In order to facilitate the fulfilment of its obligations in relation to the communication of health issues and matters of importance to the well-being of Canadians, and in accordance with the provisions of the Official Languages Act, Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada (HC/PHAC) require professional translation services from English-to-French and French-to-English, and are seeking to establish up to twenty (20) Standing Offers (SO’s) covering translation services of English to French and French to English amongst four (4) categories.
Translation: Transposition of a text (or presentation, spreadsheet, etc.) from French to English or English to French, taking into account the tone, style and terminology used by the writer.
Editing and Revision: Review and or edit of a text (or presentation, spreadsheet, etc.) taking into account the tone, style and terminology used by the writer
Language streams are:
English to French translation;
French to English translation.Categories are:
1) General governmental documentation: No Security such as but not limited to: administrative guidelines, briefing materials, meeting minutes, financial analysis and reports, unclassified human resource materials and employees bulletins;
2) Specialized/Technical documentation: Category maximum Protected A, B: Specialized documentation: such as but not limited to, studies, factsheets, methods, guides, proceedings and pamphlets concerning the physical and mental health of Canadians as well as the health and safety risks related to the sale and use of drugs, food, chemicals, pesticides, medical devices, infectious diseases, zoonotics, immunization, food-borne infections, chronic diseases, health security and certain consumer products, protection information related to employees
3) Classified documentation: Protected C, Confidential and Secret: As indicated in the SRCL. Classified documents: such as but not limited to, briefing notes to senior management, memos, submissions, protected information related to employees, PowerPoint presentations, policies and strategies.
4) Editing and revision: All security levels: such as but not limited to, briefing notes to senior management, memos, submissions, protected information related to employees, PowerPoint presentations, policies and strategies, studies, factsheets, methods, guides, proceedings and pamphlets concerning the physical and mental health of Canadians as well as the health and safety risks related to the sale and use of drugs, food, chemicals, pesticides, medical devices, infectious diseases, zoonotics, immunization, food-borne infections, chronic diseases, health security and certain consumer products, protection information related to employees; administrative guidelines, briefing materials, meeting minutes, financial analysis and reports, unclassified human resource materials and employees bulletins.
1.3 Trade Agreements
The requirement is not subject to the trade agreements as per the following dispositions: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT):Chapter 5, Annex 502.1A, World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP):Appendix I, Annex I, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Chapter 10, Annex 1001.1a-1, Canada - Chile Free Trade Agreement: Annex Kbis-01, 1-1, Canada - Peru Free Trade Agreement: Annex 1401.1-1, Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Annex 1401-1.
1.4 Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements
The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish National Master Standing Offers for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offers.
1.5 Security Requirements
There are security requirements associated with the requirement of the Standing Offer. For additional information, see Part 6 - Security, Financial and Insurance Requirements, and Part 7 - Standing Offer and Resulting Call-up Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Offerors should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.
