LANGUAGE TRAINING SERVICES: PART-TIME GROUP TRAINING AT
SUPPLIER'S AND FEDERAL INST. FACILITIES/NCR

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
LANGUAGE TRAINING SERVICES

Solicitation No.: 		EN578-093429/D
Contracting Officer:	CHRISTINE BÉLAIR
Telephone No.:		819-956-7018 
Fax No.:		819-956-2675
E-mail:			christine.belair@pwgsc.gc.ca

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This Notice to Proposed Procurement Amendment (NPPA) is publish
to modify the closing date to 2013-01-16.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Canada intends  to issue Regional Master Standing Offers (RMSOs)
for its language training requirements in the National Capital
Region (NCR).

To meet the overall needs of language training in the NCR, three
(3) Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) are simultaneously
published on Merx. This RFSO is one of the three (3) and the
resulting RMSO is to deliver part-time group second language
training, in English and French, on the premises of the Offeror
or of a federal institution. Offerors may submit offer(s) for
one or more RFSOs, however, they must submit one or more offers
for each RFSO separately.

Training will be provided on request to groups from 6 to 8
Learners, through a Call-up made pursuant to the Standing Offer
(Part 7B).

For the purposes of this RFSO, the required Work is divided into
seven (7) work streams:
  Work Stream #		Target Language	Location		Format	Mode
3	A	French	Offeror 	Ottawa/Gatineau downtown area	Part-time	Group
	B			Quebec/ Outaouais area		
	C			East/Ontario area		
	D			West/Ontario area		
4		French	Federal institution		Part-time	Group
5		English	Federal institution		Part-time	Group
6		English	Offeror		Part-time	Group


Offerors may submit offers for one or more work streams.

BACKGROUND

Government of Canada is aimed at providing French and English
Second Language Training to federal government employees,
meeting the needs stipulated by the Government of Canada in the
matter of bilingualism in operations and in the workplace.  
LEARNER TRAINING LOCATION
Training must be provided at the Offeror's facilities, with or
without accommodation* or in federal institution facilities. 

Training in French:

For training delivered on the Offeror's premises, the facilities
must be located:

Stream 3A: within the following boundaries: between Wellington
Street, Maclaren Street, Bay Street and Elgin Street in Ottawa,
Ontario and between Laurier Street, Sacré-Cœur Boulevard and
St-Rédempteur Street in Gatineau, Quebec. The Offeror can also
propose classrooms outside these boundaries, in the National
Capital Region. Facilities must meet the requirements set out in
the standing offer. The Offeror is responsible for providing all
the necessary tools to deliver training programs as specified in
Annex A (Statement of Work), Section II, article 6.0.

Stream 3B: within a 10 km radius from the center of the river
behind the library of the Parliament Building on Wellington
Street, Ottawa, Ontario, in the Outaouais, in the Quebec
province, except for the predefined area in stream 3A, as shown
in appendix 8, Territory Covered by the Standing Offers. The
Offeror can also propose classrooms outside this territory, in
the National Capital Region. Facilities must meet the
requirements set out in the standing offer. The Offeror is
responsible for providing all the necessary tools to deliver
training programs as specified in Annex A (Statement of Work),
Section II, article 6.0. This area will cover only the needs of
federal institutions whose offices are located in this area and
when the institution does not wish to send the learner in sector
1.

Stream 3C: within a 10 km radius from the center of the river
behind the library of the Parliament Building on Wellington
Street, Ottawa, Ontario, in the East area of the Ontario
province, except for the predefined area in stream 3A, as shown
in appendix 8, Territory Covered by the Standing Offers. The
Offeror can also propose classrooms outside this territory, in
the National Capital Region. Facilities must meet the
requirements set out in the standing offer. The Offeror is
responsible for providing all the necessary tools to deliver
training programs as specified in Annex A (Statement of Work),
Section II, article 6.0. This area will cover only the needs of
federal institutions whose offices are located in this area and
when the institution does not wish to send the learner in sector
1.

