Translation, 1500 Words, English to French

This Statistics Canada office provides procurement services to the public in their official languages.

Statistics Canada requires translation services from English into French and editing in French, with a translation capacity of 1,500 words per day. It is anticipated that up to 15 contracts will result from this solicitation. The contract period will be from Contract Award to March 31, 2016 with one (1) additional one-year option period. 

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

Bids must be submitted only to the Statistics Canada Distribution Centre by April 8, 2015 at 2:00pm EDT:
	
Statistics Canada Distribution Centre
MACS Bid Receiving
	Room 0702, Main Building
	150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway
	Ottawa, Ontario
	K1A 0T6
	ATTN: David Brazeau
RFP # 1920-0013905

Due to the nature of the bid solicitation, bids transmitted by facsimile to Statistics Canada will not be accepted.

All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority no later than seven (7) calendar days before the bid closing date.  Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.

	Contracting Authority:	David Brazeau
	Email:			david.brazeau@statcan.gc.ca
	Address:		150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, ON, K1A 09T

Before award of a contract, the following conditions must be met:
1.	The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS) with approved Document Safeguarding Capability (DSC) at the level of PROTECTED B issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada.
2.	The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to PROTECTED information, assets or work site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
3.	The Contractor MUST NOT utilize its Information Technology systems to electronically process, produce or store PROTECTED information until the CISD/PWGSC has issued written approval.  After approval has been granted or approved, these tasks may be performed at the level of PROTECTED B.
4.	Subcontracts, which contain security requirements, are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC.

The Mandatory criteria are:

MTC1: The Bidder must propose one (1) translator and must provide a detailed and up-to-date résumé (the resumé should be no longer than five [5] pages) for the proposed translator. The résumé must include the following information for the translation projects completed:


(a)	The name of the client for whom the translation services were performed;
(b)	The name, telephone number and email address of a representative who can confirm the information provided by the bidder;
(c)	The time period during which the translation services were provided (from “Month/year” to “Month/year”);
(d)	The field of the translated documents.

Note
If a Bidder proposes more than one (1) translator, only the first one (based on the order in which they are proposed) will be evaluated.

MTC2: The Bidder must demonstrate that the translator proposed in MTC1 has at least three (3) years of experience, during the five (5) year period ending on the bid solicitation closing date, in the delivery of translation services from English into French and editing services in French in at least six (6) of the following sixteen (16) fields, for which Statistics Canada requires services: 

1.	Statistical surveys
2.	Descriptive statistics
3.	Agriculture
4.	Demography
5.	Economics
6.	Geography and geomatics
7.	Justice
8.	Health
9.	Environmental sciences
10.	Social sciences
11.	Theoretical statistics, econometrics, applied statistics and mathematics
12.	Transportation
13.	Federal administration
14.	Finance
15.	Management
16.	Informatics and technology

The following information must be provided for the translation projects completed:

(a)	The name of the client for whom the translation services were performed;
(b)	The name, telephone number and email address of a representative who could confirm the information provided by the bidder;
(c)	The time period during which the translation services were provided (from “Month year” to “Month year”);
(d)	The field of the translated documents.

MTC3: The Bidder must demonstrate that the translator proposed in MTC1:
•	holds a bachelor’s degree in translation by providing a copy of the degree OR
•	is a certified member of a Canadian provincial association of translators and interpreters by providing a copy of the certification, OR
•	has worked as a translator (as an employee or a supplier) for the Translation Bureau (Public Works and Government Services Canada) for at least five (5) years by providing proof that the proposed translator was employed by the Translation Bureau or had a contract with the Translation Bureau in their own name or as the owner of a sole proprietorship.

MTC4: The Bidder must demonstrate that their place of work is in Canada and that the proposed translator will work either at that place of work or elsewhere in Canada. Proof of the business address in Canada may be requested.

MTC5: The Bidder must identify the name of the resource who will act as a liaison officer between the administrator of the Contract on the part of the Contractor and the Project Authority of Statistics Canada.