Socio Economy Study- Update

Request for Proposal (RFP) – W0152-17-AA011- Socio Economy Study- Update

Requirement

The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for an update of the study “Socio-Economic Impacts of Canadian Forces Installations on Host Communities.

The contract period is from contract award to 31 March 2017. 

No security requirement is associated with this requirement.

Background

Centre for Costing in Defence updates the report “Socio-Economic Impacts of Canadian Forces Installations on their Host Communities” report every five years. The update aims at assessing the potential impact of CF bases/installations on host communities. The previous report was published in 2011, which referenced FY 2009-10 DND expenditures data and Statistics Canada 2006 census.

Tasks

The Contractor will assess the economic impact of defence spending in the local area using Input/Output methodology to identify an estimated "indirect" impact and other spin-off or "consumption induced" impacts. Should another methodology be proposed, the justification should be explained clearly into the Proposal. 

The study shall include a quantitative description of the host/local civilian community based on most current data available (including but not limited to the 2011 Census) including:

1. Size of local population broken down by major age groups and level of education;
   Size of labour force with statistics on employment and on breakdown by industry and by occupation;
    
2. Size of municipal tax base;
    
3. Housing statistics from census data;
    
4. Description of the local industrial base; and
    
5. Size of school-aged children population by age group.

   f. a comparison analysis and accompanying table(s) is necessary to demonstrate the importance of the military installation to the host community, using any factors considered appropriate, but must address the demographic, economic (expenditures, labour force/employment) and socio- economic (housing, taxes, education) impacts at a minimum.

   A procedure describing how to update the results with the 2016 Census will be documented.

   Thirty (30) installations/locations to be examined under this study, and the department may direct a specific order of examination.

   Delivery Time Frame

   The Contractor must prepare and deliver the following deliverables within the time frame stated in the table below:

MILESTONE  DELIVERABLE(S) TO SUBMIT DELIVERY DATE

1 Study Results 28 February 2017

2 Draft report 13 March 2017

3 Final report 31 March 2017

Basis of Selection

Lowest Evaluated Price per Point.

To be declared responsive, a bid must:

1. comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation;
2. meet all mandatory evaluation criteria; and
3. obtain the required minimum number of points (40 points) specified in Part 4 for the point rated technical criteria.

   Bids not meeting (i) or (ii) or (iii) will be declared non-responsive. Neither the responsive bid obtaining the highest number of points nor the one with the lowest evaluated price will necessarily be accepted.

   The evaluated price per point of a responsive bid will be determined by dividing its evaluated price by the overall score it obtained for all the point rated technical criteria detailed in Part 4.

   PRICE-PER-POINT = Total Evaluated Price for the professional services (Attachment 1 to PART 3)

   Total Points Scored in Rated Requirements