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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
December 8, 2023
Published
November 17, 2023
Type
Services
Explore similarManagement and Business Professionals and Administrative ServicesOntario
Awarded
This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
TAG HR The Associates Group Inc.
Contract value
CAD $550.9K
Award date
2024-01-03
Supplier location
Ottawa, Ontario
RFP against Supply Arrangement

Full description

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

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number 20230816-IRB dated September 14th, 2023, with a closing of October 19th, 2023, at 2:00 pm ET. A debriefing or feedback session will be provided upon request to bidders/offerors/suppliers who bid on the previous solicitation.

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

Solicitation Date: November 17th, 2023
Anticipated Start Date: Once evaluations have been completed
Solicitation: Competitive
Number of Contracts: 1
Additional: The IRB will accept up to two (2) additional bids to a max of 29 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. 7792395 Canada Inc.
2. Adirondack Information Management Inc., The AIM Group Inc. in Joint Venture
3. Altis Recruitment & Technology Inc.
4. ALTRUISTIC INFORMATICS CONSULTING INC.
5. ARTEMP PERSONNEL SERVICES INC
6. AZUR HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED
7. Breckenhill Inc.
8. Congruence Coach Inc.
9. Contract Community Inc.
10. Elevated Thinking Inc.
11. Évaluation Personnel Sélection International Inc.
12. Graybridge International Consulting Inc.
13. Hackett Consulting Inc.
14. KPMG LLP
15. MaxSys Staffing and Consulting Inc.
16. MGIS Inc.
17. Nisha Technologies Inc.
18. Orbis Risk Consulting Inc.
19. Ottawa Business & Human Resources Consulting Inc
20. Promaxis Systems Inc.
21. QMR Staffing Solutions Incorporated
22. Reticle Ventures Canada Incorporated
23. TAG HR – The Associates Group Inc.
24. Tato Recruiting Inc., S.I. SYSTEMS ULC, in Joint Venture
25. The AIM Group Inc.
26. THE SOURCE STAFFING SOLUTIONS INC.
27. Thomas&Schmidt 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: 202230816A-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-519-69262960
Solicitation no.
20230816A-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) *Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) *Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) *Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) *Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) *World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
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
*National Capital Region (NCR) *Canada

Key dates

Published
November 17, 2023
Closes
December 8, 2023
Amendment no.
005

Likely incumbents

(3)

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
    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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