POR - Quantitative

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
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: 

POR - Quantitative

EP082-212778/B
Amaral, Paola
Telephone No. - (613) 998-8588


The information contained in this notice is a summary of the requirement. Bidders must refer to the solicitation documents for a full description of the requirement and instructions.


NATURE OF REQUIREMENT 

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on behalf of the Receiver General and Pension Branch, Pension Excellence Sector, Program and Management Oversight Directorate, has a requirement for the services of a public opinion research firm to conduct the Pension Member Service Feedback Survey. The research will assist the Pension program in strategic planning of future pension services, communication tools or training, as well as use it to make improvements to current services, communications, tools or training.


PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT

The period of the contract will be for one year, with the possibility of one (1) additional one (1) year option period. 


ENQUIRIES

All enquiries must be directed to the Contracting Authority at the contact details identified within this tender notice no later than the deadline indicated in the RFP. 


SOURCING

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

This bid solicitation allows bidders to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation for bid submission. Bidders must refer to Part 2 of the bid solicitation entitled Instructions to bidders for further information.


EVALUATION CRITERIA 

MANDATORY EVALUATION CRITERIA

M.1: Senior Researcher(S)
M.2: Corporate Experience -- Project Experience

POINT RATED TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

R.1:   Understanding the requirements and tasks listed in the statement of work and demonstrating ability to carry them out
R.2:   Methodology
R.3:   Resource Qualifications - Senior Researcher(S)
R.4:  Corporate Experience - Project Experience


BASIS OF SELECTION
 Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price

1. To be declared responsive, a bid must: 

a. comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; and
b. meet all mandatory criteria; and
c. obtain the required minimum points specified for each criterion for the technical evaluation, and 
d. obtain the required minimum of 497 points overall for the technical evaluation criteria which are subject to point rating. The rating is performed on a scale of 1096 points. 

2. Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) and (d) will be declared non-responsive. 

3. The selection will be based on the highest responsive combined rating of technical merit and price. The ratio will be 70% for the technical merit and 30% for the price. 

4. To establish the technical merit score, the overall technical score for each responsive bid will be determined as follows: total number of points obtained / maximum number of points available multiplied by the ratio of 70%.

5. To establish the pricing score, each firm price or rate will be prorated against the lowest firm price or rate for each individual category of service. The ratio of 30% will be divided against the five (5) main category services as follows:

21/30 -  Bid Evaluation Value (BEV)
1.5/30 -  Option 1: Additional Telephone Surveys
3/30 -   Option 2: Additional Online Surveys
1.5/30 -  Option 3: Additional Minutes for Telephone Surveys
3/30 -   Option 4: Additional Minutes for Online Surveys

6. For each responsive bid, the technical merit score and the pricing score will be added to determine its combined rating. 

7. Neither the responsive bid obtaining the highest technical score nor the one with the lowest evaluated price will necessarily be accepted. The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will be recommended for award of a contract. 


All solicitation documents must be obtained through http://buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders



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.