State of Trade Report Design and Update for Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

Reference Number:

19-148612

Solicitation Number:

19-148612

Organization Name:

Department of foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Solicitation Date:

2019-01-22

Closing Date:

2019-03-04 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time EST

Anticipated Start Date:

as soon as possible

Estimated Delivery Date:

2020-03-31

Estimate Level of Effort:

Up to one year for the initial contract period

Contract Duration:

The contract period will be from Contract award to March 31, 2020 with an irrevocable option to extend it for up to 4 one-year periods.

Solicitation Method:

Competitive

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Applies:

No

Number of Contracts:

1

Applicable Trade Agreements:

• World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP),
•  the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),
•  the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA),
•  the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), 
• the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA),
•  the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), and
•  the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA)

Requirement Details

Description of Work:

State of Trade (the Report) is a major departmental report covering the developments in Canada’s and the world’s trade and investment. It is produced by the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) between March and June of every year, covers the events of the preceding year and is published in both official languages on the Department’s website in June. The Report contains a number of chapters (typically six), a special feature and several boxes. The size of the document in 2018 was 180 pages (in English). The infographic content for the Report (including summary and chapter infographics) is projected at 15 to 20 full pages.

Infographics are deemed an integral part of the Report to highlight some of the key messages and make the Report accessible to a wide range of audiences. The next step to enhance the Report’s accessibility (e.g. ease of read) for the general public is to introduce accompanying interactive data representations (e.g. visual elements allowing the user to click on dimensions of interest to them) to be published separately.

To keep the information up-to-date, infographics are to be updated twice per year as new data becomes available. Furthermore, the infographics design itself may be revised at the same time as the data updates (up to 50% of the infographics total with every update). These design revisions may be minor or amount to a complete re-design depending on the updated data. These updated infographics will be used by the OCE to produce briefing, analytical and promotional material.

The objective includes but is not limited to:

To produce a high-quality graphical publication with extensive data visualization, both static and dynamic, of the equivalent quality as those of international organizations while meeting the Government of Canada Communications Policy and Federal Identity Program requirements;

To design, page-set and deliver the State of Trade - Report in the format suitable for online publication by the Government of Canada in French and English within the prescribed timelines ;

To update the Report’s infographics as revised data become available, and the design itself if necessary, twice per year (in fall and in winter);

Produce some accompanying interactive data representations to highlight some key statistics and findings to be published on the web in French and English.

The current State of Trade report is available here: https://www.international.gc.ca/gac-amc/publications/economist-economiste/state_of_trade-commerce_international-2018.aspx?lang=eng

The link to the report is on the right side of the page.

Incumbent Information:

Supplier: Dragonfly Design and Production

Date of Contract: 18/05/2018 to 31/07/2018

Value: $21,730.00 (tax excluded)

Security Requirement: There is no security associated with this requirement.

Contract Authority

Name: Justin Hirsch

Phone Number: 343-203-6382

Email Address: justin.hirsch@international.gc.ca

Inquiries

Inquiries regarding this RFP requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above. Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be e-mailed directly from the Contracting Authority to the Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement. BIDDERS ARE ADVISED THAT “BUYANDSELL.GC.CA” IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS. The Crown retains the right to negotiate with any supplier on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language.