The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requires research services to locate and screen potential highly qualified experts to be retained by the CRA to assist with litigations. The Work or a portion of the Work to be performed under the Contract will be on an "as and when requested basis" using a Task Authorization (TA).
This contractor will be expected to work with the Legal Counsel from the Department of Justice and the Project Authority from the CRA to identify available experts.
EVALUATION PROCEDURES
The evaluation of proposals will be performed in five (5) stages as follows:
Stage 1 – Mandatory Requirements
Stage 2 – Point Rated Requirements
Stage 3 – Financial Proposals
Stage 4 – Determination of the Bidder’s Overall Score
Stage 5 – Other Pre-Award Conditions
MANDATORY CRITERIA
The Bidder must meet all mandatory criteria applicable to this solicitation. Bids not meeting all mandatory criteria will be given no further consideration.
POINT RATED CRITERIA
Only the bids meeting the mandatory criteria will be evaluated and scored in accordance with the point rated evaluation criteria.
CONTRACTOR SELECTION METHODOLOGY
The compliant bids with the highest combined rating of technical merit (60%) and price score (40%) will be recommended for award of a contract subject to pre-award conditions being met.
COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT
To ensure the integrity of this process, enquiries and other communications regarding the solicitation must be directed ONLY to the following:
Steve Gilroy
Tel: (613) 218-3991
E-mail: s••••••••@•••••••.••.ca
Offers must be submitted in either English or French.
Offers must be received on or before 11:59PM EST, September 18. 2020
The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procuremen
