Language training - Quebec region

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



AMENDMENT 8

See amendment 8 in the request for standing offer document.


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AMENDMENT 7

See amendment 7 in the request for standing offer document.


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AMENDMENT 6

See amendment 6 in the request for standing offer document.


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AMENDMENT 5

Please take note that the closing date for the present request
for standing offers has been changed to February 21, 2014 2:00
PM EST.

See amendment 5 in the request for standing offer document.


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AMENDMENT 4

Please take note that the closing date for the present request
for standing offers has been changed to February 7, 2014 EST.


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AMENDMENT 3

See amendment 3 in the request for standing offer document.


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AMENDMENT 2

1) On the first page of the Notice of proposed procurement,

Delete the title:   RMSO: Language training requirement

Replace the title by: LANGUAGE TRAINING - QUEBEC REGION



2) At the beginning of the Notice of proposed procurement, 

Delete: Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama

Replace by: Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama



3) At the end of the Notice of proposed procurement,

Delete: "The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers
on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of
Canada."


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AMENDMENT 1

Please take note that the closing date for the present request
for standing offer has been changed to January 30, 2014 EST.

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DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Canada intends to issue Regional Master Standing Offers (RMSOs)
for its language training requirements in the province of
Quebec, excluding the national capital area, as defined in the
National Capital Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. N-4, S.2, which can be
consulted on the Department of Justice's Web site at
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/N-4/.

Training will be provided on request through a Call-up made
pursuant to the Standing Offer (Part 7B).

For the purposes of this Request For Standing Offer, the
required Work is divided into fourteen (14) work streams*, as
follows:  

Work Stream 1: Full-time Group Training in French on the
Offeror's Premises
Work Stream 2: Full-time Group Training in English on the
Offeror's Premises 
Work Stream 3: Part-time Group Training in French on the
Offeror's Premises 
Work Stream 4: Part-time Group Training in French at a Federal
Institution
Work Stream 5: Part-time Group Training in English on the
Offeror's Premises 
Work Stream 6: Part-time Group Training in English at a Federal
Institution
Work Stream 7A: Full-time Individual Training in French on the
Offeror's Premises
Work Stream 7B: Full-time Individual Training in French at a
Federal Institution
Work Stream 8A: Full-tine Individual Training in English on the
Offeror's Premises
Work Stream 8B: Full-time Individual Training in English at a
Federal Institution
Work Stream 9A: Part-time Individual Training in French on the
Offeror's Premises
Work Stream 9B: Part-time Individual Training in French at a
Federal Institution
Work Stream 10A: Part-time Individual Training in English on the
Offeror's Premises 
Work Stream10B: Part-time Individual Training in English at a
Federal Institution

*Please note that all work streams do not automatically apply to
each geographic area listed in article 10.0 of the Statements of
Work. 

TERM OF STANDING OFFER  

The period during which call-ups can be made against the
Standing Offers (SOs) is twenty-four (24) months from the date
the SOs are issued. Canada reserves the right to extend the term
of the SOs for two (2) additional one (1) year periods.


MULTIPLE STANDING OFFERS

Given the nature and diversity of the services, a number of
standing offers may be issued for all of the work streams and
geographical areas. However Canada makes no commitment to issue
any or all of the standing offers indicated.	 

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STANDING OFFERS TO BE ISSUED AND ESTIMATED
VOLUME**:

Geographical area 1: Québec (including its boroughs) - 2
Standing Offers
Geographical area 2: Greater Montreal (including communities
north and south of Montreal) - 3 
		          Standing Offers
Geographical area 3: CFB Bagotville - 1 Standing Offer
Geographical area 4: Saguenay (including its boroughs) - 1
Standing Offer
Geographical area 5: CFB Valcartier - 1 Standing Offer
Geographical area 6: Shawinnigan (including its sectors)- 1
Standing Offer
Geographical area 7: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - 1 Standing Offer
Offerors must submit one offer for each work stream covering a
standing offer.


** See column E of each table in Attachment 2 to Part 3,
"Financial evaluation for the Quebec region"

LEARNER TRAINING LOCATION

Training must be provided at the Offeror's facilities, with or
without accommodation*** or in federal institution facilities. 

***For the purposes of this SO, the applicable accommodations
are those that enable persons with limited mobility to access
the premises where the training will take place, the room, the
sanitary facilities and other areas made available to all
learners. An Offeror that identifies itself in this category
must accept all call-ups requiring accommodations.

PREDEFINED AREA - WORK STREAMS ON THE OFFEROR'S PREMISES 

For training that will take place on the Offeror's premises, the
the Offeror's facilities must be located within a predefined
area in accordance with clause 10 - Training Location of
Students, Section I - Requirements of the Annex A1, A2 and A3 -
Statement of Work. However, if, at no additional cost to Canada
in accordance with the Basis of Payment in Annex B, the Offeror
is able to provide language training services outside the
specified geographical areas specified  while remaining in the
province of Quebec, the Offeror must so indicate in its offer at
Part 2 of Annex "C".  

