4600001752 Research analysis, research services and document management services.

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), – CIRNA/ISC Secretariat – Litigation Research Analysis, Litigation Research Services and Document Management Services Standing Offer Agreement (Firms)

1. BACKGROUND

   The CIRNA/ISC Secretariat and the Department’s sectors develop and coordinate, in conjunction with Justice Canada and other government departments, DIAND’s positions on policy, technical issues and legal positions related to all litigation against the Crown where DIAND is the Department responsible for the impugned actions, as well as all litigation that the Crown brings against others on behalf of DIAND. Litigation cases are broad-ranging and involve all sectors of the Department. In the delivery of its responsibilities, the Department has an ongoing need for the determination and planning of research requirements arising in litigation and the analysis and written presentation of documentary evidence from historical sources, government records, past and present DIAND Program personnel and various professionals within the field.

2. OBJECTIVES
   1. The Secretariat seeks Research Firms to work with the Secretariat and the Department’s various sectors to conduct all of the research analysis, research and writing required to ensure that a complete evidentiary record is compiled for use in litigation or litigation-related activities; to plan, manage and direct research projects and teams; to conduct primary and secondary research to identify, collect, summarize and extract information from documents related to DIAND litigation, to create document collections, document databases, bibliographies, reports, file summaries, map/survey collections and provide other related research services.
   2. Firms shall be capable of providing services in all three (3) service areas. The above services are required in the following three (3) service areas:
      1. Research Analysis;
      2. Research Services; and
      3. Document Management Services.
   3. DIAND intends to award up to sixteen (16) Standing Offer Agreements (SOAs) as follows:
      1. up to five (5) in the NCR,
      2. up to four (4) in the Quebec Region,
      3. up to two (2) in the Calgary Region, and
      4. up to five (5) in the Vancouver Region.