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CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking Proposals to find an external firm to carry out a dozen annual online surveys of Canada's French-speaking population.
An Agreement resulting from this RFX may potentially be for one (1) year with four (4) irrevocable options to extend for one (1) year period.
1. SUMMARY OF REQUIRED GOODS/SERVICES:
The key objectives in issuing this RFP are as follows:
Radio-Canada would be responsible for developing the surveys, while the chosen firm would be responsible for programming the questionnaires, putting them online, collecting data from a web panel representative of the French-speaking population, and cleaning and processing the data after collection, including the production of banners.
2. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:
The following mandatory requirements have to be answered in the Appendix A1 – SOW Response Grid.
● Be able to execute the mandate in French including a French-speaking interlocutor who will be the contact for this mandate.
● Own a French-language platform.
● Own or have access to a pan-Canadian panel representative of Canada's French-speaking population. This panel must be of sufficient size to 1) obtain 1,500 completed responses for each survey; 2) provide at least 50% of respondents who are different from one survey to the next (distinct individuals), to avoid having the same people respond all the time.
3. TO OBTAIN THE RFP DOCUMENTATION
As CBC/Radio-Canada uses MERX (https://www.MERX4.MERX.com/cbc) to manage its solicitation process, all Proponents must obtain the RFX documents through MERX. Here is the link to the MERX Supplier User Guide
for new users https://www.merx.com/cms-portals/MERX/cms/public/help/guides/supplieruserguide-v1.0.pdf
- Determine your eligibility to participate based on the description/objective statement for the RFP.
- To obtain the documents you must be registered with MERX. If you are not already registered, please follow the MERX Supplier User Guide link above and/or call 1-800-964-6379.
Please note that CBC/Radio-Canada is not responsible for the distribution of the documents.
- COMMUNICATION WITH CBC/RADIO-CANADA
Any contact with CBC/Radio-Canada prior to obtaining the RFP documentation must be undertaken by e-mail only, addressed to the CBC/Radio-Canada Representative, whose co-ordinates appear below. All e-mails pertaining to this RFP must state the RFP reference number (RFP # COM20241216) in the “Subject” of the e-mail.
Rajeev Roopnah
Sr. Manager, Supply Management
Finance and Administration
CBC/Radio-Canada
E-mail: Rajeev.Roopnah@cbc.ca
- Once the tender documents have been obtained, Proponents may have queries, require further information or clarification, or discover certain omissions or ambiguities in the RFP documents. If so, or if there is any doubt about the meaning of any part of this RFP, must submit their questions through MERX no later than the date specified in PART I: INTRODUCTION, Table 1: Critical Dates in the RFP Process of the main document.
CBC/Radio-Canada reserves the right, at its discretion, to answer only those questions submitted through MERX.
5. RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS
Proposals must be received by CBC/Radio-Canada, via electronic submission to the MERX Website (www.MERX.com) no later than 05 March 2025 at 8:00:00 pm, Eastern Time.
The Proponent has the sole responsibility for the timely receipt of a Proposal by CBC/Radio-Canada. The Proponent cannot transfer such responsibility to CBC/Radio-Canada. The MERX clock shall be used to determine the time of receipt of the Proposal, whether the time indicated on such clock is accurate or not.
Partial Proposals, amendments or revisions which are received after the date and time for the RFP Submission Closing Date will not be accepted.