Facilities proposed by the Offeror that are located outside the
predefined area will not be evaluated for the selection of the
Offeror, in accordance with Parts 3 and 4 of the Request for
Standing Offers (RFSO).

Canada reserves the right to issue call-ups to the Offeror for
facilities located outside the specified geographical areas only
if the Offeror was awarded a standing offer in one of the
geographical areas specified in article 10.0 of Section 1 -
Requirements of Annexes A1, A2 and A3.

PREDEFINED AREA - WORK STREAMS AT A FEDERAL INSTITUTION 
 
If, at no additional cost to Canada in accordance with the Basis
of Payment in Annex B, the Offeror is able to provide language
training services outside the specified geographical areas
specified  while remaining in the province of Quebec, the
Offeror must so indicate in its offer at Part 2 of Annex "C.   

Canada reserves the right to issue call-ups to the Offeror for
the specified geographical areas only if the Offeror was awarded
a standing offer in one of the geographical areas specified in
article 10.0 of Section 1 - Requirements of Annexes A1, A2 and
A3.

SECURITY REQUIREMENT (APPLIES ONLY TO TRAINING AT A FEDERAL
INSTITUTION)

There is a security requirement associated with the requirement
of the Standing Offer. For additional information, see Part 6 -
Security, Financial and Insurance Requirements, and Part 7 -
Standing Offer and Resulting Contract Clauses. Offerors should
consult the "Security Requirements for PWGSC Bid Solicitations -
Instructions for
Bidders"(http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.htm
l#a31) document on the Departmental Standard Procurement
Documents Web site.




FINANCIAL OFFER 

Offerors must propose firm all-inclusive hourly rates per
learner (the total amount of tax on the goods and services tax
(GST) or the harmonized sales tax (HST) tax must be indicated
separately, if applicable), for each work stream in a
geographical area(s) for which they are submitting an offer and
must include it in their financial offer. 

Offeror's may propose rates for one, several or all the
geographical areas identified in article 10.0 - Learner training
location in Section I of Annex A - Statement of Work.

The firm all-inclusive hourly rates per learner must at least
include:

1)	preparation and delivery of deliverables; 
2)	work of the teacher and the pedagogical adviser; 
3)	time spent by the teacher and pedagogical adviser on parts 1
and/or 2 and/or 3 of the familiarization sessions and
pedagogical sessions; 
4)	the Offeror's facilities where applicable; 
5)	any other costs incurred by the Offeror's resources in
performing the Work or going to familiarization sessions and
pedagogical sessions; 
6)	teacher preparation time of the courses; 
7)	printing fees up to 50 pages per month per learner;
8) 	acquisition of training material (the CSPS's teaching
program - PLF2 and CEWP);
9) 	course loading (creation) of group courses for the work
stream - Group Training; 
10)	coffee breaks for the teacher and the pedagogical adviser;
and
11)	direct costs, indirect costs, general and administrative
expenses as well as profit.

For more details, please refer to Attachment 1 to Part 3 of the
Request for Standing Offer.

BASIS OF SELECTION - LOWEST EVALUATED PRICE PER POINT  

To be declared responsive, a bid must:

(a)	comply with all the requirements of the Request for Standing
Offers; 
	
(b)	meet all mandatory evaluation criteria; and

(c)	for geographical area 2, obtain the required minimum number
of points specified in Attachment 1 to Part 4 for the
point-rated technical criteria.

Offers not meeting requirements (a) or (b) or (c) will be
declared non-responsive. Neither the responsive offer that
receives the highest number of points nor the one with the
lowest evaluated price will necessarily be accepted.

For more details, please refer to Part 4 of the Request for
Standing Offer. 




OFFEROR'S CONFERENCE 

An offerors' conference will be held at PWGSC, Place
Bonaventure, 800 de la Gauchetière Street  West, South-East
portal, 7th floor, Montreal, Quebec, H5A 1L6, FRIDAY DECEMBER 20
2013. The conference will begin at 1:30 PM, in room Nunavut. The
scope of the requirement outlined in the Request for Standing
Offers (RFSO) will be reviewed during the conference and
questions will be answered. It is recommended that offerors who
intend to submit an offer attend or send a representative.
Offerors are requested to communicate with the Standing Offer
Authority before the conference to confirm attendance. Offerors
should provide, in writing, to the Standing Offer Authority, the
name of the person(s) who will be attending and a list of issues
they wish to table at least five (5) working days before the
scheduled conference.
Any clarifications or changes to the RFSO resulting from the
offerors' conference will be included as an amendment to the
RFSO. Offerors who do not attend will not be precluded from
submitting an offer.

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
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.