Notice of Proposed Procurement
1.0 Introduction
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (“CATSA”) is a Crown corporation with headquarters at 99 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6B9. CATSA is responsible for the delivery of consistent, effective and efficient screening of passengers and non-passengers in designated airports. Further information about CATSA can be obtained at www.catsa.gc.ca.
1.1 Estimated Contract Value
$350,000 CAD
2.0 Description
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (“CATSA”) has a requirement to procure a leadership development program, in both official languages, and all services required for its successful implementation, including, but not limited to, design/adaptation, documentation, facilitation, coaching services and ongoing support and maintenance, as further described in Schedule “A” (Statement of Work), no later than February 1, 2019. The Term of any resulting Contract will be for an initial term of approximately three years, renewable for two additional periods of one year, at CATSA’s sole and absolute discretion.
For details see the RFP.
3.0 Procurement Method
This RFP establishes an Open Tendering process to enter into a non-exclusive Contract.
4.0 Term of Resulting Contract
It is anticipated that the term of any resulting Contract will be for an initial term of three years, renewable for two additional periods of one year each, at CATSA’s sole option.
5.0 Address for Submission of Questions and Proposals/Responses; Question Acceptance Deadline and Closing Date
The question acceptance deadline and the closing date are set out in the “Dates” section above. CATSA may extend either or both of such dates.
Questions and proposals/responses must be submitted through the MERX Electronic Bid Submission system at www.MERX.com.
6.0 Mandatory Requirement
The bidder must certify and provide documentation to demonstrate that the bidder’s proposed solution is available in both Official Languages as of the Deadline for Submission of Proposal.
Note: The documentation will also be evaluated as part of R6 (Sample in both Official Languages) of Section 2 (Rated Requirements).
See RFP for details of conditions for participation.
7.0 Rated Requirements
The RFP will contains details of the rated requirements.
8.0 Contractor Selection
All proposals will be examined in accordance with the following process:
Step 1: Confirmation of Compliance to the Mandatory Requirement
Technical Offers will be reviewed for compliance with the Mandatory Requirement described in Schedule “C” (Technical Offer Requirements and Evaluation) of the RFP to confirm that the information, statements and supporting material in the bidder’s Technical Offer substantiate a compliant response. Mandatory Requirements will be confirmed on a simple pass or fail basis. Technical Offers that do not comply with any Mandatory Requirement will be considered non-compliant and will receive no further consideration.
Step 2: Evaluation of Rated Requirements
Technical Offers from Step 1 will be evaluated against the Rated Requirements, as outlined in Schedule “C” (Technical Offer Requirements and Evaluation). Technical Offers will be assigned a score for each rated requirement.
At the end of this Step 2 (Evaluation of Rated Requirements), CATSA will establish a shortlist of up to the top three bidders with the highest total Technical Scores that are within a twenty percent (20%) range of the highest Technical Score. Only the bidders meeting these criteria will be eligible to proceed to the next step of the evaluation and selection process.
Step 3: Presentation
The bidders shortlisted at the end of Step 2 will proceed to Step 3 (Presentation).
The bidder’s presentation will be evaluated against the Rated Presentation Requirements, as outlined in Section 3 (Rated Presentation Requirements) of Schedule “C” (Technical Offer Requirements and Evaluation) of the RFP, and will require the bidder to tangibly demonstrate its compliance to CATSA’s requirements as described in Schedule “A” (Statement of Work), as well as address any questions regarding the technical portion of its Proposal.
Step 4: Evaluation of Financial Offer
Financial Offers will be evaluated and assigned an “Evaluated Price” in accordance with Schedule “D”, (Financial Offer Requirements and Evaluation) of the RFP.
Step 5: Recommendation of Award
The proposal with the highest Weighted Score, as determined by combining the bidder’s Technical and Financial Scores, will be recommended for award of a contract without limitation to any other provision in this RFP, including but not limited to Section 11 (CATSA’s Reserved Rights).
9.0 Use of MERX
CATSA will only use MERX as its web-based forum to post solicitations. As such, the attached procurement document has only been posted on MERX, and all related documents, notices, addendums, and questions and responses thereto will only be posted on MERX.
See MERX at http://www.merx.com for details respecting how to access the solicitation documents and any costs related thereto.
CATSA does not authorize, or make any representations or warranties in respect of, any postings relating to its procurements found on any other web-based forum.
10.0 Language
Proposals may be submitted in either the English or French language.
