Modern Resource Modelling Project for Grants and Contributions Program Delivery

Solutions-Based Professional Services (TSPS) Requirement
This requirement is for: Employment and Social Development Canada
This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders under E60ZT-16TSSB who qualified under Tier 1 for the following stream:

3. Project Management Services Stream

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal:
1. Accenture Inc.
2. AECOM Canada Ltd.
3. Auguste Solutions and Associates Inc.
4. BDO Canada LLP
5. Canadian Development Consultants International Inc.
6. Deloitte Inc.
7. Emerion
8. Ernst & Young LLP
9. Gelder, Gingras & Associates Inc.
10. HDP Group Inc
11. KPMG LLP
12. McKinsey & Company Canada
13. POSTERITY GROUP CONSULTING INC., F S MATRIX INC., in joint venture
14. Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
15. Quallium Corporation
16. Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc.
17. Sierra Systems Group Inc.
18. Systemscope Inc.
19. Taligent Consulting Inc.
20. Turner & Townsend CM2R Inc.

Description of the Requirement:
The Program Operations Branch (POB) of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requires the services of a third-party expert (Contractor) to modernize its portfolio of Resource Determination Models (RDMs) and to develop enhanced business process modeling and forecasting capabilities with users, along with the required supporting tools.
The objectives of the Modern Resource Modelling Project (MRMP) are to modernize POB’s RDM using Design-Thinking methodology to:

1. Develop the capabilities and tools required for users to cost accurately the resources
required to administer ESDC Grants and Contributions (Gs&Cs) programs and services,
based on performance and productivity standards, under the purview of POB and the four
Regions;
2. Provide a robust quantitative mechanism that ensures users are able to develop equitable
multi-year allocation of resources based on the principles of consistency, fairness,
transparency and objectivity; and
3. Enable users to support continuous improvement in the client-centric administration of
ESDC programs and services in alignment with the departmental Service Strategy and
Gs&Cs modernization agenda.

Level of Security Requirement:
Company Minimum Security Level Required
Protected A

Protected B

Resource Minimum Security Level Required

Protected A

Protected B

Applicable Trade Agreements:
The World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), and the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA), Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement.

Proposed period of contract:
The period of the Contract is from contract award date and until March 31, 2020 inclusive.
Any resulting contract will include an irrevocable option to extend the resulting contract term by
up to 1 (one) additional one-year period.

File Number: 100013999

Contracting Authority: Ekaterina Suvorova

E-Mail: NC-SOLICITATIONS-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca

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