Professional Audit Support Services PASS - Audit of Norman Wells Proven Area and Audit of Norman Wells Trust Funds

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)
 PROFESSIONAL AUDIT SUPPORT SERVICES (PASS) 
SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT

Solicitation No.: A7136-13-0001	  	
Contracting Authority: Celine Viner	
Telephone No.: 819-994-7304  			
Fax No.: 819-953-7721				
E-mail Address: Celine.Viner@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca 			

This RFP is only for pre-qualified Suppliers for Stream 5: External Audit against Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) Supply Arrangement (E60ZG-060004)

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:
	 
	Audit of Norman Wells Proven Area and Audit of Norman Wells Trust Funds.
	
DURATION OF CONTRACT
The period of the Contract is from contract award to August 31, 2014 inclusive and Canada will have to irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to four (4) additional 1-year periods under the same conditions.
EVALUATION PROCESS AND SELECTION METHODOLOGY

Only compliant Proposals will be considered.

Only Proposals that have met all Mandatory Requirements, and have achieved or exceeded the required minimum score for the Point-Rated Criteria will be considered.  All Proposals will be rated on technical acceptability before price is considered.
The contract will be awarded based on a determination of Best Value taking into account both the technical merit of the Proposals and the Financial Evaluation. To arrive at an overall score achieved by a Bidder, technical merit will be valued at 70% of the Proposal and price will be valued at 30% of the Proposal.
Best value is defined as the highest combined total score
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
1.	The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer/Supply Arrangement, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS), issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). 
2.	The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to PROTECTED information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by CISD/PWGSC. 
3.	The Contractor/Offeror MUST NOT remove any PROTECTED information or assets from the identified work site(s), and the Contractor/Offeror must ensure that its personnel are made aware of and comply with this restriction. 
4.	Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC. 
5.	The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the: 
a.	Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if applicable), attached at Annex C; 
b.	Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition). 
	
	CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FOR BIDDING:
	
	In order to prepare a bid in response to the bid solicitation, suppliers must have access to information that is confidential or proprietary to Canada or a third party.  It is a condition of the bid solicitation that bidders sign a Confidentiality Agreement substantially in the form set out in Attachment 1 to Part 2, Confidentiality Agreement, before it is provided to them as part of the bid solicitation. 
	
	Suppliers must submit a signed confidentiality agreement, substantially in the form set out below (Attachment 1 to Part 2), before being given access to the bid solicitation, as it contains information that is confidential or proprietary to Canada or a third party.