Census 2016 - Printing Services

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
MANUFACTURING, PRINTING, IMAGING AND INSERTION FOR THE 2016
CENSUS AND THE ASSOCIATED 2014 BEHAVIOUR TEST (BT) FIELD
PROCEDURES

2.	Summary

Statistics Canada has a requirement for a contractor to complete
the print material (i.e., questionnaires, envelopes and letters)
production and preparation for distribution requirements for the
2016 Census of Canada (inclusive of both the Census of
Population and the Census of Agriculture) in May - June, 2016,
and its associated 2014 Behaviour Test (BT) Field Procedures, in
October - November, 2014.

Various questionnaires, envelopes, inserts and letters are
required to conduct the census. The Contractor will be required
to provide all printing, variable imaging (all questionnaires
distributed to dwellings are to be imaged with two unique bar
codes, a secure access code, geographic information, in most
cases an address and in certain cases, a name), preparation for
mailing/distribution and short term storage activities that are
to meet the specific operational and technical requirements.
Although the associated 2014 BT Field Procedures will not demand
the same volumes as required for 2016, all printer processes
must be in place and ready to be exercised for the 2014 BT Field
Procedures as envisaged in 2016. Statistics Canada's approach to
mail-out and data collection for the 2016 Census will follow an
approach that will involve three stages of mail-out.

The Contract will be in effect from the date of award until
March 31, 2017.

Additional terms and conditions to 2030 (2014/03/01), General
Conditions - Higher Complexity - Goods

The Contractor must ensure that all the databases containing any
information related to the Work are located in Canada or, if the
Contracting Authority has first consented in writing, in an
alternate jurisdiction.

The Contractor must ensure that all domestic network traffic
(meaning traffic initiated in one part 
of Canada to a destination or individual located in another part
of Canada) is routed exclusively 
through Canada, unless the Contracting Authority has first
consented in writing to an alternate 
route.

The Contractor must not subcontract (including to an affiliate)
any function that involves providing a subcontractor with access
to any data relating to the Contract unless the Contracting
Authority 	
first consents in writing.

There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 -
Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 -
Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel
and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders
should refer to the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate
(CISD), Industrial and Security Program of Public Works and
Government Services Canada
(http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website"

Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related
information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard
Instructions 2003.

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

There is a Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment
equity requirement associated with this procurement; see Part 5
- Certifications, Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses and the
annex named Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity -
Certification.

Basis of Selection 

To be declared responsive, a bid must comply with all the
requirements of the bid solicitation; meet all the mandatory
technical evaluation criteria and obtain the required minimum
points for the technical evaluation criteria which are subject
to point rating. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated
price per point will be recommended for award of a contract.

The Mandatory Evaluation Criteria and the Point Rated Technical
Criteria are included in Annex E - Evaluation Grid of the
Request for Proposal.

Financial Evaluation   

The Financial Evaluation will be based on the total aggregate
price of the financial proposal for both the Census 2016 and the
associated 2014 BT Field Procedures for the total quantities
requested in the Statement of Work and additional quantities
using the Excel spreadsheet.

To determine the total aggregate price, the firm all inclusive
prices submitted in the Annex B, Basis of Payment will be
calculated as specified in the Annex B Basis of Payment excel
spreadsheet being distributed through GETS (BuyandSell.gc.ca).
The completed excel spreadsheet is to be returned with your
proposal in both hard and soft copy formats.


Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.