REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFER FOR INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES

The Department of Justice has the mandate to support the dual roles of the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada including shared jurisdiction between the federal government and the provinces. It also has a responsibility for reporting and investigating security incidents and taking corrective action.  This requirement is for Work in Security and includes investigation related activities:  investigation/ prosecution of cases, hearings of administrative/ criminal cases, legal research or ombudsman or related operational activities in a government environment or a large corporate security environment, as defined in the Statement of Work and in the specific requirements of each call-up.  Harassment complaints are not part of this requirement.  The Department of Justice requires the services of up to three Contractors, each to provide two Investigators (one bilingual) on an “as and when request” basis, throughout its six Regions and National Headquarters located in Ottawa.  
It is anticipated that up to three Standing Offers may be issued.   The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer is for a period of two years, from date of award with the options to extend its offer for an additional three, one-year periods.

Location of Work:
Unless otherwise stated, the Contractor's work must take place primarily at the Contractor's premises. Some meetings will be conducted in person at the Department's headquarters in the National Capital Region (NCR).  The Department will provide the Contractor with the relevant case files and content material, as appropriate and as required, as determined by the Justice Canada for the completion of work specified under any Call-up.   It is understood and agreed that any material and/or case files given to the Contractor to review must never, under any circumstances, be removed from the government premises located at Justice Headquarters in Ottawa.  The Contractor must be responsible for their own cost of travel between the Contractor's place of business and the Department’s Headquarters in the NCR.  

Security Requirement:	

There is a security requirement associated with this Request for Standing Offer.  The Offeror must, at all times during the performance of the Standing Offer, hold a valid Facility Security Clearance at the level of SECRET, issued by the the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).  The Offeror’s personnel requiring access to PROTECTED/CLASSIFIED information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid personnel security screening at the level of SECRET, granted or approved by CISD/PWGSC.  For additional information consult Part 6 – Security, Financial and Insurance Requirements, and Part 7A – Standing Offer.   

Some Mandatory Requirements:
a)	The Offeror must have a minimum of five (5) years experience in providing Investigation services as described in the statement of work in Annex A to at least three (3) different clients over the past three (3) years.  The Offeror must provide two references to confirm its capability as outlined above and one reference for each of the proposed resources
b)	Offeror must provide at least two Resources who both meet one of the following: a bachelor's degree in the field of Administration, Social Sciences, Criminology, Law or equivalent and possess five (5) years of investigative experience OR two (2) year college diploma in a related field and seven (7) years of investigative experience in the past ten (10) years OR ten (10) years of investigative experience in the past thirteen (13) years  and have acquired of experience conducting investigation related activities, as defined in the Statement of Work.
c)	The proposed resources must have worked or contracted in Government security environment, or large corporate security environment.
d)	The bidder and both proposed resources must have as a minimum a SECRET clearance at the time of bid closing.
e)	At least one proposed resource must be able to read documentation, produce reports and conduct interviews in both official languages FLUENTLY (English and French) as demonstrated through projects and work experience.
f)	One Investigation Report must be submitted for each Resource.

 The Identified User is the Department of Justice Canada.