W0152-17-AA011 - Socio Economy Study- Update (W0152-17-AA011)

Request for Proposal (RFP) – W0152-17-AA011- Socio Economy Study- Update

Requirement

The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for an update of the study “Socio-Economic Impacts of Canadian Forces Installations on Host Communities.

The contract period is from contract award to 31 March 2017. 

No security requirement is associated with this requirement.

Background

Centre for Costing in Defence updates the report “Socio-Economic Impacts of Canadian Forces Installations on their Host Communities” report every five years. The update aims at assessing the potential impact of CF bases/installations on host communities. The previous report was published in 2011, which referenced FY 2009-10 DND expenditures data and Statistics Canada 2006 census.

Tasks

The Contractor will assess the economic impact of defence spending in the local area using Input/Output methodology to identify an estimated "indirect" impact and other spin-off or "consumption induced" impacts. Should another methodology be proposed, the justification should be explained clearly into the Proposal. 

The study shall include a quantitative description of the host/local civilian community based on most current data available (including but not limited to the 2011 Census) including:

Size of local population broken down by major age groups and level of education; Size of labour force with statistics on employment and on breakdown by industry and by occupation;  

Size of municipal tax base;  

Housing statistics from census data;  

Description of the local industrial base; and  

Size of school-aged children population by age group. f. a comparison analysis and accompanying table(s) is necessary to demonstrate the importance of the military installation to the host communica supplier, they must comply with the provision of the security requirements as outlined in Amendment 1, Annex 2, contained in the tender documents.

The tender closing date is: March 10, 2015

The tender closing time is: 14:00 hours, local time.

Sealed tenders will be received at the following location:

Vancouver Island Construction Association 1075 Alston Street, Victoria, British Columbia V9A 3S6

Fax No.: (250) 388-5183

Please note that the tender results for this project are available from the Bid Opening Office and from the DCC Site at telephone: (250) 363-5742.

Inquiries relating to this solicitation are to be directed ONLY to the DCC Contracting Authority mentioned below.

Bidders who contact anyone other than the DCC Contracting Authority to obtain clarifications during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, be disqualified.

The STANDARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT DOCUMENTS -VERSION 2012, including the Instructions to Tenderers - (Form DCL 193) forms part of the Tender Package by reference.

A hard copy of these documents can be ordered from MERX at telephone No.: 1 (800) 964-6379 (MERX Reference No. 241835).

All questions for this tender are to be addressed to Michael Morris at Michael.Morris@dcc-cdc.gc.ca

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