Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: Suppliers on permanent list or able to meet qualification requirements
Competitive Procurement Strategy:
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
Translation Services Employment Tier 3
EP907-160173/A
Guillot(ZF Div.), Andrée
Telephone No. - (873) 469-3920 ( )
Fax No. - (819) 956-2675 ( )
TRANSLATION SERVICES FROM ENGLISH TO FRENCH FOR EMPLOYMENT (EMP)
GSIN : R109D TRANSLATION SERVICES
Reference number: EP907-160173/A
Solicitation number: EP907-160173/A
Organisation Name: Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Solicitation date: December 1, 2106
Closing date: December 21, 2016 02:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Anticipated start date: January 5, 2017
Contract duration:
The contract period will be for one (1) year for 200 days from the date of contract with an irrevocable option to extend the contract for up to 2 additional one (1) year option of 200 days each.
Solicitation method: Competitive
Application trade agreements: AIT
This market includes translation services that are not, subject to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in accordance with Annex 1001.1b-2, not subject to the Agreement on Government Procurement category of World trade Organization (WTO-AGP).
Comprehensive Land claim Agreement applies: No
Number of contracts: The contracting authority may meet this requirement in whole or in part by awarding one contract.
Requirement Details
Tendering Procedure: Selective Tendering
This bid solicitation is issued only to suppliers who qualified in accordance with the conditions of Supply Arrangement EN966-1403053/D, EN966-1403053/E and EN966-1403053/F on Modernization of the Translation Bureau’s Directory of Linguistic Services suppliers for the Translation Bureau.
Only suppliers who are pre-qualified under the Supply Arrangement EN966-1403053/D, EN966-1403053/E and EN966-1403053/F and have been issued a supply arrangement at the time this bid solicitation is issued, are eligible to bid for the following category:
Field: Employment (EMP)
Language: English to French
Tier: 3
Amount of words per year: 2,000,000
Description of work:
The Translation Bureau is an agency of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) charged with supporting the Government of Canada in its efforts to provide services for, and communicate with, Canadians in the official language of their choice.
This requirement is for translation services, from English into French, as and when requested, in the field of ?’Employment (EMP)’’, for all federal departments and agencies served by the Translation Bureau.
Nature of texts to be translated:
Corporate and specialized documents on topics such as:
- Human resource management;
- Employment and social security.
The types of documents to be translated include, but are not limited to, the following: work descriptions, statements of merit criteria competency profiles, minutes, news releases, briefing notes, decisions, PowerPoint presentations, correspondence, mandates, studies, reports, policies, guidelines, procedures, manuals, standards, discussion papers, parliamentary questions and answers, training courses, planning documents and legislation and regulation documents.
Documents related, but not limited to, the implementation of legislation on employment and social development, such as the Employment Insurance Act, the Employment Equity Act, the Canadian Labour Code and the Canada Pension Plan. And among other things, minutes of meetings, press releases, speeches, speaking notes, briefing notes, questions and answers, reports, memoranda, training manuals, instructions for various applications (for example, applications for a social insurance number, pension benefits or Employment Insurance) and documents for target audiences such as migratory workers, seniors and students, documents on the labour market, students loans and recognition of foreign skills titles.
The translation style required is usually formal.
Security requirements: There is no security requirement associated with this bid solicitation.
Contracting Authority
Name: Andrée Guillot
Telephone Number: 873-469-3920
Email address: a••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
Inquiries:
Inquiries regarding this RFP requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above.
Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be e-mailed directly from the Contracting Authority to the Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement.
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with any supplier on any procurement.
Documents 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.
