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Government Contact Centre Services (GCCS) Stream 1 : Enterprise Contact Centre Services ECCS

Solicitation number BPM010227/F

Publication date

Closing date and time 2023/10/20 14:00 EDT

Last amendment date


    Description

    Description of Requirements:

    The Government Contact Centre Services (GCCS) – Stream 1: Enterprise Contact Centre Services (ECCS) Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) Refresh is being issued by Shared Services Canada (SSC) to provide competitive ECCS services to SSC clients.
    The intent is to run an open RFSA Refresh solicitationl for new potential vendors to onboard as pre-qualified Suppliers under the ECCS SA and compete against subsequent solicitations issued under the Supply Arrangement.
    This procurement activity aims to broaden the list of Suppliers to enable competition and value for SSC clients and aligns to SSC’s Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) obligations for Supply Arrangements.

    Enterprise Contact Centre Services (ECCS) was established to provide the capabilities and technology that allow internal/external stakeholders the ability to communicate with government service agent or automated self-service system. It includes network and management operational activities for the call centre infrastructure.

    This Supply Arrangement does not include contact centre agents in scope.

    Request for Supply Arrangements (RFSA) Phase:

    1. Canada intends to establish 1 Supply Arrangement per Qualified Respondents (QRs) for Stream 1: ECCS
    The scope of any subsequent procurements that may be issued under any resulting Supply Arrangements include Core Features, Extended Features, and any Contact Centre related features and services as determined by Canada.
    Subject to the provisions of this RFSA Refresh, Canada intends to issue the Supply Arrangement(s) with no fixed expiry date and to be used as long as SSC considers it useful to do so. Each resulting Contract issued pursuant to the Supply Arrangement(s) will represent a stand-alone Contract with its own term and expiry date.

    Security Requirements:

    This solicitation contains a requirement for vendor and personnel security screening at the following levels:

    Vendor Security Requirement:
    Protected A. Protected B document safe guarding.

    Personnel Security Requirement(s):
    Reliability, Secret.

    Trade Agreements:
    The requirement is subject to the following Trade Agreements:

    1. Canadian Free Trade Agreement;
    2. World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement;
    3. Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement;
    4. Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement;
    5. Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement;
    6. Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement;
    7. Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; and
    8. Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.

    Procurement for Aboriginal Business:

    The requirement has not been identified as a set-aside to the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB).

    Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs):

    Subsequent solicitations issued under the resulting Supply Arrangement may consider contracting obligations that exist in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement areas across Canada.

    P2P Submission:

    In order to submit a bid, bidders must email the contracting authority indicating their interest via P2P (BPM010227/F).
    Bidders can view solicitation documents within the P2P tool in the following solicitation: BPM010227/F.

    Bidders must be registered and logged into P2P in order to submit a bid.

    To register, please go to https://sscp2pspc.ssc-spc.gc.ca/page.aspx/en/buy/home/buy and click “Register Now”.

    Canada reserves the right to cancel the procurement process at any time.

    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 96 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2023/09/07.

    Trade agreements

    • World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
    • Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
    • Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
    • Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
    • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
    • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
    • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
    • Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)

    Reason for limited tendering

    A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

    • None

    Partner with another business

    The functionality to add your company name to the list of interested businesses is temporarily unavailable.

    This list does not replace or affect the tendering procedures for this procurement process. Businesses are still required to respond to bid solicitations, and to compete based on the set criteria. For more information please read the Terms of use.

    Businesses interested in partnering for this tender opportunity:
    Note: Information may not be available in both English and French. This is because the Official Languages Act does not apply.

    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Shared Services Canada
    Address

    400 Cooper Street

    Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 2N1
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Andrée Anne Malette
    Phone
    (343) 598-7993
    Email
    andree-anne.malette@ssc-spc.gc.ca
    Address

    400 Cooper Street

    Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 2N1
    Canada
    Bidding details

    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.

    Tender documents
    Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
    001
    English
    28
    001
    French
    3
    001
    English
    31
    001
    French
    3
    001
    English
    24
    001
    French
    4
    001
    English
    88
    001
    French
    2
    001
    English
    47
    001
    French
    2
    001
    English
    33
    001
    French
    2
    001
    English
    31
    001
    French
    3
    001
    English
    41
    001
    French
    4
    001
    English
    46
    001
    French
    2
    001
    English
    36
    001
    French
    4
    001
    English
    56
    001
    French
    2
    001
    English
    34
    001
    French
    3

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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Supply Arrangement
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Canada
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Contract duration
    96 month(s)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding
    Selection criteria
    Variations or combinations of the above methods

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