Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
Modernization of the Translation Bureau directory -
Supply Arrangements (SA) for Translation services
The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises and Strategic
Engagement (OSME-SE), Acquisitions Branch (AB) and the
Translation Bureau of Public Works and Government Services
Canada have held a number of consultations with suppliers since
2007 to provide context regarding translation services within
the federal government and to obtain feedback on current and
future procurement methods. In addition, the Translation Bureau
have conducted a number of studies in recent years to gather
information on the language industry in Canada and abroad and to
survey the capacity of the private sector to provide the
Government of Canada with linguistic services.
A common recommendation that emerged from the various studies
and consultations was to establish a national procurement
strategy for linguistic services and review contracting methods
for this business line.
Supply arrangements (SA)
In order to modernize its directory of translation suppliers,
the Translation Bureau, together with AB is launching a Request
for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) for Translation services and other
linguistic services related to translation. The modernization
aims to improve the quality of the directory and its operations,
both for the Translation Bureau and for suppliers.
A Supply Arrangement (SA) is a procurement method used by PWGSC
to expeditiously process individual bid solicitations resulting
in contracts for the delivery of the goods and services
required. SAs save suppliers and Canada time by pre qualifying
solicited suppliers and establishing and communicating essential
clauses and conditions in advance.
SAs will enable the Translation Bureau to obtain bids and award
contracts using a pool of pre qualified suppliers for specific
requirements, with a larger emphasis on quality, within the
scope of the SA.
SAs will help the Translation Bureau divide its requirements
based on suppliers' capacity and streamline the solicitation
process to make contracts available, in a fair and equitable
manner, to small and medium enterprises, regardless of whether
they are independent freelance translators or translation firms.
AB and the Translation Bureau invite translation suppliers to
actively participate in activities related to this procurement
process for renewing the Bureau's directory.
Next steps
September 2013: Publication of a letter of interest and draft
RFSA documents.
October 2013: Industry consultations. Members of the language
industry will be invited to provide feedback on the Bureau's
RFSA project.
November 2013: Official publication of the RFSA on
Buyandsell.gc.ca and start of the official solicitation process.
Spring 2014: Launch of the Translation Bureau directory.
Suppliers are encouraged to visit Buyandsell.gc.ca frequently to
keep abreast of the progress of the project.
For more information on SAs, please consult the "For Businesses"
tab
(https://buyandsell.gc.ca/for-businesses) on Buyandsell.gc.ca.
If you have any questions or comments on the Translation
Bureau's Request For Supply Arrangement project, please contact
France Cardinal at 819-956-1778 or
f••••••••@••••••••.••.ca.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
