Media Monitoring

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.