SO MEDIAN RATES DISCLOSURE NOTICE

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
TBIPS STANDING OFFER MEDIAN RATES DISCLOSURE NOTICE
 
1. Following the renewal of Task-Based Informatics Professional
Services (TBIPS) Request for Standing Offers and Supply
Arrangements (RFSO/SA), Solicitation No. EN578-055605/E
reference number: PW-$$EI-003-27169 and pursuant to the
Financial Evaluation methodology set out in the solicitation as
extracted below:
 
2. Financial Evaluation 
PWGSC will conduct a financial evaluation against all
technically responsive bids by comparing the relative cost of
the per diem rates in each Region and Metropolitan Area for each
Category and Level of Expertise. 

Any offer proposing a per diem rate that falls between the
"Median" minus 30% and the "Median" plus 30% for a specific
Category and Level of Expertise within a Region and Metropolitan
Area will be considered financially responsive and recommended
for the issuance of a standing offer. 

The "Median" will be calculated based on the per diem rates
submitted by all bidders for that Category, Level, Region, and
Metropolitan Area. A "Median" is the middle offer in a set of
offers whereby half the offers are greater and half are lower.
For example, in the following set of numbers: 100, 150, 200,
400, 900, the median would be 200. In the following set of
numbers: 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 900, the median would be 250. 

2. In support of the government open data initiatives, this
notice provides the established TBIPS Standing Offer median
rates by region, metropolitan area, category and level of
expertise. The attachments are provided in both Microsoft Excel
and PDF format and can be directly downloaded from this notice. 

3. Reminder, the data provided is for reference purposes to
enable government, private sector, and non-government
organizations to review the current median results for
information purposes. For the purposes of any TBIPS transaction
requiring the issuance of a call-up against the Standing Offer
Framework, government users must use the Centralized
Professional Services System (ePortal) to obtain the applicable
firm rates and must ensure the transaction is carried out in
accordance with the TBIPS call-up procedures
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/spctsoca-tspssoa-eng
.html#a7. 

4. There will be no opportunity on a quarterly basis to qualify
for the TBIPS Standing Offer, and/or revise any rates until such
time as the Standing Offer is renewed in 2015. 

5. Suppliers that are interested in becoming qualified for the
Supply Arrangement portion of TBIPS, please note that PWGSC
currently has an active quarterly refresh solicitation open to
industry. 

6. Suppliers are encouraged to visit the Centralized
Professional Services e-Portal and review the information For
Businesses. 

7. Interested suppliers are reminded that active TBIPS
solicitations are published on Buyandsell.gc.ca and identified
as active for bid data entry via the CPSS Solicitation Dashboard
Snapshot.



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.