Northern Governance Services - Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business

THIS REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT IS SET-ASIDE UNDER THE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS

PROJECT TITLE: Northern Governance Services – Set-Aside for Aboriginal Business

To provide support to the Northern Governance Branch (NGB), Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada (DIAND), in the delivery of its mandate to manage, lead and coordinate intergovernmental relations and promote Canada’s Northern Governance agenda and strategies, as well as support the political development of the North and its institutions.

Key benefits to be derived include:

• Strengthening the branch leadership and coordination capacity to promote the Northern Governance agenda and strategies;
• Integration and harmonization of governance-related efforts and development of frameworks and processes;
• Support for delivery of major initiatives under the Northern Governance, Devolution, intergovernmental and Inuit Relations portfolios;
• Strategic review of existing approaches, initiatives, and fora to assess performance, including the identification of lessons learned and best practices, and future directions;
• Assessment of capacity risks, resource orientation and dedication, and formulation action plans; and
• Enhanced understanding of underlying trends and constraints, as well as opportunities to leverage third party governance initiatives.

  MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:

  M1 Corporate Profile

  The bidder must provide a corporate profile demonstrating a minimum of three (3) years of experience within the last ten (10) years in the provision governance services and strategic advice relevant to and similar to the services as defined in the Statement of Work.

The Bidder must provide the full legal name of the firm submitting the proposal (including as applicable all joint ventures, partners, or subcontractors).

M2 Governance Experience

The bidder must provide at least two (2) written project summaries describing in detail the bidders’ experience in successfully providing governance and strategic advice for one or more client organization within the last five (5) years of the solicitation closing date.

The project summaries must demonstrate experience in completing the following:

• Identification of strategic governance opportunities and development of new governance-related policies or directions or proposals; or
• Assessment of intergovernmental relations, including current governance models, mechanisms, or fora and their influencing factors; or
• Development and delivery of projects and engagement and implementation of new intergovernmental frameworks or initiatives.

  The Bidder must indicate

1. The name of the client organization;
2. A brief description of the type and scope of Governance Services and Strategic advice;
3. The dates/duration of the project;
4. The $-value of the project (to the Bidder);
5. The extent to which these services were provided on-time, on-budget and in accordance with the established project objectives; and
6. The name, address and telephone number of the client project authority to whom the Bidder reported.

M3 Proposed Resources

The Bidder must name resources and provide a detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) for a minimum of one (1) resource for each of the following Resource Categories.

The Bidder must propose a minimum of one (1) resource for each required Category below. Named resource(s) cannot be proposed in more than one (1) Resource Category.

Proposed resource(s) must meet all of DIAND’s minimum qualification requirements for the Resource Category in which they are proposed, as described in Appendix “A” –Resource Requirements in the Statement of Work.

Each individual resource must demonstrate that they hold at a minimum a University undergraduate degree.

The Bidder must include proof of education for each proposed resource.

Senior Consultants

The proposed Senior Consultants must demonstrate in his/her resume a minimum of a minimum of ten (10) years of experience with the last twenty (20) years in either in strategic planning and delivery, policy and program design and development, research and engagement, and project management.

At least five (5) years of experience must be focused on governance-specific projects, including intergovernmental relations and strategies, or the development of governance models and service delivery, or Senior executive engagement, Risk management, Indigenous relations, Third party engagement, Project performance management and reporting and Northern policy and legislative frameworks in a Canadian public sector context. 

The Bidder must have at least five (5) years of experience working on policy and legislative frameworks in a Canadian public sector context.

Consultants

The proposed Consultants must demonstrate in their resume a minimum of five (5) years within the last ten (10 ) years in either a) strategic planning and delivery; or b) policy and project design and development, or c) research and engagement; and project management. This experience may be gained through consulting, public sector or other private sector work.

At least three (3) years of experience must be focused on governance-specific projects, such as intergovernmental relations and strategies, of the development of governance models and service delivery, or Indigenous relations, or third party engagement, and project management and reporting.

The Bidder must have at least three (3) year of experience working on policy and legislative frameworks in a Canadian public sector context.

Junior Consultants/Researchers

The proposed Junior Consultants /Researchers must demonstrate in their resume a minimum of two (2) years of experience within the last six (6) in either a) strategic planning and delivery, or b) policy and program design and development, or c) research and engagement; and d) project management. This experience may gained through consultant, public sector or private sector work.

The Bidder must have at one (1) year of experience working of policy and legislative frameworks in a Canadian public sector context.

Proposed resources will be evaluated against the stated minimum qualifications for the Resource Category for which they are proposed, until such time as the Bidder has provided evidence of the minimum number of qualified resources. DIAND will evaluate proposed resources, as follows:

DIAND will evaluate up to two (2) additional resources in each Resource Category, should one (1) or more of the Bidder’s proposed resources within that Resource Category fail to meet the minimum qualifications. Named resources will be evaluated in the order in which they first appear within the Bidder’s proposal.

One (1) Standing Offer Awards will be offered.

The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer will be from the date of the Standing Offer Agreement until June 30, 2019. If the Standing Offer is authorized for use beyond the initial period, the Offeror offers to extend its offer for an additional two (2) one-year periods.

The SOAs will be awarded based on a determination of Best Value taking into account both the technical merit of the Proposals and the Financial Evaluation.

The Bidder(s) will be selected on the basis of the highest combined rating of technical merit and price.

Pursuant to the Government of Canada Security Policy, the nature of the services to be provided under the Standing Offer Agreement requires a Government of Canada Security Clearance.

The Standing Offer (SO) is for the delivery of the requirement detailed in the SO to the Identified Users across Canada, including areas subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs).