REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL - HOMESTAY SERVICESThe Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement to provide Homestay services (host families) to students in support of the Military Training Cooperation Program (MTCP). MTCP students are invited by Canada to receive an English Language Teacher Training Course.MANDATORY CRITERIAThe Bidder must meet the following mandatory criteria:M1 The Bidder must have provided a range of Homestay services which include six (6) different periods of four (4) consecutive months where the services provided included at least eighteen (18) host families simultaneously for one (1) or more client organizations in five of the last seven (7) years.M2 The Bidder must provide and maintain a list of up to thirty-six (36) host families that meet all of the conditions listed in paragraph 4.6 of the Statement of Work.The basis of selection will be the responsive Bidder that offers the responsive proposal with the lowest evaluated price.DND reserves the right not to award a contract, regardless of the proposals received.Where this notice and the Request for Proposal differ, the Request for Proposal will prevail.