DESCRIPTION
The NEB has three small units (Financial Management, Financial Reporting and Accounting Operations) within the Financial Services Team responsible for the NEB’s financial management as well as central agency compliance requirements. Two groups are led by a Group Leader, while the third is led by the Director who oversees the entire Team. The mixture of personnel on the team includes: clerical/data entry staff, financial analytical staff, and a technical specialist. Non-baseline workload requirements for the Financial Services Team has been and continues to be at a level where current resources cannot support the workload requirements. Specific project details/resources are not clearly known at this time.
PERIOD OF CONTRACT
The term of the contract will be from the effective date of the contract to September 15th, 2017. In addition, the bidder will grant to the National Energy Board one (1) irrevocable option to extend the original term of the contract.
EVALUATION PROCESS AND SELECTION METHODOLOGY
Basis of Selection - Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit (60%) and Price (40%)
To be declared responsive, a bid must:
comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation;
meet all the mandatory evaluation criteria; and
obtain the required minimum number of points specified in Attachment 1 to Part 4 for the point rated technical criteria.
The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will be recommended for award of a contract. In the event two or more responsive bids have the same highest combined rating of technical merit and price, the responsive bid that obtained the highest overall score for all the point rated technical criteria will be recommended for award of a contract.
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:
Before award of a contract, the following conditions must be met:
the Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;
the Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must meet the security requirement as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;
the Bidder must provide the name of all individuals who will require access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work sites.
