The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requires access, on an as-and-when requested basis, to U.S., and international credit report databases in order to extract data from consumer and commercial credit reports. This service supports the CRA’s research processes that are used to protect Canada’s revenue base. It is estimated that between 1,400 to 1,600 searches will be conducted per year as follows: approximately 50% of the searches conducted will be for U.S. consumer reports;approximately 20% of the searches conducted will be for U.S. commercial reports;approximately 20% of the searches conducted will be for international consumer reports; andapproximately 10% of the searches conducted will be for international commercial reports.The requirement is divided into four (4) groups as follows:GROUP A: U.S. CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTSGROUP B: U.S. COMMERCIAL CREDIT REPORTSGROUP C: INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTSGROUP D: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CREDIT REPORTSBidders may submit a proposal for one group or multiple groups. The CRA will evaluate bids for each group separately.The Bidder with the highest ranked responsive bid in each group and meeting all the mandatory requirements will be recommended for award of a contract for the respective group.The CRA reserves the right to award one (1) contract for the groups that a Bidder is successful in.For example, if Bidder 1 submits bids for each of groups A, B, and C, and is the highest ranked responsive bid for all three groups, then the CRA may award one (1) contract to Bidder 1 for groups A, B, and C.A resulting contract will have:a firm two-year period and three (3) one-year option periods;the option to add, remove, or modify products from the Contract, if the need arises, due to a shift in legislation, policy, or program requirements; anda minimum spend commitment of five (5) % of the maximum contract value of the initial contract period (all applicable taxes included). This minimum spend commitment may be satisfied by CRA over the entire period of the resulting contract, which includes any exercised option periods.CONTRACTOR SELECTION METHODOLOGYThe evaluation of proposals will be performed in five (5) steps as follows:Step 1 – Evaluation against Mandatory CriteriaStep 2 - Evaluation against Point-Rated CriteriaStep 3 – Evaluation of Financial ProposalsStep 4 – SelectionStep 5 – Contract EntryA bid must comply with the requirements of the solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive.The responsible bid with the highest ranked responsive bid will be considered the highest ranked bidder and will be recommended for contract award. Proposal documents and supporting information may be submitted in either English or French.The CRA reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.CONTRACTING OFFICERAll enquiries regarding this Request for Proposal must be directed in WRITING (see email address below) to Samuel Snow.E-mail address: s••••••••@•••••••.••.caSUBMISSION OF BIDSBIDDERS ARE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO:Canada Revenue AgencyBid Receiving U•••••••@•••••••.••.caBids will not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. This email address must be used to request that CRA open a Connect conversation, as detailed in Standard Instructions 2003. Bidders must not use their own licensing agreement for Connect to initiate a Connect conversation with CRA.Bidders are hereby advised that the Bid Receiving Unit of CRA is available Monday to Friday inclusive, between the hours of 0830 and 1500 EDT, excluding those days that the federal government observes as a holiday.Due to the nature of this solicitation, electronic transmissions of a proposal by facsimile is not considered to be practical and therefore will not be accepted.Bids must be received on or before June 14, 2022 at 02:00 pm EDT.
