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:
Learning Services SOSA
E60ZH-1700LS/B
This Request for Supply Arrangement/Standing Offer (RFSA/RFSO) is to solicit bids for the provision of Learning Services (LS) to all federal government departments and crown corporations.
Suppliers interested in submitting a response to this RFSA/RFSO may access the bid solicitation documents directly from this Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) publication.
REQUIREMENT
This solicitation is a RFSA/RFSO to satisfy Canada’s requirement for the provision of Learning Services to locations throughout Canada, excluding any locations in areas subject to any of the Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement, and the Canada-PanamaFree Trade Agreement if it is in force.
The period of the SOs and SAs will be from issuance for a period of 18 months.
BACKGROUND
This document will serve to qualify new suppliers and to maintain currently awarded LS SAs and SOs.
New Bidders:
In order to be considered for a LS SA and/or SO, it is mandatory to submit a bid in accordance with this RFSA/RFSO by the closing date and time indicated on page 1 of this RFSA/RFSO, an comply with the mandatory requirements of this solicitation.
Existing Suppliers:
In order to maintain your current LS SA and/or SO, it is mandatory to submit a bid in accordance with this RFSA/RFSO Re-Competition by the closing date and time indicated on Page 1 of this RFSA/RFSO. It is also an opportunity to include additional information to your existing SA and/or SO such as Streams, Categories, Region/Metropolitan Areas. Existing SA and/or SO suppliers are not required to re-qualify for any Categories for which they already have a SA and/or SO, although they must otherwise comply with the requirements of the re-competition solicitation to retain the previously awarded Categories.
As a result of the changes made to some of the Streams and Categories in this Re-Competition, some information may not have been carried over in the DCC of the Supplier Module of the CPSS. Therefore, we ask existing suppliers to carefully read the instructions of each section of the Mandatory Criteria, in the DCC module of the CPSS, to learn how to update their information accordingly.
LIST OF STREAMS
This RFSA/RFSO includes seven Streams:
Stream 1 - Strategic Learning Advisory Services
Stream 2 - Instructional Design and Development Services
Stream 3 - Custom and Rapid eLearning Product Programming
Stream 4 - Multi-Media Design and Development
Stream 5 - Training Delivery
Stream 6 - Training Evaluation Services
Stream 7 - Project Management
Each Stream is further subdivided into single Categories. Details of the general definitions for the LS Sreams and Categories are available in Annex A of this bid solicitation document.
LOCATION OF SERVICES
The document entitled ?’Definitions of the Remote/Virtual Access, Regions and Metropolitan Areas’’ are incorporated by reference into any resulting SA and/or SO and is available in the following link:
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/dznrrm-d…
The following Regions and Metropolitan Areas may receive services under this SA and/or SO where a Supplier is qualified to do so.
Regions:
Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Western, Pacific, National Capital, Remote/Virtual Access.
Metropolitan Areas:
Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria, National Capital Region.
SECURITY REQUIREMENT
There is a security requirement associated with the requirement of the SA and of the SO. For additional information, see Component 1, Part 1, Paragraph 1.6 and Component 1, Part 4, Paragraph 4.5.
SET-ASIDE PROGRAM FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS
Part of this procurement may be designated by one or more Identified Users as set-aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB). In these specific cases, (i) the procurement is set aside from theinternational trade agreements under the provision each has for set-asides for small and minority businesses, and (ii) as per Article 1802 of the AIT, the AIT does not apply.
In order to be considered as an Aboriginal Business under the PSAB, the Bidder must complete the Aboriginal Business certification contained in the Data Collection Component of the CPSS.
By submitting the certification, the Bidder warrants that it is an Aboriginal business as defined in the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
The services to be provided will be delivered in one or both of the two official languages of Canada according to the requirements of the Identified User issuing a contract against the SA and/or a Call-up against the SO.
CENTRALIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SYSTEM (CPSS)
All suppliers that want to submit a response to this RFSA/RFSO must enroll and establish an account in the Supplier Module of the PWGSC Centralized Professional Services System (CPSS) e-Portal (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/iffpe-se…). Instructions on accessing the Supplier Module e-Portal application are specified in the RFSA/RFSO document.
Bidders must submit their bid through the DCC of the CPSS e-Portal Supplier Module by the closing date and time of the RFSA/RFSO solicitation and must submit the supporting documentation via email upon request by Canada (this is a paperless bid submission process).
ENQUIRIES
All enquiries and other communications with government officials relating to this RFSA/RFSO solicitation are to be directed only to the following address:
T••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
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.
