Basic Information

Reference Number

0000059466

Issuing Organization

CBC/Radio Canada

Solicitation Type

RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal)

Solicitation Number

RFSA LEG20170622

Title

Hostile Environment and High Risk Training

Source ID

FD.CO.CAN.458875.C55730

Agreement Type

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Details

Location

Canada, All of Canada, All of Canada

Description

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING COMPLETELY AND CAREFULLY PAYING ATTENTION TO ALL REQUIREMENTS AND DATES.

CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking Proposals from industry in response to its Request for Supply Arrangements (“RFSA”) to provide Hostile environment training services for CBC/Radio-Canada.

An Agreement resulting from this RFSA will be for two (2) years with two (2) irrevocable option(s) to extend for two (2) year period(s) starting October 2017 to September 2019.

1. SUMMARY OF REQUIRED SERVICES:

The key objective in issuing this Request for Supply Arrangements (“RFSA”) is to identify CBC/Radio-Canada’s future Supplier(s) for the provision of training courses to CBC/Radio-Canada as per follows:
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Surviving Hostile Environments Course – 5 day basic course (International Deployment)
Surviving Hostile Environments Course – 3 day refresher course (International Deployment)
Domestic Training Course – 1-2 day basic course (Deployment in Canada)
Online General Travel Safety Training – 45 minute online course (International Travel)

2. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION:

This RFSA is opened only to Proponents who meet each of the following mandatory requirements as evidenced in its written request for RFSA documents:

2.1       The proponent will have to demonstrate that he can provide high quality courses to meet CBC/Radio-Canada objectives. Courses have been developed for employees whose work may take them to a war zone, civil disturbance or natural disaster area. The objective of these courses is to provide personal safety, survival techniques to employees working in these environments. Each course addresses the need for planning, personal security and reporting in a hazardous environment, as well as the medical concerns that need to be addressed. These techniques will enable participants to safely report from natural disaster areas, public disorder situations and stories covering men made disasters.

2.2       The Proponent must clearly demonstrate their experience with the Media and their understanding of the media operations and how the training they offer is tailored to this market.

2.3       The Services covered by this RFSA can be delivered to all major CBC/Radio-Canada locations (national and international) and as required by the provider (please identify your training locations) could also be available at their venues or at CBC/Radio-Canada identified venues.

The two principle locations where training requirements are of major need would be Montreal and Toronto

2.4       Company must confirm that they can operate in Canada.

3. TO REQUEST THE RFSA
3.1 The Proponent must submit no later than Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:00 pm EDT , an e-mail to the CBC/Radio-Canada Representative for this RFSA (see item 4 below for co-ordinates).

The Proponent must include all documents required under item 2 above and written evidence that it currently meets each of the Mandatory Requirements with SIGNATURE of a duly authorized representative attesting that it does.

If you have not received acknowledgement of your request within forty-eight (48) hours it is your responsibility to resubmit your request.

3.2 The Proponent is to include the co-ordinates of the person in its organization who shall be the sole contact for the purpose of this RFSA as follows:

3.2.1 Legal Name of Proponent;
3.2.2 Name of Contact;
3.2.3 Title;
3.2.4 E-mail Address;
3.2.5 Telephone Number;
3.2.6 Mobile Number;
3.2.7 Address (Street, City, Province/State, Country, Postal Code);
3.2.8 Website URL

To ensure that the bid is valid, all bidders must and have to obtain the documents of the RFSA. The file of the RFSA package must be ordered directly from Merx. Please note that CBC/Radio-Canada is not responsible for the distribution of the documents.

4. CONTACT WITH CBC/RADIO-CANADA
Any contact with CBC/Radio-Canada at this stage of the RFSA must be undertaken by e-mail only, which will be addressed to the CBC/Radio-Canada Representative for this RFSA, whose co-ordinates appear below. All e-mails pertaining to this RFSA must state the RFSA reference number (RFSA # LEG20170622) in the “Subject” of the e-mail.

CBC/Radio-Canada Representative:

Pauline Valiquette
Senior Manager, Strategic Supply Management
CBC/Radio-Canada
Pauline.valiquette@cbc.ca

5. RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS
Proposals in response to this RFSA are due no later than Monday, July 24,, 2017, 2:00:00 pm EDT

Dates

Publication

2017/06/22 01:13:40 PM EDT

Bid Intent

Not Available

Question Acceptance Deadline

2017/07/07 12:00:00 AM EDT

Questions are submitted online

Closing Date

2017/07/24 02:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Pauline Valiquette

613-288-6014

pauline.valiquette@cbc.ca

Required Acknowledgement

Mandatory Requirements

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Electronic Bid Submission

Envelope 1 - Identity & Proposal

Pricing

No pricing in this envelope

Bid Documents List

Item Name	Description	Mandatory	Limited to 1 file
Response Grid	AppA1_SOW Response Grid	Yes	No
Company Information	AppA3_Company info Response grid	Yes	No
Submission Form	AppC_Submission Form	Yes	No
Supply Arrangement compliance	AppD_Compliance Grid_Standard Supply Arrangement	Yes	No
No entries

Envelope 2 - Pricing

Pricing

In attached document

Bid Documents List

Item Name	Description	Mandatory	Limited to 1 file
Cost summary grid	AppA2_ Cost summary grid	Yes	No
Financial stabiity	AppA4_Financial Stability Compliance Grid	Yes	No
No entries

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