Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
COLLECTION SERVICES OF FINES OWED TO THE CROWN
Title:
Request for Proposal - Collection Services for Outstanding
Federal Fines
Background:
Prior to September 1996, provincial authorities generally
handled the collection of federal fines and the provincial
courts across Canada would simply issue a warrant of committal
in cases where a federal fine remained unpaid after it became
due. No further collection action would be taken, and
incarceration for unpaid fines was the most frequent consequence
for default of payment.
The National Fine Recovery Program (NFRP) was nationally
implemented in 2002 by the former Federal Prosecution Service,
within the federal Department of Justice. Its mandate was to
enforce sentences by recovering outstanding federal fines
ordered against individuals and companies convicted under
federal statutes. Federal fines refer to fines levied against
individuals and companies after a conviction in a court of law
for an offence prosecuted by the Public Prosecution Service of
Canada (PPSC).
The PPSC, which was created by Act of Parliament in 2006, was
issued an assignment by the Attorney General of Canada in
September 2007 to administer the NFRP.
The NFRP employed small recovery units located in eight regional
PPSC offices (Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto,
Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax), covering ten provincial
jurisdictions. The PPSC decided to outsource the majority of the
collection work handled by the NFRP to private collection
agencies.
Scope:
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) has a
requirement for Debt Collection Services as part of the National
Fine Recovery Program (NFRP), as defined in Annex A, Statement
of Work. PPSC requires the services from the date of contract
for a period of two (2) years, with the option to extend for one
(1) additional one (1) year period.
Security Requirement:
There are security requirements associated with this
requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 -
Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 -
Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel
and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders
should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public
Works and Government Services Canada
(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.
Selection Methodology
Basis of Selection - Lowest Evaluated Price
A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation
and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared
responsive.
The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be
recommended for award of a contract.
To be declared responsive, a bid must:
(a) comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation;
(b) meet all mandatory evaluation criteria; and
(c) obtain the required minimum number of points specified in
Attachment 1 to Part 4 for the point rated technical criteria.
Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) will be declared
non-responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated
price will be recommended for award of a contract. In the event
two or more responsive bids have the same lowest evaluated
price, the responsive bid that obtained the highest overall
score for all the point rated technical criteria subject to
point rating detailed in Attachment 1 to Part 4 will be
recommended for award of a contract.
Enquiries
All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting
Authority no later than ten (10) calendar days before the bid
closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be
answered.
Name of the Standing Offer Authority: Karen Marcotte
E-mail address: k••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
72000-120022/B
Marcotte, Karen
Telephone No. - (819) 956-8165
Fax No. - (819) 956-2675
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.
