... The C3 has provided a Managed Clothing Solution (MCS) to DND for the past 20 years. This contract supplies approximately 1,400 items of clothing for over 160,000 military and DND civilian users. This includes clothing items such as Regular and Reserve Force service dress uniforms (for all Environments), occupation-specific clothing items (such as for Firefighters, Military Police and civilian drivers), as well as, clothing for the Canadian Rangers, Junior Rangers and Cadet organizations. The orders are shipped directly to the members and to military Bases’ clothing stores (outlets) within set service schedules.
The DND achieves benefits from reduced warehousing and inventory handling costs, improved delivery timeframes and increased user satisfaction. The C3 includes design and engineering services which has allowed for the improvement of items on the contract to address evolving requirements. The C3 framework focuses the DND team on its core business and exploits industry’s expertise to optimize the performance of the DND supply chain. This contract has allowed the DND to find efficiencies in its business processes.
The C3 has been tendered competitively three times since its inception. The current contract, with the option years, will expire on January 31, 2018, at which time Canada has the intention to extend the contract to ensure that military personnel continue to have access to uniforms. This extension will provide Canada with sufficient time to develop a competitive procurement strategy informed by comprehensive industry engagement and the development of a Sustainment Business Case Analysis ...
