Social Media Monitoring

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: If 2+ bids offer Canadian goods/services other bids will not be considered
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Subsequent/Follow-on Contracts
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a requirement for a Social Media platform to be delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to assist the RCMP in addressing a major priority for safety and security of Canadians. Social media and publicly available information will be used to identify threats and address public concerns, determine potential public relations issues, enhance strategic, operational and tactical information for improved decision making in a crisis or major event setting.

The period of the standing offer will be from February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021 with four one-year option periods.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian services

The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish a National Individual Standing Offer (NISO) for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offer. 

This RFSO allows offerors to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their offers electronically. Offerors must refer to Part 2 of the RFSO entitled Offeror Instructions and Part 3 of the RFSO entitled Offer Preparation Instructions, for further information on using this method.

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.