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Department of National Defence (DND)

Techniciens, un (1) Principal et trois (3) Intermédiaire

Request for Proposal (RFP)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
February 11, 2025
Published
January 17, 2025
Type
Services
Explore similarIndustrial Production and Manufacturing Services
Awarded
This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
Valcom Consulting Group Inc.
Contract value
CAD $1.4M
Award date
2025-03-05
Supplier location
Ottawa, On
Request for Proposal

Full description

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT

This requirement is only open to the below list of pre-qualified suppliers under the Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS).

TASK BASED E60ZT-18TSPS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REQUIREMENT

FILE NUMBER: W8485-TSPS2025-08
TIER 1 (< $3.75 M)

This requirement is for the Department of National Defence (DND).

This requirement is for:

  • Stream 5: Technical Engineering and Maintenance Services
  • Category 5.2: Technician

for the services of:

  • One (1) Technician – Senior
  • Three (3) Technicians – Intermediate

UNSPSC
73152100: Manufacturing equipment maintenance and repair services
Number of Contracts: This bid solicitation is intended to result in the award of one (1) contract for three (3) years, plus two (2) irrevocable option years allowing Canada to extend the term of the Contract.

Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be e-mailed directly, from the DND Point of Contact (DND POC), to the Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement. BIDDERS ARE ADVISED THAT RFP DOCUMENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON THE GOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC TENDERING SYSTEM (https://buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders).

Location of Work to be Performed:

Region(s): Ontario Region
Specific Locations: Canadian Forces Base, 8 Wing, Trenton, ON

Security Requirement:

Security Requirements Check List: Common PS SRCL #41
Supplier Security Clearance required: Secret
Security Level required (Document Safeguarding): None

Estimated Level of Effort:

The estimated level of effort of the contract will be for 240 days per year per resource.

Estimated time frame of contract:

1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 plus two (2) irrevocable option years.

Enquiries: Enquiries regarding this RFP requirement must be submitted to the DND POC listed below.

DND POC: Nadia Picard
E-Mail: D••••••••@••••••.••.ca

Description of the Requirement:

This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of the Department of National Defence for the provision of Task and Solutions Professional Services.

The Canadian Forces Tool Control Centre (CFTCC) is part of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) which is housed at the Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron (ATESS) located in Trenton, Ontario. They require one (1) Senior Technician (Level 3) and three (3) Intermediate Technicians (Level 2). to provide the RCAF with production and refurbishment of tools and equipment containers in addition to the coordination of tool calibration activities.
The Resources will support the CFTCC and the RCAF by producing, refurbishing and calibrating tools and equipment containers.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

The TSPS Method of Supply is a result of a formal competitive process which was established as a result of extensive consultations with industry. The Method of Supply provides suppliers with an on-going opportunity to become prequalified for participation in future bidding opportunities. To obtain more information about how to become a pre-qualified supplier for TBIPS, please contact Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) at: s••••••••@••••••••.••.ca.

For general information on the various PWGSC Methods of Supply, or to obtain specific information on a PWGSC professional service method of supply, please visit PWGSC's Buy and Sell website at: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/for-businesses/selling-to-th…

List of Pre-Qualified Suppliers
This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders under E60ZT-18TSPS who qualified under Tier 1 for the following category:

  • 5.2 Technicians, Senior and Intermediate

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal.

List of Suppliers:

No. Legal Name
1. Access Corporate Technologies Inc.
2. ADGA Group Consultants Inc.
3. Akkodis Canada Inc.
4. Altis Recruitment & Technology Inc.
5. Appian Corporation
6. Artech Technology Canada Limited
7. Calian Ltd.
8. Dare Human Resources Corporation
9. Dunn Engineering Inc
10. Fleetway Inc.
11. GasTOPS Ltd.
12. Indigenous Advancement Partnerships Inc., Calian Ltd. in Joint Venture
13. Louis Tanguay Informatique Inc.
14. Maverin Business Services Inc.
15. MaxSys Staffing & Consulting Inc.
16. Norda Stelo Inc.
17. Orbis Risk Consulting Inc.
18. Primex Project Management Limited
19. Prologic Systems Ltd.
20. Promaxis Systems Inc
21. Protak Consulting Group Inc.
22. Reticle Ventures Canada Incorporated
23. Staffmax Staffing & Recruiting Corp.
24. T.E.S. Contract Services INC.
25. T.I.7 INC., THE SOURCE STAFFING SOLUTIONS INC., in Joint Venture
26. The AIM Group Inc.
27. The Attain Group Inc. /Le Groupe Atteindre Inc.
28. Thomas&Schmidt Inc.
29. V42 Management Consulting, Inc.
30. Valcom Consulting group Inc.

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Basic information

Reference
cb-355-6144442
Solicitation no.
W8485-TSPS2025-08
Buyer
Department of National Defence (DND)
Notice type
Request for Proposal
Method
Competitive - Open bidding
Procurement category
*SRV
Trade agreements
*Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) *Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA) *World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA) *Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement *Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) *Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) *Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) *Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC
UNSPSC 73000000 — Industrial Production and Manufacturing Services

Delivery & regions

Regions of delivery
*Ontario (except NCR) *Canada
Contract term
April 1, 2025 → March 31, 2028

Key dates

Published
January 17, 2025
Closes
February 11, 2025
Amendment no.
001

Likely incumbents

(3)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    Valcom Consulting Group Inc.
    1 contract won· latest March 13, 2025
    CAD $740K
    total awarded
  2. 2
    BA-Tech Consulting Inc.
    1 contract won· latest November 14, 2025
    CAD $270.7K
    total awarded
  3. 3
    Promaxis Systems Inc.
    1 contract won· latest June 9, 2025

Valcom Consulting Group Inc. 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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