SEN-012 24/25 - Investigation services

The Senate of Canada (Senate) is seeking proposals to establish Standing Offer Agreements (SO) for investigation services for the Senate. The term of each resulting SO will be for a period of two (2) years from the date of SO award, with the option to renew the SO for two (2) additional one-year (1) periods as defined in the statement of work at Annex “A”.

In compliance with the Senate Harassment and Violence Prevention Policy, the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Standing Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration as well as the Senate’s Health and Safety Policy Committee will jointly review and approve the list of investigators prior to the issuance of a Standing Offer (SO).

Enquiries regarding this RFSO must be received by e-mail at: proc-appr@sen.parl.gc.ca, no later than August 13, 2024 by 11:00am EDT. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered. Bidders should reference as accurately as possible the numbered item of the bid solicitation to which the enquiry relates. Care should be taken by bidders to explain each question in sufficient detail in order to enable the Senate of Canada to provide an accurate answer. Enquiries that are of a proprietary nature must be clearly marked "proprietary" at each relevant item. Items identified as "proprietary" will be treated as such except where the Senate of Canada determines that the enquiry is not of a proprietary nature. The Senate of Canada may edit the question(s) or may request that the Bidder do so, in order that the proprietary nature of the question(s) is eliminated, and the enquiry can be answered to all bidders. Enquiries not submitted in a form that can be distributed to all bidders may not be answered by the Senate of Canada.

To ensure the equality of information among Bidder, answers to enquiries which are relevant to the RFSO will be provided to all Bidders by simultaneously posting responses to CanadaBuys without revealing the sources of the inquiry.