The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requires online access to a consumer credit report database in order to extract consumer identity information to support the CRA’s research processes needed to protect Canada’s revenue base, as detailed in Annex A – Statement of Work.
It is estimated that 125,000 to 150,000 searches for identifying data will be conducted per year.
The Contractor’s consumer credit report database must contain at least ten (10) million files.
The Contractor must grant simultaneous access to its consumer credit report database for at least three hundred (300) CRA employees.
The resulting contract will have:
a firm one-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; and
a minimum spend commitment of $28,250.00 (all applicable taxes included) Canadian over the entire period of the resulting contract, which includes any exercised option periods
CONTRACTOR SELECTION METHODOLOGY
The evaluation of proposals will be performed in five (5) steps as follows:
Step 1 – Evaluation against Mandatory Criteria
Step 2 - Evaluation against Point-Rated Criteria
Step 3 – Evaluation of Financial Proposals
Step 4 – Selection
Step 5 – Contract Entry
A 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 OFFICER
All enquiries regarding this Request for Proposal must be directed in WRITING (see email address below) to:
Samuel Snow
Canada Revenue Agency
Administration Directorate
Contracting Division
250 Albert Street, 8th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L5
E-mail address: s••••••••@•••••••.••.ca
ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS
Canada Revenue Agency
Bid Receiving Unit
Ottawa Technology Centre
Receiving Dock
875 Heron Road
Room D-95
Ottawa, ON K1A 1A2
Bids must be received on or before August 22, 2019 at 2:00 pm EDT.
