Linguistic Translation Services

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

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Title
Linguistic Translation Services

Description of Requirement
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is looking for a contractor capable of providing, on request, translation services, including terminological research, for various general and specialized documents of CSC - Quebec Region.

CSC estimates that the workload will be between 700,000 and 800,000 words per year. The documents are not expected to be longer than 4,000 words. If a document is more than 4,000 words, Canada and the Contractor will negotiate a mutually acceptable deadline.

The Contractor must be able to check the spelling, grammar and punctuation of texts in both official languages (English and French).

The Contractor must provide services in both official languages (English and French). About 90% of the work will consist in translating texts from French to English. The remaining 10% will be translation from English to French.

The Contractor must ensure that the terminology used in the various documents is consistent with the terminology approved by CSC. The Contractor is encouraged to visit the CSC website (https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/resources/005-0002-eng.shtml) and become familiar with the terminology.

Identified Users
Correctional Service of Canada

Period of the Standing Offer
The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer is from September 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 inclusive with two (2) options to extend the Standing Offer by one (1) additional year each for a total possible duration till June 30, 2026.

Canadian Content
The requirement is limited to Canadian services.

Set-aside for Aboriginal Business
This procurement is set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business. For more information on Aboriginal business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business, refer to Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual.

Trade Agreements
This procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for measures with respect to Aboriginal peoples or for set-asides for small and minority businesses.

Further to Article 800 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), CFTA does not apply to this procurement

Funding
Part of the requirement could be issued to the Aboriginal business with the responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price.

Security Requirements
There are security requirements 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. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, offerors should refer to the Contract Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/introduction-eng.html) website.

Debriefings
Offerors may request a debriefing on the results of the request for standing offers process. Offerors should make the request to the Standing Offer Authority within 15 working days of receipt of the results of the request for standing offers process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.

Please take note that another request for standing offer for the same requirement (21301-213424/A) is posted concurrently on Buy and Sell and is not related to an aboriginal set-aside as part of the PSAB.

Ce bureau de TPSGC fournit des services d'achat au public dans les deux langues officielles. / This PWGSC office provide procurement services in French and English.

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