Public Opinion Research

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: 
EP363-140002/B - Public Opinion Research

THERE IS NO SECURITY REQUIREMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SOLICITATION.

All enquiries must be submitted in writing to-

Christian Schou
Communications Procurement Directorate - PWGSC

E-MAIL: christian.schou@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

Requirement

This RFSO is for the provision of public opinion research (POR)
services to be conducted for various Government of Canada
departments and agencies. The RFSO has been designed to
encourage the participation of all types of suppliers of POR
including those that are small, medium or large businesses,
joint ventures, and businesses specialized in terms of target
populations, geographic scope, subject areas or methodology.    

Offerors can choose to submit an offer for any or all of the
following separate POR series (as indicated below). 

1.	Series A - Fieldwork and Data Tabulation for Online Surveys
(Annex "A1");
2.	Series B - Fieldwork and Data Tabulation for Telephone
Surveys (Annex "A2");
3.	Series C - Qualitative Research (Annex "A3"); 
4.	Series D - Quantitative Research (Annex "A4"); 

Note: 
Offerors who submit an offer for both Series C and Series D,
will be considered for Series E - Qualitative and Quantitative
Research. (Annex "A5"). 

Five (5) separate lists of qualified suppliers will be
established for the provision of Public Opinion Research
Services.   
A maximum of ten (10) Departmental Individual Standing Offers
(DISOs) for each series may result from this Solicitation. 

No Contract exists until a Call-up against the Standing Offer is
issued.  Standing Offers could be used for public opinion
research projects that are estimated to cost up to $250,000.00
(including applicable taxes).

Definition of Public Opinion Research (POR)

Resulting Standing Offers, will be used for projects falling
under the Treasury Board definition of Public Opinion Research
described in the Communications Policy of the Government of
Canada
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=12316§ion=text#s
ec5.8. Within this definition, Government of Canada POR is
defined as follows:  

"…the planned gathering, by or for a government institution of
opinions, attitudes, perceptions, judgments, feelings, ideas,
reactions, or views that are intended to be used for any
government purpose, whether that information is collected from
persons (including employees of government institutions),
businesses, institutions or other entities, through quantitative
or qualitative methods, irrespective of size or cost." 

The broad definition includes any aspect of POR including
activities such as the design and testing of a collection method
and tools, as well as the sampling, gathering, inputting, coding
and primary analysis of data, and online panel development and
management.

Offerors are also encouraged to consult the Procedures for the
Management of Public Opinion Research
(http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=28033) for further
details of the process departments and agencies are required to
follow.
Offerors may submit an offer for either Series A, Series B,
Series C, and/or Series D. Offerors who submit an offer for
Series C and Series D will automatically be considered for
Series E. However, Offerors must clearly indicate which series
of service they are providing an offer for. Proposals will be
assessed separately for each series and SOs will be awarded to
Offerors who achieve the highest scores for the combined
technical merit and price for each series. 

Sourcing

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

Trade Agreements - The Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) applies
to this procurement.

Evaluation Process

To be declared responsive, an offer must:

comply with all the requirements of the Request for Standing
Offers; and
meet all mandatory technical criteria; and
obtain the required minimum of 80 percent of the available
points for each rated criteria per Series. The only exception
will be the Environmental Attributes rated requirement where
there is no minimum requirement. As each Series is performed on
a different scale, please refer to Annex "C". 

Period of the Standing Offer

The period of the Standing Offer will be from date of award to
March 31, 2018 with the possibility of three (3) additional one
(1) year option periods under the same terms and conditions.

Basis of Selection

For each Series, a maximum of ten (10) responsive offerors with
the highest combined total (80% technical / 20% financial
weighting) will be recommended for issuance of a Standing Offer.



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.