Temporary Help Services in BC & Yukon Reg.

Trade Agreement: LCSA/AIT
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes
Nature of Requirements:
Temporary Help Services in British Columbia and Yukon Territories
Solicitation No. 66XSB-111000/A

Perez, Elizabeth
Pacific Region Temporary Help Authority, Supply Officer
Public Works and Government Services Canada
12th Floor - 800 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2V8
Telephone No. - (604) 775-7690
Fax No. - (604) 775-7526
Email: E••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in
English.

Requirement:

Title: Temporary Help Services in British Columbia and Yukon
Territories

THIS PROCUREMENT INCLUDES A PORTION SET ASIDE FOR ABORIGINAL
BUSINESS UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SET-ASIDE PROGRAM FOR
ABORIGINAL BUSINESS

New Aboriginal and non-aboriginal offers will be accepted
throughout the duration of the Standing Offer agreements with
submission assessment and rate evaluation every six (6) months.

YEAR 1 -1st Closing -2:00 p.m. (PDT Vancouver) Friday, May 18,
2012
YEAR 1 -2nd Closing -2:00 p.m. (PST Vancouver) Monday, Nov. 19,
2012

To provide Temporary Help Services to federal government
departments and agencies in one or more of the listed geographic
AREAS of Pacific Region on an as and when requested basis for
call-ups generated from Regional Master Standing Offers (RMSOs)
from 1 June 2012 (or award whichever is later) to the 31 May
2013 with an offer to extend for an additional one year period
from 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014.

Offers are accessible by users through an electronic catalogue,
refreshed every six (6) months, to enable new suppliers to
become Standing Offer Holders and existing Standing Offer
Holders to adjust their rates or contacts or qualify for Areas
for which they did not initially qualify.

Regional Master Standing Offers will be available for use by
clients to meet their Temporary Help Services requirements.

Temporary Help Services may be required from Standing Offer
Holders who, as course of business, provide the services of many
employees (perhaps simultaneously) to others on a temporary
basis when the incumbent is absent for a period of time; during
a temporary workload increase, or a position is in process of
being staffed. The Standing Offer Holder will be responsible to
prescreen, pre-train and pay benefits for their Temporary Help
employees.

The Temporary Help Services available through this Standing
Offer include services commonly available in each category:
Administrative Support,
Professional and Administrative,
Technical and Operational,
Telecommunications and Engineering

A full breakdown of each classification, including
classification descriptions, can be viewed at
http://ont-sat-ths.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/docs/.

There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement. For additional information, consult Part 4,
Evaluation Procedures, Part 6 - Security and Insurance
Requirements and Part 7A - Standing Offer. Offerors should
consult the Security Requirements for PWGSC Bid Solicitations -
Instructions for Bidders"
(http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.…)
document on the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents Web
site.

CURRENT HOLDERS OF STANDING OFFERS:
Those offerors holding Standing Offer Serial Numbers
"66XSB-091000/001-025/XSB" who have already qualified to provide
Temporary Help Services in their quoted areas must acknowledge
acceptance of revised terms and conditions (as re-iterated in an
e-mail) to the Standing Offer Authority identified herein.

For those offerors who have usernames and passwords to update
their rates and contacts at
http://ont-sat-ths.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/, the system will be shut
down from midnight before the tender closing to the last day in
order to update changes. If Current Offerors have not updated
the system prior to it being shut down, a spreadsheet may be
submitted to E••••••••@•••••.••.ca, as long as it is
received before solicitation closing above.

Offerors may provide feedback on their implemented environmental
programs at any time to E••••••••@••••••••.••.ca.

During the period of the Standing Offer, there may be changes
which will be communicated as a Solicitation Amendment; as an
e-mail to listed Offerors' contacts; and/or as a posting on the
site: http://ont-sat-ths.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sat-ths/.

An e-mail award will be sent to confirm adoption of the terms.

NEW OFFERORS who haven't yet been qualified and who wish to
provide Temporary Help Services in any of the identified AREAS*
are to submit a completed technical proposal as indicated in the
bid document through the duration of the Standing Offer up to
the closing date.

