. F

or

deta

ils re

gard

ing

the

PBC

B, re

fer t

o ar

ticle

4.1

.1 o

f the

RFP

.

Man

dato

ry c

riter

ia a

re a

sses

sed

on a

sim

ple

pass

/fail

basi

s. B

ids

that

fail

to m

eet

any

of th

e m

anda

tory

crit

eria

will

be c

onsi

dere

d no

n-re

spon

sive

. For

add

ed d

etai

ls

refe

r to

sect

ion

5.40

and

5.4

0.1

of th

e su

pply

man

ual,

as w

ell a

s se

ctio

n 4.

1.1.

3 in

th

e R

FP.

45SO

W P

art B

SO

W it

em 1

2.1

– ite

ms

3.4.

2.5

& 3.

4.2.

6: M

ain

Engi

ne s

ize

is u

ncle

ar a

nd p

er re

quire

men

t can

not b

e de

term

ined

pre

-con

tract

aw

ard,

can

Can

ada

plea

se p

rovi

de

desi

red

engi

ne s

ize

in k

W?

Bac

kgro

und

Que

stio

n 1:

In it

em 3

.4.2

.5b

it is

men

tione

d th

at 5

0% o

f the

ves

sels

full

elec

trica

l loa

d sh

ould

be

prov

ided

by

the

mai

n en

gine

s vi

a th

e sh

aft g

ener

ator

s. T

he fu

ll el

ectri

cal l

oad

is d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e lo

ad a

naly

sis

defin

ed in

Sec

tion

14.1

.SO

W 1

4.1

requ

ires

a lo

ad a

naly

sis

engi

neer

ing

stud

y, w

here

th

e C

CG

is to

be

cons

ulte

d re

gard

ing

usag

e pr

ofile

s as

per

3.

2.1.

2e. T

his

cons

ulta

tion

is to

hap

pen

post

con

tract

aw

ard,

th

eref

ore

it w

ould

be

impo

ssib

le to

cre

ate

the

load

ana

lysi

s ac

cura

tely

pre

-con

tract

aw

ard.

CC

G to

pro

vide

add

ition

al in

form

atio

n in

Jan

uary

202

2.

46SO

W P

art B

SO

W it

em 1

2.1

– ite

m 3

.4.2

.10,

in o

rder

to

dete

rmin

e w

heth

er th

is re

quire

men

t can

be

met

the

targ

et

engi

ne s

ize

need

s to

be

know

n, c

an C

anad

a sp

ecify

the

engi

ne s

ize?

CC

G to

pro

vide

add

ition

al in

form

atio

n in

Jan

uary

202

2.

47SO

W P

art B

SO

W it

em 1

2.1

– ite

m 3

.4.2

.15

wha

t is

cons

ider

ed lo

w lo

ad o

pera

tion,

and

wha

t are

con

side

red

exte

nded

per

iods

of t

ime?

Idlin

g (n

o lo

ad),

can

occu

r for

up

to 8

hou

rs.

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4 (re

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48SO

W P

art B

SO

W it

em 1

2.1

– ite

m 3

.4.3

.2, w

hat i

s m

eant

by

inte

grat

ion

of th

e M

E C

ontro

ls w

ith th

e G

earb

ox a

nd C

lutc

h co

ntro

ls?

The

engi

ne c

ontro

l sys

tem

s m

ust n

ot o

pera

te in

depe

ndan

tly o

f the

clu

tch

and

gear

box

cont

rols

. En

gine

con

trol f

unct

ions

mus

t be

coor

dina

ted

with

clu

tch

and

gear

box

cont

rols

, eith

er d

irect

ly o

r thr

ough

ove

rall

prop

ulsi

on c

ontro

l and

/or p

ower

m

anag

emen

t con

trol.

49SO

W P

art B

SO

W it

em 1

2.1

– ite

m 3

.4.3

.6, w

hy is

the

elec

troni

c go

vern

or s

peci

fied

to b

e a

Woo

dwar

d 73

3, w

hat

uniq

ue a

ttrib

ute

mak

es th

is s

yste

m m

ost s

uita

ble?

For

man

y di

esel

eng

ines

spe

ed c

ontro

l and

load

sha

ring

is h

andl

ed b

y th

e lo

cal e

ngin

e co

ntro

l sys

tem

. Can

Can

ada

allo

w e

ngin

e m

aker

’s e

ngin

e co

ntro

l sys

tem

to h

andl

e en

gine

spe

ed

cont

rol a

nd lo

ad s

harin

g as

an

equi

vale

nt?

