Notice of Proposed ProcurementThis requirement is for Employment and Social Development Canada.Description of the requirement:ESDC, together with the CSPS are seeking up to 4 companies to perform accessibility testing of two streams of learning products for a period of 2 years with the irrevocable option of allowing the Departments to extend the term of the Contract for up to 3 additional 1 year periods under the same terms and conditions.The successful bidders will be required to perform accessibility testing of their eLearning products, documents, web-based content and learning tools against current and future accessibility standards, including the Government of Canada (GoC) WCAG2.1 A and AA standards and the European standard: EN 301 549 V2.1.2 (2018) and provide comprehensive testing reports in an agreed to template for each test completed. The work has been divided into 2 streams to facilitate the bidding process but also to ensure capacity*.*due to the potentially high volume of work, Bidders can only submit proposals for one (1) of the two (2) streams and must clearly indicate in their bid the stream for which they are applying.ESDC and CSPS are looking to secure up to two (2) companies for each of the following streams:Stream 1: TEST AND REMEDIATE DOCUMENTS Documents built in Microsoft Office Suite 2016 and 365, including, but not limited to: Word and PowerPoint and in addition documents in a PDF format.Stream 1 - Resource Categories:Junior Accessibility Conformance TesterSenior Accessibility Conformance TesterAccessibility Tester CoordinatorSenior Project ManagerStream 2: TEST WEB, eLEARNING PRODUCTS (HTML), LEARNING PLATFORMS AND NATIVE MOBILE APPLICATIONSWeb products, eLearning products, learning management systems and native mobile applications.Stream 2 - Resource Category:Junior Accessibility Conformance TesterSenior Accessibility Conformance TesterAccessibility Tester CoordinatorSenior Project ManagerShould there be more than one (1) successful company per stream, work will be distributed to the successful bidders in each stream equally (50% for the first ranked bidder and 50% for the second ranked bidder). Work will be distributed on a rotational basis between the companies. For example, first Task Authorization (TA_ goes to first company; second TA goes to second company; third to first company…etc…Proposed period of contract:The proposed period of contract shall be from Contract award for a period of 2 (two) years with the option to extend for three (3) additional 1 (one) year option periods.File Number: 100017020Contracting Authority: Cynthia CartyE-mail: n••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