*The offers are to be submitted relative to any of the following
urban AREAS:

(1) Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley
(2) Vancouver Island
(3) Central and Northern British Columbia
(4) Yukon Territory

For each AREA* quoted, only one offer per legal entity will be
accepted and offers from separate divisions of the same firm
will not be accepted. In addition to other mandatory criteria
identified in the solicitation, the Offeror must:

a. Occupy a fully-operational permanent commercial office
open during normal business hours (7-1/2 hours per day) with a
minimum staff of two (2) full time employees dedicated to the
supply of Temporary Help Services for the AREA* and respond to
client calls within four (4) hours.

b. Have at least three (3) months' experience in the
provision of Temporary Help Services in the quoted AREA*, for
all quoted classifications.

c. Initially submit their completed Pricing/Basis of Payment
in the form identified, for each quoted AREA*. (the
pricing/basis of payment forms are available as electronic Excel
attachments) and completed certifications contained within the
solicitation. ONLY Pricing files may be e-mailed to the Standing
Offer Authority. A fax or e-mail confirmation will be sent to
acknowledge receipt of rates received electronically.

d. Provide three (3) positive letters of reference from major
clients of your TEMPORARY HELP services in the AREA*.

e. Provide details of your testing and quality control
processes.

The process is summarized below.

1. New Temporary Help Offerors submitting proposals meeting
the mandatory criteria will be adopted every six (6) months.

2. Successful Offerors are given User Names and Passwords to
access the internet
sitehttp://ont-sat-ths.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sat-ths/ to change
their company information or propose new rates for possible
adoption into the following six month catalogue. They also have
the ability to view their competitors' rates and the Client
Catalogue procedures.

3. Rates posted on the site and new offeror spreadsheets are
uploaded, according to the schedule identified in Annex "F" of
the RFSO, evaluated to eliminate high rates (as detailed in the
solicitation document) and the information populates the revised
six month catalogue.

4. Federal Government Clients (without internet access) are
able to view the catalogue on the Federal Government Intranet at
http://clientsontario.pwgsc.gc.ca/sat-ths/

5. Clients have the ability to send e-mail orders directly to
the Offerors.

Feedback and Questions are welcomed and should be sent by e-mail
to Elizabeth Perez at the following e-mail address:
E••••••••@••••••••.••.ca.

NOTE: If interested, other Request for Standing Offers for
additional areas are addressed with:

Solicitation No. 66XSB-111000/A for
BC Vancouver, Fraser Valley
BC Vancouver Island
BC Northern British Columbia
YT Yukon

Solicitation No. EW479-120783/A for
AB Edmonton
NT Yellowknife
NU Nunavut

Solicitation No. EW478-120771/A for:
AB Calgary
AB Drumheller
AB Lethbridge
AB Medicine Hat
AB Red Deer/Bowden/Lacombe

Solicitation No. EV394-120786/A for:
SK Prince Albert
SK Regina
SK Saskatoon

Solicitation No. ET959-120660/B for
MB Winnipeg/Stony Mountain/Selkirk
MB Brandon/ Shilo

Solicitation No. E6TOR-11RM01/A for
ON Barrie/ Borden/ Collingwood/ Owen Sound/ Parry Sound
ON Brockville/ Prescott
ON Burlington/ Hamilton/ Milton/ Jerseyville/ Dundas/ Stoney
Creek/ Grimsby/ Chatham/ Windsor
ON Cornwall
ON Guelph/ Kitchener
ON Kingston
ON London
ON Niagara Falls/ St.Catharines/ Welland
ON North Bay/ Sudbury
ON Pembroke
ON Peterborough
ON Sarnia
ON Sault Ste. Marie
ON Thunder Bay
ON Timmins
ON Toronto
ON Trenton/ Belleville

Solicitation No. EA371-110002/A for:
NL Newfoundland and Labrador
NS Halifax Truro Kentville Bridgewater Yarmouth Amherst & Cape
Breton

Solicitation No. E6095-120002/A for:
NB New Brunswick
PE Prince Edward Island

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.