TBIPS

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: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
The Government Electronic Tendering Service on Buyandsell.gc.ca

Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) and Request for Standing
Offer (RFSO) for Task Based Informatics Professional Services
(TBIPS)

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS:
 
The Government Electronic Tendering Service on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders is the sole authoritative source for
Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade
agreements or subject to departmental policies that require
public advertising of tenders.

Suppliers interested in submitting a response to this RFSA and
the RFSO solicitation can access the documentations directly
from this PWGSC Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) publication
at:  https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders.

SECURITY REQUIREMENT:

Before issuance of a SO and/or SA the Supplier must hold a valid
Designated Organization Security (DOS) clearance 
granted by PWGSC CISD.

THIS RECOMPETITION FOR TBIPS SOLICIT:

All TBIPS Holders must submit a bid under the RFSO/RFSA
EN578-055605/G solicitation document.

·	A TBIPS Standing Offer Holder is a qualified supplier who
received a Standing Offer (SO) under RFSO/RFSA EN578-055605/E.

·	A TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holder is a qualified supplier who
received a Supply Arrangement (SA) under RFSO/RFSA
EN578-055605/E and/or RFSA EN578-055605/F: Period 1 and/or
Period 2 and/or Period 3 and/or Period 4. 

·	New suppliers to become Suppliers for the TBIPS Method of
Supply;

Suppliers are reminded of the importance of reading the Task
Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) solicitation
document carefully before submitting a response to the RFSO/RFSA.

BACKGROUND

This document will serve to refresh the Terms and Conditions in
place for the provision of TBIPS and to maintain the current SO
and/or SA awarded under RFSO/RFSA EN578-055605/E and/or RFSA
EN578-055605/F: Period 1 and/or Period 2 and/or Period 3 and/or
Period 4. 
  
REQUIREMENT:

This solicitation is a RFSO/RFSA to satisfy Canada's requirement
for the provision of TBIPS to locations throughout Canada,
excluding any locations in areas subject to any of the
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement.

This procurement vehicle includes seven Streams:

LIST STREAMS:

Stream 1.	Application Services
Stream 2.	Geomatic Services
Stream 3.	IM/IT Services
Stream 4.	Business Services
Stream 5.	Project Management Services
Stream 6.	Cyber Protection Services
Stream 7.	Telecommunications Services


THREE REFRESH PERIODS AFTER THE RECOMPETITION:

After the date of issuance of the SO's and SA's, a refresh
process will be initiated which enables the pre-qualification of
new suppliers and/or further pre-qualification to add streams,
categories, tier, region, metropolitan area for existing
Suppliers already included in the ePortal of the Centralized
Professional Services System (CPSS).  

All suppliers must submit an offer/arrangement before the
submission due date of an annual re-competition in order to
continue to provide services under its resulting SO and/or SA.


SET-ASIDE PROGRAM FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS:

Part of this procurement may be designated by one or more
Identified Users as set-aside under the federal government's
Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB). In these
specific cases, (i) the procurement is set aside from the
international trade agreements under the provision each has for
set-asides for small and minority businesses, and (ii) as per
Article 1802 of the AIT, the AIT does not apply.

In order to be considered as an Aboriginal Business under the
PSAB, the Supplier must complete the Aboriginal Business
certification contained in the Data Collection Component of the
CPSS.

By executing the certification, the Supplier warrants that it is
an Aboriginal business as defined in the Set-aside Program for
Aboriginal Business.


LOCATION OF SERVICES:

The document titled "Definitions of the National Zone, Regions
and Metropolitan Areas" at the following link are incorporated
by reference into any resulting SO and/or SA, with the exception
that the National Zone is to be considered as another Region:
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/dznrrm-dnzrma-eng.ht
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The following Regions and Metropolitan areas may receive
Services under this supply arrangement where a Supplier is
qualified to do so:

Regions: 

National Zone, Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Western, Pacific,
National Capital.

Metropolitan Areas: 

Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Calgary,
Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria, National
Capital Region.
	
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:

The services to be provided will be delivered in one or both of
the two official languages of Canada according to the
requirements of the Identified User.


CENTRALIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SYSTEM (CPSS):

All suppliers that want to submit a response to this RFSA/RFSO
will have to establish an account in the Supplier Module of the
PWGSC Centralized Professional Services System (CPSS) e-Portal.
Instructions on accessing the Supplier Module e-Portal
application are specified in the RFSA/RFSO document published on
Buy and Sell.

Suppliers will be required to submit a portion of their
technical bid through the CPSS e-Portal Supplier Module.

NOTE: As the CPSS e-Portal does not currently accommodate
digital signatures, Suppliers will also be required to submit
documents in hard copy format through the Bid Receiving Unit.
Instructions in the RFSA/RFSO provide further details.


INFORMATION REGARDING THE RFSA:

Information regarding the RFSA/RFSO can be obtained from:

IMOS / MDAI
PWGSC / TPSGC
1-866-930-IMOS (4667)
RCNMDAI.-NCRIMOS@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

Delivery Date: 21/01/2015

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.