Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy:
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
All Bidders please note; the bid solicitation period is extended to May 26, 2016 at 2 PM EDT.
Background:
The Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) on behalf of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is soliciting bids for IRCC’s network of Visa Application Centres (VACs).
VACs provide enhanced administrative support services to Canadian Visa Applicants through a standardized service delivery approach. VACs play the principal role in the mandatory collection of Biometrics for foreign nationalssubmitting a Visa application to come to Canada. VAC Contractors may also offer other value-added services to assist Applicants in completing and submitting their applications.
Canada’s vision involves a single procurement which will award contracts using a regional approach. The potential locations for VACs have been divided into Regions which are further separated into groups as described in Annex C of this solicitation. Successful Bidder(s) will be awarded a contract by Region and will be responsible for providing the services as described herein for VAC locations in that Region. Canada intends to issue 6 contracts, one per Region.
A Task Authorization (TA) process will be included in the contract to manage the Work.
The RFP includes, but is not limited to, the contract terms and conditions,bidder preparation instructions, evaluation procedures and submission tables, the statement of work, pricing tables, security and insurance requirements.
The RFP includes both mandatory and ratedrequirements as part of the evaluation. The winning bidder will be the bidder with the highest overall score based on 60% technical proposal and 40% financial proposal. Additional information of the evaluation of the bids can be found in the RFP.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the WorldTrade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement(CPanFTA) if it is in force, and the Agreementon Internal Trade (AIT).
Contract Period and Deployment:
The proposed Contract Period will be from the date of Contract award to October 31, 2022, with irrevocable options to extend the Contract Periodfor up to 4 additional six-month option periods.
It is Canada’s intention to have all Group A VACs listed under Deployment 1 operational on November 2,2017 and all Group A VACs listed under Deployment 2 operational on November 2, 2018:
Deployment 1: November 2017
- Region 1
- Region 2
- Region 4
- Region 6
Deployment 2: November 2018
For more details on Deployment refer to the attached Bid Solicitation.
Security Requirement:
See Security Requirementsinthe attached Bid Solicitation.
Inquiries and Submissions:
Inquiries regarding this RFP are to be submitted to the contracting officer below.
David Tomei
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Special Procurement Initiatives Directorate
Phone Number: 613-437-7278
Email: T••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
Suppliers may submit their submissions at any time after the posting date of the RFP up to theclosing date.
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Bids may be submitted in either official language
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.
