Translation and Editing Services

TITLE

Translation and editing services

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

The Outreach Program Section (OPS) in the Community Outreach and Support Division (COSD) at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has a requirement for translation and editing services.

The objective is to obtain professional translation and editing services of Canada’s either official language (English or French) to indigenous and immigrant languages on an as-and-when-requested basis for written text to ensure the delivery of the OPS’s mandate.

PERIOD OF CONTRACT

The period of the Contract is from contract award date to March 31, 2020 inclusive.

The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to four additional one year periods under the same conditions. The Contractor agrees that, during the extended period of the Contract, it will be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions as set out in the Basis of Payment.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES

The evaluation of proposals will be performed in five stages as follows:

Stage 1 – Mandatory Requirements

Stage 2 – Financial Proposals

Stage 3 – Other Pre-Award Conditions

MANDATORY CRITERIA

The Bidder must meet all mandatory criteria applicable to this solicitation. Bids not meeting all mandatory criteria will be given no further consideration.

CONTRACTOR SELECTION METHODOLOGY

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.

MINIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

The resulting contract will incorporate a stipulated “Minimum Contract Value” of $10,000, GST/HST extra.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Bidders are to submit proposals to:

Canada Revenue Agency

Bid Receiving Unit

Ottawa Technology Centre

Receiving Dock

875 Heron Road, Room D-95

Ottawa, ON K1A 1A2

Telephone No: (613) 941-1618

Bids must be received on or before 2:00PM EDT, on 2019/10/30 (yyyy-mm-dd)

LANGUAGE

Bids must be submitted in either English or French.

COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT

To ensure the integrity of this process, enquiries and other communications regarding the solicitation must be directed ONLY to the following:

Quan Do

Tel: 613-219-5298

E-mail: Huyquan.do@cra-arc.gc.ca

The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.