If th

e pr

opos

ed e

ngin

e m

anuf

actu

rer’s

eng

ine

cont

rol a

rrang

emen

t inc

orpo

rate

s st

and

alon

e el

ectro

nic

spee

d an

d lo

ad m

anag

emen

t con

trol h

ardw

are,

then

this

ha

rdw

are

mus

t be

a W

oodw

ard

733

elec

troni

c co

ntro

l.If

the

prop

osee

d en

gine

man

ufac

ture

r’s c

ontro

l arra

ngem

ent i

nclu

des

engi

ne

spee

d an

d lo

ad m

anag

emen

t con

trol a

s in

tegr

al fu

nctio

ns w

ithin

the

engi

ne

man

ufac

ture

r’s c

ontro

l har

dwar

e/so

ftwar

e, a

nd s

tand

alo

ne s

peed

/load

m

anag

emen

t, th

en th

e co

ntro

l har

dwar

e is

not

requ

ired;

this

will

be a

ccep

tabl

e.

Eith

er a

rrang

emen

t mus

t be

com

patib

le w

ith th

e W

oodw

ard

PGG

-EG

eng

ine

mou

nted

act

uato

rs, s

peci

fied

in s

ectio

n 3.

4.3.

7.

50SO

W P

art B

SO

W it

em 1

2.1

– ite

m 3

.4.3

.12,

gau

ges

are

typi

cally

no

long

er u

sed

in a

mod

ern

set u

p. E

ngin

e co

ntro

l sy

stem

s ha

ve th

e pr

oces

s va

lues

ava

ilabl

e on

a d

igita

l loc

al

disp

lay

unit.

Can

ope

ratio

nal p

aram

eter

s be

pro

vide

d di

gita

lly

with

out t

he n

eed

of g

auge

s?

No,

the

gaug

es a

re to

be

supp

lied

as p

er th

e SO

W.

51SO

W P

art B

SO

W it

em 1

2.1

– ite

m 3

.4.5

.18,

this

requ

irem

ent

men

tions

a P

TI, h

owev

er th

e ne

ed o

f a P

TI is

not

men

tione

d in

SO

W 1

3. Is

a P

TI a

requ

irem

ent?

In s

ubfo

lder

3, S

OW

PAR

T B,

and

in fi

le ‘P

art B

Sec

tion

12 –

Pro

puls

ion

& M

aneu

verin

g Sy

stem

s’,

unde

r sec

tion

12.1

PR

OPU

LSIO

N M

ACH

INER

Y R

EPLA

CEM

ENT:

Del

ete

(in it

s en

tiret

y):

3.4.

5.18

Inse

rt:3.

4.5.

18. T

he e

xist

ing

GB

arra

ngem

ent i

nclu

des

a si

ngle

, aux

iliary

Pow

er T

ake

Off

(PTO

) out

put r

ated

for d

rivin

g a

1000

KW

alte

rnat

or.

The

new

GB’

s m

ust b

e ar

rang

ed, i

nste

ad, w

ith a

n au

xilia

ry d

rive

capa

ble

of P

ower

Tak

e O

ff s

uita

ble

for

appl

icat

ion

with

an

elec

trica

l mac

hine

(alte

rnat

or) o

f cap

acity

det

erm

ined

in S

OW

ite

m #

13.1

Sha

ft Al

tern

ator

s &

Pow

er S

tabi

lizat

ion.

The

gea

r man

ufac

ture

r mus

t pr

ovid

e PT

O c

ompo

nent

s up

to a

nd in

clud

ing

the

mat

ing

flang

e on

the

PTO

sha

ft fo

r cou

plin

g of

the

new

sha

ft al

tern

ator

.

52SO

W P

art B

SO

W it

em 1

3.1

- Ite

m 1

.1.1

.2f &

3.3

.1.1

, siz

ing

of p

ower

brid

ge s

yste

m is

to b

e ba

sed

on re

sults

of t

he lo

ad

anal

ysis

def

ined

in s

pec

14.1

. Thi

s lo

ad a

naly

sis

calc

ulat

ion

requ

ires

cons

ulta

tion

from

CC

G re

gard

ing

usag

e pr

ofile

s.

This

mak

es it

impo

ssib

le to

det

erm

ine

size

prio

r to

cont

ract

. C

an C

anad

a pl

ease

pro

vide

the

need

ed ra

ted

outp

ut o

f the

sy

stem

?

CC

G to

pro

vide

add

ition

al in

form

atio

n in

Jan

uary

202

2.