Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has a requirement for translation from English to French and from French to English in the separate fields of general\ administrative translation, Technical\Environmental translation and legal translation for a total of six (6) work streams. The aim is to establish up to four (4) Departmental Individual Standing Offers (DISO).
Each DISO will be for up to one (1) year from the date of award with the possibility to extend the period of the Standing Offer by up to four (4) additional one (1) year periods under the same terms and conditions.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian goods and/or services.
This RFSO allows offerors to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation for offer submission. Offerors must refer to Part 2 of the RFSO entitled Instructions to offerors for further information.
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 Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, offerors should refer to the Contract Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/introduction-eng…) website.
To be declared responsive, an offer must:
a. comply with all the requirements of the Request for Standing Offers;
b. meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and
c. Obtain the required minimum points for the technical evaluation criteria as specified in attachment 1 to Part 4 for the point-rated technical criteria.
Basis of Selection: Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price (60/40)
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.
