Task Based Professional Services Requirement (TSPS Tier 1) – Facilitator Consultants

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

Task Based Professional Services (TSPS Tier 1) Requirement – Facilitator Consultants

This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number R000060343 dated March 19, 2020 with a closing of April 2^nd at 2 pm.

Associated Documents: The request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be e-mailed directly, from the contracting officer, to the Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement.

This solicitation contains a virtual demonstration (simulation) as part of the technical evaluation.

The tentative dates provided in the solicitation are subject to change to limit the spread of the disease to coronavirus (Covid-19) and to comply with the directives issued by Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments.

Organization Name: Shared Services Canada.

Anticipated Start Date: At contract signature

Number of Contracts: Multiple (not fixed)

Estimated Level of Effort: Equivalent to 125 days per year

Proposed Contract Duration: The resulting Contracts will begin at the contract award date and will end 1 year later with 2 additional 1 year option period.

This is a new requirement from SSC and so therefore there is no incumbent contractor.

Tendering Procedure: Selective

This requirement is open only to those Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under Tier 1 for services in the National Capital Region for the following categories. All terms and conditions of the SA apply and must be incorporated into any resulting contract.

Resource Category: 2.15 Facilitator Consultant

Language Requirement: English/Bilingual

Security Level: Up to Reliability

Estimated Number of Resources Required: The objective is to have the contractor provide a minimum of one resource (or more) in the Facilitator Consultant category, on an as-and-when basis.

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal:

1 7351933 Canada Inc. (Bourk Software & Consulting)

2 Alpen Path Solutions Inc.

3 BEVA Global Management Inc.

4 BP & M Government IM & IT Consulting Inc.

5 Elevated Thinking Inc.

6 Fifalde Consulting Inc.

7 Groupe Intersol Group Ltee

8 Lean Agility Inc.

9 Lightning Tree Consulting Inc.

10 Adecco Employment Services Limited

11 Samson & Associés CPA/Consultation

12 Systemscope Inc.

13 Newfound Recruiting Corporation

14 The Halifax Group

15 The VCan Group Inc.

16 PwC Management Services LP

17 QMR Consulting & Professional Staffing

18 Nisha Technologies

19 Harley House Consultants Inc.

20 Maverin Business Services Inc.

21 MaxSys Staffing & Consulting Inc.

22 Artemp Personnel Services Inc.

23 Altis Human Resources (Ottawa ) Inc.

24 Mindwire Systems Ltd.

25 1019837 Ontario Inc. (Dynamic Personnel Consultants)

26 PLEIAD Canada Inc.

27 BDO Canada LLP

28 7792395 Canada Inc. (LRO Staffing)

29 Acosys Consulting Services Inc.

30 ADRM Technology Consulting Group Corp

31 Protak Consulting Group Inc.

32 8513929 Canada Inc. (ONPAR Solutions)

33 Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc.

SA Holders may not submit a bid in response to this bid solicitation unless they have been invited to do so. However, should an uninvited SA Holder wish to be invited, it may contact the Contracting Authority in writing to request an invitation at any time prior to five days before the published bid closing date, and an invitation will be made to that SA Holder, unless it would not be consistent with the efficient operation of the procurement process. In no circumstance will such an invitation require Canada to extend a bid closing date. Where additional invitations are made during the bid solicitation process, it may be that they are not reflected in a solicitation amendment.

Description of the Requirement:

Shared Services Canada (SSC) is modernizing its procurement function in alignment with the Procurement and Vendor Relations (PVR) Procurement Program Strategy 2019-2020 and SSC 3.0 - An Enterprise Approach.

The SSC Procurement Modernization team within the Procurement and Vendor Relations Directorate (PVRD) recently launched a Centre of Expertise in Agile and Innovative Procurement (CoEAIP) to further explore how agile procurement mechanisms could allow for greater innovation and create the right conditions to improve and mobilize innovation internally within the Government of Canada and externally with Industry partners. Additionally, the CoEAIP will support the shift from conventional procurement processes to agile procurement approaches. The CoEAIP will focus on three main elements with the objective of having agile procurement become a standard practice across government. It will:

·Be an agile procurement incubator to develop contracting experts with facilitation skills to support technical clients and procurement officers during the procurement design phase.

·Simplify contract documents and processes and develop and disseminate the tools required to enable the transformation to agile procurement.

·Develop agile procurement experts to build the government’s agile procurement capacity.

The CoEAIP is currently piloting a renewed contracting framework: Procurement process 3.0 (PP3.0). PP3.0 proposes tools and flexible contracting mechanisms to improve the ability of SSC to move quicker and produce better results leveraging the procurement function.

One of the cornerstone of PP3.0 is the establishment of a cross-functional team (CFT) during the design phase. The members of the CTF works through interactive sessions and methods that allow cross-functional team members and stakeholders to act together to produce problem statements, statement of challenges and evidence-based evaluation frameworks that eventually flow into the procurement process.

Objectives

SSC is looking to complement its internal resources by contracting with design thinking (DT) Facilitators and Technical Facilitators. The facilitators will be invited to join CFTs on an “as-and-when-requested” basis to support the development of Agile and Innovative procurement processes.

The Facilitator Consultants will be required “on an as and when required” basis. Task Authorizations (TA) will be issued against the resulting contracts to support the various CoEAIP initiatives.

Multiple TAs may be in process at any given time; as such, resources may be working on several concurrent projects and/or activities.

Basis of Selection: Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit (70%) and Price (30%)

Security Requirement:

COMMON-PS-SRCL#6: https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/31-1-eng.html#srcl6

Contracting Authority:

Name: Audrey St-Cyr

Phone Number: 873-355-3448

Email Address: audrey.st-cyr@canada.ca

Inquiries:

Inquiries regarding this NPP 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. Canada retains the right to negotiate with any supply on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language.

NOTE: Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) Method of Supply is subject t quarterly refresh cycles. If you wish to find out how you can be a “Qualified SA Holder”, please contact SPTS.TSPS@TPSGC-PWGSC.GC.CA.