Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
Audio Visual Production Services
EN578-150098/C
Baxter, Emily
Telephone No. - (613) 949-1285
Fax No. - (613) 991-5870
NATURE OF REQUIREMENT:
The Government of Canada requires the provision of a full range
of film, video and audio-visual production services.
These services will be provided to the Communication Procurement
Directorate (CPD) of Public Works and Government Services Canada
(PWGSC) on behalf of Government of Canada departments and
agencies listed under Schedules I, I.I, II and III of the
Financial Administration Act. As a result of this competitive
process, PWGSC will authorize Supply Arrangements. This
solicitation will also be used to establish a separate list of
qualified Aboriginal Set-Aside Suppliers under the Set-Aside
Program for Aboriginal Business (SPAB).
The period for awarding contracts under the Supply Arrangement
is from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016.
Suppliers must provide a list of names , or other related
information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2008.
For services requirements, Suppliers in receipt of a pension or
a lump sum payment must provide the required information as
detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the Request for Supply
Arrangements (RFSA).
The requirement covered by the bid solicitation of any resulting
supply arrangement may be subject to a preference for Canadian
goods and/or services or may be limited to Canadian goods and/or
services.
EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS:
To be declared responsive, a supplier must:
a) comply with all the requirements of the Request for Supply
Arrangement (RFSA); and
b) meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
c) obtain the required minimum of 70 percent of the available
points for each rated criteria and an
overall passing mark of 84 points on a scale of 120 points.
Suppliers not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) above will be declared
non-responsive.
All fully responsive suppliers and all fully responsive
Aboriginal suppliers will be listed on the general list of
Supply Arrangement Holders. A separate list will be created for
Aboriginal suppliers only under the Set-Aside Program for
Aboriginal Business.
There is no limit to the number of Supply Arrangements to be put
in place.
MANDATORY EVALUATION CRITERIA:
M.1 IDENTIFICATION OF THE FIRM
The Supplier MUST identify the owners and management of the firm
and the legal incorporated name as well as the organizational
structure.
M.2 INTERNET SITE
Suppliers MUST have an Internet site that is accessible by
Client Departments and Agencies. The purpose of this Internet
site is to provide information on the services available and the
Supplier's qualifications to provide those services. Therefore,
in order to meet this mandatory requirement, the Supplier MUST
have an Internet site and provide the active Internet address.
M.3 EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRM (The video production samples will be
rated under R.1)
The Supplier MUST demonstrate its experience by submitting one
(1) USB key demo of at least four (4) different video production
samples produced and completed within the last ten (10) years
from the closing date of this RFSA.
The total running time of all of the samples combined MUST not
exceed twenty (20) minutes in length. Should the running time of
the submitted samples exceed twenty (20) minutes in length, only
the first twenty (20) minutes will be evaluated.
The productions MUST have been completed entirely by the
Supplier under a contract with the public sector or private
industry.
The samples MUST be submitted in their original language.
The minimum dollar value of at least one (1) of the sample
projects must be $25,000.00. For the purposes of the evaluation
of mandatory criterion M.3, "sample projects" is defined as a
contract for the provision of video production services.
1. One (1) of the video production samples MUST demonstrate the
Supplier's ability to produce a video based audio-visual
production.
2. One (1) of the video production samples MUST demonstrate the
Supplier's ability to produce an audio-visual production that
was tailored and posted to the Internet or adapted for Internet
use.
3. At least one (1) of the video production samples MUST
demonstrate the Supplier's ability to work in both official
languages (English and French). To demonstrate the Supplier's
ability to work in both official languages (English and French)
the submitted sample MUST be either of the following:
A. a production where both the English and French are equally
and substantively represented in the same production; or
B. a unilingual production (in its original language) that
demonstrates the official language not demonstrated in the other
submitted samples.
Productions that have voice-overs, are fully narrated, are fully
animated, are purely text based, or are subtitled/closed
captioned are not acceptable to demonstrate the Supplier's
ability to work in both official languages.
PLEASE GO TO THE BUYANDSELL WEBSITE (WWW.BUYANDSELL.GC.CA) TO
DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE COMPLETE RFSA.
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.