Stream 3D: within a 10 km radius from the center of the river
behind the library of the Parliament Building on Wellington
Street, Ottawa, Ontario, in the West area of the Ontario
province, except for the predefined area in stream 3A, as shown
in appendix 8, Territory Covered by the Standing Offers. The
Offeror can also propose classrooms outside this territory, in
the National Capital Region. Facilities must meet the
requirements set out in the standing offer. The Offeror is
responsible for providing all the necessary tools to deliver
training programs as specified in Annex A (Statement of Work),
Section II, article 6.0. This area will cover only the needs of
federal institutions whose offices are located in this area and
when the institution does not wish to send the learner in sector
1.

Training in English : 

For training delivered on the Offeror's premises, the facilities
must be located within the following boundaries: between
Wellington Street, Maclaren Street, Bay Street and Elgin Street
in Ottawa, Ontario and between Laurier Street, Sacré-Cœur
Boulevard and St-Rédempteur Street in Gatineau, Quebec. The
Offeror can also propose classrooms outside this territory, in
the National Capital Region. Facilities must meet the
requirements set out in the standing offer. The Offeror is
responsible for providing all the necessary tools to deliver
training programs as specified in Annex A (Statement of Work),
Section II, article 6..

*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.

PREDIFINED AREA - WORK STREAMS AT THE OFFERORS PREMISES ONLY

Depending on the work stream, the Offeror's facilities must be
located within a predefined area in accordance with clause 10 -
Training Location of Students, Annex A - 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 that area while remaining in
the NCR, the Offeror may so indicate it in its offer.  

Facilities provided 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).

PERIOD OF THE STANDING OFFER

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

MULTIPLE STANDING OFFERS

Part-time group training in French on the Offeror's premises in
Ottawa /Gatineau downtown area: up to 3 standing offers may be
issues for this Work stream. 

Part-time group training in French on the Offeror's premises in
Quebec/Outaouais area: one standing offer will be issues for
this Work stream.

Part-time group training in French on the Offeror's premises in
East/Ontario area: one standing offer will be issues for this
Work stream.

Part-time group training in French on the Offeror's premises in
West/Ontario area: one standing offer will be issues for this
Work stream.

Part-time group training in French at a federal institution: up
to 3 standing offers may be issues for this Work stream.

Part-time group training in English at a federal institution:
one standing offer will be issues for this Work stream.

Part-time group training in English on the Offeror's premises:
one standing offer will be issues for this Work stream.

Offerors may submit offers for one or more work streams. 

SECURITY REQUIREMENT
 
There is a security requirement associated with the requirement
of the Standing Offer. For additional information, see Part 6,
Security and Financial Requirements, and Part 7, Standing Offer
and Resulting Contract Clauses.

FINANCIAL OFFER: 
Offerors must propose firm all-inclusive hourly rates per
Learner for each work stream in which they are submitting an
offer and must  include it in their financial offer. 

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 on parts 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 of the
familiarization sessions by the teacher and pedagogical adviser; 
4)	the Offeror's facilities where applicable; 
5)	travel costs incurred by the Offeror's resources in
performing the Work or going to familiarization sessions; 
6)	teacher preparation time; 
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; and 
10)	coffee breaks for the teacher and the pedagogical adviser.

BASIS OF SELECTION - LOWEST EVALUATED PRICE PER POINT:

1.	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)        obtain the required minimum number of points
specified in Attachment 1 to Part 4 for the point-rated
technical criteria.

2.	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 Offers. 

BIDDER'S CONFERENCE

A bidders' conference will be held at Asticou Centre, 241,
Cité-des-Jeunes blvd., Room 2519, Gatineau, QC, K1N 6Z2 on
Thursday November 22, 2013. The conference in French will be
from 9 : 00 AM to 11 : 00 AM and in English from 1 : 00 PM to 3
: 00 PM. The scope of the requirement outlined in the bid
solicitation will be reviewed during the conference and
questions will be answered. It is recommended that bidders who
intend to submit a bid attend or send a representative.

Bidders are requested to communicate with the Contracting
Authority before the conference to confirm attendance. Bidders
should provide, in writing, to the Contracting Authority, the
names 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.

If applicable, any clarifications or changes to the bid
solicitation resulting from the bidders' conference will be
included as an amendment to the bid solicitation. Bidders who do
not attend will not be precluded from submitting a bid.
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.