TRANSFORMATION OF PAY ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE - TRAINING
PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
This Amendment is raised to extend the closing date of the
Request for Information (RFI) to June 28, 2013.

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 

REGARDING THE TRANSFORMATION OF PAY ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE 
TRAINING PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY

FOR  PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA


SUMMARY
The Accounting Banking and Compensation Branch of Public Works
and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) has a requirement to
establish sustainable partnerships with Canadian Educational
Institutions in order to generate a pool of graduates for
potential employment within the Public Service Pay Centre, the
Federal Government, or private sector organizations within the
field of compensation.

A major element of the current strategy focuses on supplementing
Canadian Educational Institution course curriculum with
compensation employee training material.  By supplementing
current course curriculum with compensation or specialized
training material that is currently provided internally within
PWGSC, the potential exists for graduating students to be better
prepared for a career in the public and private sectors.


PURPOSE OF THE RFI
PWGSC is issuing this RFI in order to gauge the Educational
Services Industry's interest in establishing long term
sustainable partnerships with Canada for the training of future
compensation employees and to seek feedback from the Educational
Services Industry on the proposed strategy outlined in Annex A. 
All stakeholders are encouraged to provide information that they
feel PWGSC should be aware of in the development of a training
partnership strategy.

This RFI includes a questionnaire at Annex B that consists of
specific questions for the Educational Services Industry to
respond to. Your participation would be greatly appreciated.


NATURE OF THE RFI
This is not a bid solicitation. This RFI will not result in the
award of any contract or an offer of employment opportunities or
offers.  As a result, potential suppliers of any goods or
services described in this RFI should not reserve stock or
facilities, nor allocate resources, as a result of any
information contained in this RFI. This RFI is simply intended
to solicit feedback from industry with respect to the matters
described in this RFI.


RFI CONTENT
Note: The following documents remain a work in progress,
requirements may be added, modified or deleted. Comments
regarding any aspect of the following draft documents are
welcome.

In addition to the main body of the RFI the following Annexes
apply:

Annex A - Scope of the Proposed Strategy
Annex B - Questions to Industry
Annex C - Description of the Existing Training and Courses
Provided by the Government of Canada 
Annex D - Transformation of Pay Administration Initiative
Training Requirements
Annex E - Glossary of Terms, Acronyms & Abbreviations


FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY
Canada may, in its discretion, set up subsequent consultation
mechanisms, including one-on-one meetings with each Respondent,
and/or contact any respondent to follow up with additional
questions, or for clarification of any aspect of a response.


ENQUIRIES
Because this is not a bid solicitation, Canada will not
necessarily respond to enquiries in writing or by circulating
answers to all potential suppliers. However, respondents with
questions regarding this RFI may direct their enquiries to:

Contracting Authority:	Jeremy Chapple
E-mail Address:		jeremy.chapple@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Telephone:	(819) 956-1004
Facsimile:	(819) 956-8303


SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES
1. Time and Place for Submission of Responses: 
Suppliers interested in providing a response should e-mail their
response to the Contracting Authority identified above by the
time and date indicated in this document.

2. Responsibility for Timely Delivery: 
Each respondent is solely responsible for ensuring its response
is delivered on time to the Contracting Authority.

3. Identification of Response: 
Each respondent should ensure that its name and return address
is provided and that the solicitation number and the closing
date appear legibly in the subject line of the e-mail.

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.