TBIPS

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: 
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

REQUEST FOR TASK-BASED INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (TBIPS)
SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS

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 an arrangement in response to
this Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) solicitation can
access the RFSA documentation directly from this PWGSC Notice of
Proposed Procurement (NPP) publication at: 
https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders

Bidders are reminded of the importance of reading the TBIPS bid
solicitation document carefully before submitting a bid.

SECURITY REQUIREMENT:

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


REFRESH NOTICE:

This is the refresh notice for the TBIPS Supply Arrangements. 

The bid submission due dates for the TBIPS refreshes are as
follows:

Period 1 is 2015-11-06 14:00 EST
Period 2 is 2016-02-05 14:00 EST
Period 3 is 2016-03-30 14:00 EDT


This RFSA will solicit:

(1) new suppliers to become Suppliers for the Task Based Supply
Arrangements under the TBIPS Method of Supply; and,

(2) Suppliers who have a SA issued under RFSA EN578-055605/G to
qualify for additional Categories, Tiers, regions and/or stream
to be added to its Supply Arrangement.

It is not mandatory for existing suppliers to submit a bid in
response to this refresh.

BACKGROUND:


Existing Suppliers are not required to re-qualify for any
Categories for which they already have an SA although they must
otherwise comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation.


REFRESH FOR TBIPS is posted on
https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders under
Solicitation Number EN578-055605/H. 


REQUIREMENT:

This solicitation is a Request for Bids 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 Claims Agreements.

Each bid may result in a Supply Arrangement (SA).  

This procurement vehicle includes seven Streams:

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


The Supply Arrangement will remain valid until January 09, 2017
or until such time as Canada no longer considers them to be
advantageous to use them. The period for awarding contracts
under the Supply Arrangement begins on the start date of the
Supply Arrangement.

In as much as possible, PWGSC will issue a bid solicitation
intended to replace the Supply Arrangements for the Services on
an annual basis, although PWGSC reserves the right to choose to
proceed with a different procurement vehicle for the requirement
if it considers such action appropriate. Each such
re-competition (a "renewal bid solicitation") requires all
bidders, including those who may have received instruments under
the previous solicitation, to submit a bid in response to the
renewal bid solicitation in order to continue to provide
services under its resulting Supply Arrangements.


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 Bidder must complete the Aboriginal Business
certification contained in the Data Collection Component of the
CPSS.

By executing the certification, the Bidder 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 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 a contract against the SA.


CENTRALIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SYSTEM (CPSS):

All suppliers that want to bid 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
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, Bidders will also be required to submit
documents in hard copy format through the Bid Receiving Unit.
Instructions in the RFSA provide further details.


INFORMATION REGARDING THE RFSA:

Information regarding the RFSA can be obtained from:


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








Delivery Date: 13/07/2015

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.