Media Monitoring

Trade Agreement: LCSA/AIT
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Media Monitoring

3G001-134178/A
Kamal, Mostafa A.
Telephone No. - (613) 990-6830 
Fax No. - (613) 993-2581

1) REQUIREMENT

This requirement is for media monitoring and media analysis
services. Media monitoring services include online university
and research publications, community and regional newspapers,
social media, blogs; as well as mainstream national print and
online publications and mainstream radio and TV coverage [The TV
coverage includes those broadcasters available through the
Electronic Media Monitoring (EMM) program, e.g. CBC, Radio
Canada and CTV]. The supplier must be able to provide the
sources indicated in Annex A - Statement of Work and integrate
the sources available through the Electronic Media Monitoring
(EMM) program. By contract award, the winning bidder must obtain
all necessary permissions from all required content providers
including the EMM suppliers*. 

The bidder must offer a web-based platform that allows multiple
users unlimited access to news items including print, broadcast,
online and social media, and the capability for departmental
users to compile daily media analysis reports into customized
templates. The bidder must maintain a searchable database of
resulting news items for a minimum of one (1) year.

The bidder will also be required to provide quarterly media
monitoring reports along with comprehensive annual media
analysis reports based on the articles compiled by SSHRC
employees.

*EMM Suppliers include the following:

The Globe and Mail Inc.
CEDROM-SNi Inc.
Sun Media
Canadian Press Enterprises Inc.
Postmedia Network Inc.
The Hill Times
Embassy Magazine
iPolitics
CTV News
CBC (The National)

2) CONTRACT PERIOD

The period of the contract is from April 1, 2014 to March 31,
2015, and includes option to extend the term of the Contract by
up to four (4) additional one (1) year period under the same
conditions. 

3) This requirement is subject to Agreement on Internal Trade
(AIT).

4) This requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian
goods and/or services. This procurement is conditionally limited
to Canadian services.

5) Basis of Selection

1. To be declared responsive, a bid must: 

	A. comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation;

	B. meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; 
	C. obtain the required minimum percentages of points for the
technical evaluation criteria which 		    are subject to point
rating; and

	D. If requested to provide a live demonstration of the
offerer's software, the bidder must meet all 		     the
requirements described in Annex A - Statement of Work and Annex
D - Demonstration 		    Checklist Form.

2. Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) will be declared
non-responsive. Neither the responsive bid that receives the
highest number of points nor the one that proposed the lowest
price will necessarily be accepted. The responsive bid with the
lowest evaluated price per point will be recommended for award
of a contract.

Canada reserves the right to declare a bid non-responsive, in
the event that the Bid Evaluation Team determines that the
Bidder has not successfully demonstrated their technical ability
the meet all the requirements stated in Annex A - Statement of
Work and Annex D - Demonstration Checklist

THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS ARE:

	M1.	The bidder must demonstrate a minimum 3 years experience in
providing a broad range 			of mainstream print media (including
national, international, academic journals) and 			broadcast
media (radio and TV) and social media (Twitter, Facebook,
YouTube, and 			blogs) monitoring and media analysis services.
	
	M2.	The bidder must demonstrate their service has the 
capability to allow several account 			users with different
topic profiles to monitor and report analytics .
		
	M3.	The bidder must demonstrate the ability to provide access
to a media monitoring 				database tailored to SSHRC's
requirements. The bidder must also demonstrate the 			ability to
provide customized templates that allow multiple users to upload
and distribute 			news clips, summaries, 	analysis and reports
to management and staff.

	M4.	The bidder must demonstrate the ability to archive all
gathered news items and provide 			ongoing  access to multiple
account users identified by the client to the database of
			archives for reporting purposes. 

	M5.	The bidder must confirm their technical capability by
completing Annex D - Demonstration 		Checklist Form.




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.