The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is seeking to establish Standing Offer Agreements to perform polygraph examination services on an ‘as and when required’ basis in accordance with established protocol and procedures.
This Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) is intended to issue Standing Offer Agreements to the top three responsive Offers.
The resulting Standing Offer Agreements will be from Standing Offer Agreement issue date to March 31st, 2014 with an irrevocable option to extend for up to two (2) additional one (1) year periods.
The offers will be evaluated using mandatory and point-rated criteria. To be considered responsive, a proposal must comply with all the requirements of the RFSO, meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria, and obtain an overall score of 70% in the point rated evaluation criteria.
The three (3) responsive offers with the highest number of points will be recommended for issuance of a standing offer, provided that the total evaluated price does not exceed the budget available for this requirement.
In the event of a tie on points, the Offeror with the lowest price will be recommended for issuance of a standing offer, provided that the total evaluated price does not exceed the budget available for this requirement.
The maximum funding available for these Standing Offer(s) resulting from the bid solicitation is $60,000.00/year for a total of $180,000.00 for three (3) years (Goods and Services Tax or Harmonized Sales Tax extra, as appropriate). Offers valued in excess of this amount will be considered non-responsive. This disclosure does not commit Canada to pay the maximum funding available.
The proposed resource must meet the following mandatory requirements:
- The proposed resource must possess a valid Canadian Association of Police Polygraphists’ (CAPP) membership. Must provide a copy of membership at time of bid submission.
- The proposed resource must possess a certification obtained upon the successful completion of a polygraph training program provided by either the Canadian Police College Polygraph School or any equivalent* training program. Must provide a copy of certificate at time of bid submission.
*A request for equivalency must be submitted for review to the Standing Offer Authority a minimum of ten (10) calendar days prior to closing for evaluation. Any equivalency request received after this date will not be considered.
- The proposed resource must possess a minimum of twelve (12) months demonstrated experience conducting polygraph examinations as a certified polygraph examiner.
- The proposed resource must possess a minimum of twelve (12) months demonstrated experience conducting Pre-employment Polygraph (PEP) examinations using the ‘Reverse Control Technique’ OR a well justifiable equivalent* PEP examination, utilizing similar techniques as the ‘Reverse Control Technique’.
*A request for equivalency must be submitted for review to the Standing Offer Authority a minimum of ten (10) calendar days prior to closing for evaluation. Any equivalency request received after this date will not be considered.
This requirement is subject to the following Trade Agreements:
- North American Free Trade Agreement – NAFTA
- Agreement on Internal Trade – AIT
- World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement – WTO-AGP
The RCMP has published its National Procurement Plan for 2012-2013. For further information, please see link:
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/cm-gg/index-eng.htm
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/cm-gg/index-fra.htm
