Credit Reporting Services

Credit Reporting Services – 21120-16-2322070

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, Departmental Security Division, National Headquarters (NHQ)

Trade agreement:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)/Canada-Peru, Canada-Colombia and/or Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreements.

Tendering procedures:

All interested suppliers may submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy:

Lowest averaged weighted query price.

Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business:

This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers.

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement:

This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement.

Security Requirements:

This contract does not include security requirements.

Nature of Requirements:

The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement.

The Correctional Service of Canada has a requirement to conduct credit checks through the use of a Credit Reporting Agency to assist with security screening.

Objectives:

The Contractor must provide access to a web based-platform using simple authentication of user ID and password to approximately twenty (20) CSC individuals in order to provide consumer credit reports.

Deliverables:

The Contractor must provide a web based platform that must provide full consumer credit reports that includes all elements as outlined in the Statement of Work.

The consumer credit report must include, but is not limited to, the following elements:

• date of report;
• individual's name and any known aliases;
• individual's date of birth;
• date of last inquiry on file;
• individual's current address and telephone number;
• previous addresses on file, reported employment;
• file summary (includes: total number of legal items & bankruptcies & collections & collections inquiries, all with date of most current, total available credit to consumer, running credit balance, total post due, total payments, number of accounts, number of accounts with negative rating, number of accounts paid, breakdown of running balances by Instalment, Revolving, Open and Mortgage, date of oldest account and newest account opened, total number of Registered Items);
• special messages - i.e. fraud alert, ID mismatch alert;
• banking information: ID number, name and phone number of institution, date of information, date of account opening, narrative;
• trades and mortgages: ID number, name and phone number of institution, date of information, date of account opening, date of last activity, payment pattern, credit limit/high credit, balance owing, amount past due at time of report, terms of payment including amount and frequency, narrative;
• bankruptcy information/consumer proposal: date of information, date of bankruptcy(ies), trustee, assets, liabilities, discharges with date;
• legal items: date of information, date of court action, court information, plaintiff's name, amount, balance, comments;
• collections information: date of information, date of collections action, collection agency information, amount, balance, comments;
• inquiries: date, agency;
• comments on file

The Contractor must provide additional information within a consumer credit report (ex. High Risk Fraud Alerts) if requested by the Project Authority.

Expected Delivery Date: March 31, 2017 with three (3) additional one (1) year period(s) under the same conditions.

File Number: 21120-16-2322070

Contracting Authority:

Danielle Cameron

340 Laurier Ave, West,

Ottawa, ON

Telephone number: (613) 943-5222

E-mail: Danielle.Cameron@csc-scc.gc.ca

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