TSPS-3.7 Senior Procurement Specialist

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT

Project Management Stream - 3.7 Senior Procurement Specialists 
TSPS - Supply Arrangement (SA) E60ZN-13TSPS

This requirement is for: Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA)

File Number: 1000324527

Contracting Authority: Tanya Nadeau
Phone Number: 343-291-5714
Email: Tanya.nadeau@cbsa.gc.ca


Bid solicitation # 1000324527 issued under the framework of the Task and Solutions Professional Services {E60ZN-13TSPS} for the provision of the following professional services: Senior Procurement Specialist.  All terms and conditions of the TSPS SA apply and must be incorporated into any resulting contract.

ELIGIBLE BIDDERS UNDER THIS BID SOLICITATION

The requirement described herein is open only to Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) Supply Arrangement (SA) Holders for the following TSPS SA Consultant Categories:

Stream 3: Project Management Services Class

Category 3.7: 	Procurement Specialists, Level 3 (Senior)

1.   Adirondack Information Management Inc., The AIM Group Inc. in Joint Venture 
2.   Cache Computer Consulting Corp. 
3.   Contract Community Inc. 
4.   CONTRACT COMMUNITY INC., NISHA TECHNOLOGIES INC IN JOINT VENTURE 
5.   Eagle Professional Resources Inc. 
6.   Ernst & Young LLP 
7.   Government Procurement Consultants Ltd. 
8.   Mindwire Systems Ltd. 
9.   Pleiad Canada Inc. 
10. Prologic Systems Ltd. 
11. Randstad Interim Incorporated 
12. SoftSim Technologies Inc. 
13. Somos Consulting Group Ltd. 
14. Systemscope Inc. 
15. Veritaaq Technology House Inc. 


1.	Summary:

The Canada Border Services Agency has a requirement for one (1) Senior Procurement Specialist


2.	Period of the Contract

The period of the Contract is for two (2) years from date of Contract with one (1) twelve (12) months option period to extend the contract under the same terms and conditions. 

2.1	Option to Extend the Contract 

The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to one (1) additional one (1) year period(s) 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.  Canada may exercise this option at any time by sending a written notice to the Contractor before the expiry date of the Contract.    The option may only be exercised by the Contracting Authority, and will be evidenced for administrative purposes only, through a contract amendment.  

3.	Trade Agreements

The solicitation is subject to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canadian-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) and the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CCoFTA).

4.	Security Requirement

	At the date of bid closing, the following conditions must be met:

a)	the Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses; 

b)	the Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must meet the security requirement as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses; 

c)	the Bidder must provide the name of all individuals who will require access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work sites 



4.1	CBSA Additional Security Requirement:           
  
The CBSA, will conduct its own personnel Reliability Status assessment on a Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel), which is allowed under the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada's (TBS) "Security and Contracting Management Standard" and the Policy on Government Security – Personnel Security Standard. Reliability Status assessment conducted by the CBSA will include a credit check.

If a Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) being recommended for an award, has already been screened under the TBS Policy on Government Security - Personnel Security Standard, the Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel), will still undergo a security screening process to be conducted by the CBSA.
 
The credit check will be performed by an authorized security official with the CBSA's "Personnel Security Screening Section" (PSSS), which is independent of the Public Works and Government Services Canada's (PWGSC), "Industrial Security Program (ISP)”.

Until the credit check and all other security screening processes required by this Request for Proposal have been completed and the Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) is deemed suitable by the CBSA, no contract will be awarded and the recommended Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) will not be permitted access to Protected / Classified information or assets, and further, will not be permitted to enter sites where such information or assets are kept.

In the event the Bidder is not deemed suitable following the security screening process required by the CBSA, the said Bidder's proposal will be deemed non-compliant and the next ranked bidder will be contacted. If only one bid was obtained and the proposed bidder does not meet the security requirement, then, the contracting officer will determine the next steps in order to ensure all requirements are met.