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Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Summary

(i)	The Contractor(s) will provide the Privy Council Office, on
an as and when requested basis, verbatim transcripts of
client-provided audio/video of the Prime Minister's speaking
events and/or other members of the federal Cabinet, and various
other events. 

(ii)	The period of the contract is from September 1, 2015 to
August 31, 2016 with three (2) additional one (1) 	year option
periods.

(iii)	The requirement is subject to the provisions of the
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT);

(iv)	The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian
goods and/or services.

Mandatory Technical Criteria 

M.1 - Language Capabilities

Bidders must provide English and French language media products
and services, as well as monitor the media in both official
languages.

To demonstrate this ability, bidders must describe how they are
organized to provide products and services as described in the
Statement of Work, in English and in French.

M.2 - Experience

The Bidders must demonstrate a minimum of two (2) years'
experience providing products/services to that outlined in the
Statement of Work, within the last five (5) years from the
closing date of this RFP. To demonstrate this experience,
bidders must describe when and how the experience was obtained. 

M.3 - Previous Projects

Bidders must have provided two (2) projects for the
products/services described in the Statement of Work to a
minimum of two (2) organizations within the last five (5) years
from the closing date of this RFP. Bidders must demonstrate they
meet this requirement by providing the following information for
each project:

·	Organization name and contact information
·	Project date
·	A description of the work performed

M.4 - Customer Support

The Contractor must be available to respond to and action
requests, as well as resolve any product or service issues,
between the hours of 6:00 a.m EST. and 1:00 a.m. EST on
weekdays, and from 7:00 a.m. EST to 1:00 a.m. EST on weekends
and holidays. The Bidder must demonstrate how they are organized
to meet this requirement. 

On occasion, in the case of extreme urgency, the Project
Authority may have a requirement to place a request outside of
these hours. The Bidder must therefore demonstrate how they are
organized to provide the Project Authority with a method of
placing requests 24 hours a day, 7days a week, 365 days a year.

M.5 - File Storage

The bidder must demonstrate that they are able to provide a
minimum of 500 Gigabytes of storage for recordings.
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.