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Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

SPTS Expert-conseils en dotation pour la CISR

Supply arrangement
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
October 19, 2023
Published
September 14, 2023
Type
Services
Explore similarManagement and Business Professionals and Administrative ServicesOntario

Full description

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)
For
TASK BASED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (TSPS)

This requirement is for Immigration Refuge Board of Canada (IRB)

Solicitation Date: September 14th, 2023
Anticipated Start Date: Once evaluations have been completed
Solicitation: Competitive
Number of Contracts: 1
Additional: The IRB will accept up to 3 additional bids to a max of 20 for this requirement.

Requirement Details

This requirement is only open to those Supply Arrangement Holders under E60ZT-18TSPS who qualified under Tier 1 (= $0 - $3.75m) for the following categories:

1.8 Staffing Consultant, four (4) Senior Resources (Level 3)

The following SA Holders have been invited to bid on this bid solicitation:

1. Altis Human Resources (Ottawa) Inc.
2. ALTRUISTIC INFORMATICS CONSULTING INC.
3. ARTEMP PERSONNEL SERVICES INC
4. AZUR HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED
5. Breckenhill Inc.
6. Elevated Thinking Inc.
7. Évaluation Personnel Sélection International Inc.
8. Excel Human Resources Inc.
9. Hackett Consulting Inc.
10. KPMG LLP
11. Orbis Risk Consulting Inc., Okwaho Management Resources Inc., IN JOINT VENTURE
12. Ottawa Business & Human Resources Consulting Inc
13. QMR Staffing Solutions Incorporated
14. Reticle Ventures Canada Incorporated
15. Tato Recruiting Inc., S.I. SYSTEMS ULC, in Joint Venture
16. The AIM Group Inc.
17. THE SOURCE STAFFING SOLUTIONS INC.

Description of Work:
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada requires Staffing Consultants Professional Services under the Human Resources Services stream, under the Task and Solutions Professional Services method of supply, using the Task-Based Supply Arrangement and is issuing this bid solicitation to establish one (1) contract with task authorizations (TA). The anticipated period of the resulting contract will be from the date of contract award to September 30, 2025, inclusive. In addition, the resulting contract will also include an irrevocable option to extend the resulting contract term by up to one (1) additional eighteen (18) months period under the same terms and conditions.

Security Requirement: Common PS SRCL #6 applies
Minimum Corporate Security Required: Designated Organization Screening (DOS)
Minimum Resource Security Required: Reliability

Applicable Trade Agreements: (details below)

Applicable Trade Agreements:
The requirement is subject to the provisions of:

  • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA);
  • Canada-Chili Free Trade Agreement;
  • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP);
  • Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement;
  • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA);
  • Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement;
  • Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement;
  • Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA;
  • Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement;
  • Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement;
  • World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP);

Associated Documents: N/A

Proposed period of contract:
The proposed period of contract is from contract award date to September 30th, 2025.

Estimated Level of Effort:
The estimated level of effort of the contract is 350 days.

File number: 202230816-IRB

Contract Authority

Name: Steve Dessureault
Phone Number: 514-249-2780
Email Address: s••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

NOTE: The Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) Method of Supply is subject to quarterly refresh cycles. If you wish to find out how you can be a “Qualified SA Holder”, please contact S••••••••@••••••••.••.CA

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Basic information

Reference
cb-9042-76755218
Solicitation no.
20230816-IRB
Buyer
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Notice type
RFP against Supply Arrangement
Method
Competitive - Selective tendering
Procurement category
*SRV
Trade agreements
*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) *North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) *World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA) *Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) *Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement *Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) *Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC
UNSPSC 80000000 — Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services

Delivery & regions

Province
Ontario
Regions of delivery
*Ottawa *National Capital Region (NCR) *Canada
Contract term
November 6, 2023 → September 30, 2025

Key dates

Published
September 14, 2023
Closes
October 19, 2023
Amendment no.
006

Likely incumbents

(4)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    TEKsystems Canada Corp.
    1 contract won· latest December 17, 2024
    CAD $3.7M
    total awarded
  2. 2
    Orangutech Inc.
    1 contract won· latest January 16, 2024
    CAD $616.3K
    total awarded
  3. 3
    TAG HR The Associates Group Inc.
    1 contract won· latest January 3, 2024
    CAD $550.9K
    total awarded
  4. 4
    Artemp Personnel Services Inc.
    1 contract won· latest March 5, 2024
    CAD $314.6K
    total awarded

TEKsystems Canada Corp. is the most likely incumbent, based on how often and how recently they have won this buyer’s work in this category. To displace them, expect to need a clearly stronger proposition or price.

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