Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall
Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:
The Government Electronic Tendering Service on Buyandsell.gc.ca
Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) and Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) for Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS)
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS:
The Government Electronic Tendering Service on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders is the sole authoritative source for Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade agreements or subject to departmental policies that require public advertising of tenders.
Suppliers interested in submitting a response to this RFSA and the RFSO solicitation can access the documentations directly from this PWGSC Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) publication at:
https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders.
SECURITY REQUIREMENT:
Before issuance of a SO and/or SA the Supplier must hold a valid Designated Organization Security (DOS) clearance
granted by PWGSC CISD.
THIS RECOMPETITION FOR TBIPS SOLICIT:
All TBIPS Holders must submit a bid under the RFSO/RFSA EN578-055605/G solicitation document.
· A TBIPS Standing Offer Holder is a qualified supplier who received a Standing Offer (SO) under RFSO/RFSA EN578-055605/E.
· A TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holder is a qualified supplier who received a Supply Arrangement (SA) under RFSO/RFSA EN578-055605/E and/or RFSA EN578-055605/F: Period 1 and/or Period 2 and/or Period 3 and/or Period 4.
· New suppliers to become Suppliers for the TBIPS Method of Supply;
Suppliers are reminded of the importance of reading the Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) solicitation document carefully before submitting a response to the RFSO/RFSA.
BACKGROUND
This document will serve to refresh the Terms and Conditions in place for the provision of TBIPS and to maintain the current SO and/or SA awarded under RFSO/RFSA EN578-055605/E and/or RFSA EN578-055605/F: Period 1 and/or Period 2 and/or Period 3 and/or Period 4.
REQUIREMENT:
This solicitation is a RFSO/RFSA to satisfy Canada's requirement for the provision of TBIPS to locations throughout Canada, excluding any locations in areas subject to any of the Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement.
This procurement vehicle includes seven Streams:
LIST STREAMS:
Stream 1. Application Services Stream 2. Geomatic Services Stream 3. IM/IT Services Stream 4. Business Services Stream 5. Project Management Services Stream 6. Cyber Protection Services Stream 7. Telecommunications Services
THREE REFRESH PERIODS AFTER THE RECOMPETITION:
After the date of issuance of the SO's and SA's, a refresh process will be initiated which enables the pre-qualification of new suppliers and/or further pre-qualification to add streams, categories, tier, region, metropolitan area for existing Suppliers already included in the ePortal of the Centralized Professional Services System (CPSS).
All suppliers must submit an offer/arrangement before the submission due date of an annual re-competition in order to continue to provide services under its resulting SO and/or SA.
SET-ASIDE PROGRAM FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS:
Part of this procurement may be designated by one or more Identified Users as set-aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB). In these specific cases, (i) the procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for set-asides for small and minority businesses, and (ii) as per Article 1802 of the AIT, the AIT does not apply.
In order to be considered as an Aboriginal Business under the PSAB, the Supplier must complete the Aboriginal Business certification contained in the Data Collection Component of the CPSS.
By executing the certification, the Supplier warrants that it is an Aboriginal business as defined in the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business.
LOCATION OF SERVICES:
The document titled "Definitions of the National Zone, Regions and Metropolitan Areas" at the following link are incorporated by reference into any resulting SO and/or SA, with the exception that the National Zone is to be considered as another Region: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/dznrrm-dnzrma-eng.ht ml
The following Regions and Metropolitan areas may receive Services under this supply arrangement where a Supplier is qualified to do so:
Regions:
National Zone, Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Western, Pacific, National Capital.
Metropolitan Areas:
Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria, National Capital Region.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:
The services to be provided will be delivered in one or both of the two official languages of Canada according to the requirements of the Identified User.
CENTRALIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SYSTEM (CPSS):
All suppliers that want to submit a response to this RFSA/RFSO will have to establish an account in the Supplier Module of the PWGSC Centralized Professional Services System (CPSS) e-Portal. Instructions on accessing the Supplier Module e-Portal application are specified in the RFSA/RFSO document published on Buy and Sell.
Suppliers will be required to submit a portion of their technical bid through the CPSS e-Portal Supplier Module.
NOTE: As the CPSS e-Portal does not currently accommodate digital signatures, Suppliers will also be required to submit documents in hard copy format through the Bid Receiving Unit. Instructions in the RFSA/RFSO provide actuel de son matériel de SECOM, le fournisseur devait fournir les renseignements relatifs aux coûts associés, aux échéances, aux risques, aux modalités contractuelles et au partage des coûts. Le document sur les constatations résume les renseignements reçus des fournisseurs.
L'énoncé des besoins (EB) relatif au dispositif de SECOM exigé est disponible sur demande auprès de l'autorité des achats mentionnée ci-dessus.
Il est prévu que toute demande de propositions ou demande d'offres à commandes sera seulement soumise en 2013 ou en 2014.
RENCONTRES INDIVIDUELLES DES REPRÉSENTANTS DE L'INDUSTRIE
Les membres de l'équipe du projet SECOM sont heureux d'organiser des rencontres individuelles supplémentaires, soit en personne ou par téléconférence, avec les soumissionnaires à leur demande. Les rencontres en personne se tiendront à une installation du gouvernement fédéral dans la région de la capitale nationale. Les rencontres se dérouleront à une date et à une heure qui conviennent à la fois au fournisseur et aux membres de l'équipe du projet SECOM. Les rencontres pourront être organisées aux installations du fournisseur, à l'entière discrétion des membres de l'équipe du projet SECOM. En outre, les membres de l'équipe du projet sont prêts à mener ce type de rencontres après la date de clôture ciblée dans l'avis et pendant toute la phase précédent la diffusion de la DP ou jusqu'à nouvel ordre. Afin d'organiser une rencontre, veuillez communiquer avec l'autorité des achats identifiée ci-après.
Toutes les questions et réponses substantielles et non exclusives ayant fait l'objet de discussion pendant ces rencontres seront consignées et mises à la disposition des entrepreneurs participant au processus de consultation de l'industrie. Les questions peuvent être modifiées afin que les éléments de nature exclusive des questions soient supprimés.
La participation aux rencontres individuelles n'est pas nécessaire pour répondre à la DI ou à toute DP subséquente. Date de livraison : Indiquée ci-dessus
L'État se réserve le droit de négocier les conditions de tout marché avec les fournisseurs.
Les documents peuvent être présentés dans l'une ou l'autre des langues officielles du Canada.
