Media Monitoring

Solicitation number EN578-141942/A

Publication date

Closing date and time 2014/01/20 14:00 EST

Last amendment date


    Description
    Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
    Tendering Procedures: If 3+ bids offer Canadian goods/services
    other bids will not be considered
    Attachment: None
    Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
    Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
    Nature of Requirements: 
    REQUEST FOR SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT 
    
    A Supply Arrangement (SA) is not a contract.
    
    The purpose of this Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) is to
    initiate a competitive process leading to the selection of firms
    to enter into a Supply Arrangement with Public Works and
    Government Services Canada to provide a range Media Monitoring
    Services to meet the needs of Federal Government Departments and
    Agencies on an "as and when requested" basis.
    
    Supply Arrangements (SA) are non-binding agreements between
    PWGSC or other government departments (arranged on their behalf
    by PWGSC) and suppliers to provide a range of goods or services
    on an "as requested" basis. A Supply Arrangement is a method of
    supply where PWGSC, under the framework of the Arrangement, may
    solicit bids from a pool of prescreened vendors.
    
    The Nature of Proposed Procurement (NPP) will be published on
    the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS) on an ongoing
    basis to allow suppliers to qualify for the Supply Arrangement
    at any time.
    Supply Arrangements include a set of predetermined terms and
    conditions that will apply to any subsequent contracts.
    1. BACKGROUND
    
    Media Monitoring is a critical function in the support of a
    department's effort to identify and track current and emerging
    public issues and trends as reported in the media. An integral
    part of media monitoring is performed through the monitoring of
    print and broadcast media.
    
    2. OBJECTIVES
    
    To provide one or more of the following media monitoring
    services:
    
    1.	Monitoring of National, regional and local daily, weekly and
    community newspapers in Canadian provinces or territories for
    the provision of summaries and news articles;
    2.	Monitoring of Canadian and International ethnic print media
    for the provision of print summaries and news articles and/or
    monitoring of Canadian and International ethnic radio and
    television news and public affairs programming for the provision
    of broadcast summaries, transcripts, audio and video clips;
    3.	Monitoring of National, regional and local radio and
    television news and public affairs programming broadcasting in
    Canadian provinces and territories for the provision of
    broadcast summaries; and
    4.	Transcripts (verbatim and/or closed caption), audio and video
    clips of items from radio and television news and public affairs
    programming broadcasting in Canadian provinces and territories.
    
    Contractors may bid on one or more of the above service
    categories.
    
    MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA 
    
    M.1   LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES
    
    FOR EACH OF THE SERVICE CATEGORIES (EXCEPT FOR CATEGORY 2):
    
    Bidders must provide high quality English and French language
    media materials.
    
    To demonstrate this ability, bidders must describe how they are
    organized to provide high quality bilingual media materials.
    
    FOR SERVICE CATEGORY 2 ONLY:
    
    Bidders must provide high quality English and French language
    materials translated from non-English and non-French ethnic
    media. To demonstrate this ability, bidders must describe how
    they are organized to deliver high quality media monitoring
    materials translated into English and into French.
    
    M.2	EXPERIENCE
    
    FOR EACH OF THE SERVICE CATEGORIES:
    
    Bidders must demonstrate a minimum of one (1) year experience
    providing services as outlined in the statement of work, within
    the last three (3) years from closing date of this RFSA. To
    demonstrate this experience, bidders must describe when and how
    the experience was obtained.
    
    M.3	PREVIOUS PROJECTS
    
    FOR EACH OF THE SERVICE CATEGORIES:
    
    Bidders must have provided services outlined in the statement of
    work to a minimum of three (3) organizations within the last
    three (3) years (from closing date of this RFSA)  Bidders must
    demonstrate they meet this requirement by providing the
    following information for each project:
    
    Organization name and contact information;
    Project date; and
    A description of the work performed.
    
    The contact information may be used to verify the information
    provided.
    
    A total of three projects must be provided for each service
    category. For example, if the bidder is responding to four (4)
    categories of service, a total of 12 projects must be provided.
    Projects provided for one service category may be repeated for
    other service categories if they are applicable.  
    
    
    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.

    Contract duration

    Refer to the description above for full details.

    Trade agreements

    • Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Public Works and Government Services Canada
    Address
    11 Laurier St, Phase III, Place du Portage
    Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Westall, Susan
    Phone
    (613) 949-8350 ( )
    Address
    360 Albert St./ 360, rue Albert
    12th Floor / 12ième étage
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0S5

    Buying organization(s)

    Organization
    Public Works and Government Services Canada
    Address
    11 Laurier St, Phase III, Place du Portage
    Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5
    Canada
    Bidding details

    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.

    Tender documents
    Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
    001
    French
    3
    000
    French
    2
    002
    French
    2
    001
    English
    6
    002
    English
    6
    000
    English
    44

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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Alberta
    ,
    British Columbia
    ,
    Manitoba
    ,
    New Brunswick
    ,
    Newfoundland and Labrador
    ,
    Nova Scotia
    ,
    Northwest Territories
    ,
    Nunavut Territory
    ,
    Ontario (except NCR)
    ,
    Prince Edward Island
    ,
    Quebec (except NCR)
    ,
    Saskatchewan
    ,
    Yukon
    ,
    National Capital Region (NCR)
    Commodity - GSIN
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