PART-TIME GROUP LANGUAGE TRAINING

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
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: 
PART-TIME GROUP LANGUAGE TRAINING

EN578-093429/F
Bélair, Christine
Telephone No. - (819) 956-7018 
Fax No. - (819) 956-2675
E-mail: christine.belair@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

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This bid solicitation supersedes previous bid solicitation
number EN578-093429/D for work stream 3C, 3D and 5 only, dated
October 31, 2012 with a closing of January 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time. A debriefing or feedback session will be
provided upon request to offerors who bid on the previous
solicitation (work streams 3C, 3D and 5 only).


DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Canada intends to issue up to three (3) Regional Master Standing
Offers (RMSOs) for its language training requirements in the
National Capital Region (NCR).

The RMSOs will be for the delivery of part-time group second
language training, in English and French, on the Offeror's
premises.

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
three (3) work streams:

Work Stream 3C: Part-time group training, in French, on
Offeror's facilities - Ottawa East area.

Work Stream 3D: Part-time group training, in French, on
Offeror's facilities - Ottawa West area.

Work Stream 5:  Part-time group training, in English, on
Offeror's facilities - Downtown Ottawa/Gatineau.

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*. 

Training in French:

The facilities must be located:

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 (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), 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 (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), 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 : 

Stream 5: 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

Work Stream 3C: Part-time group training in French on the
Offeror's premises in Ottawa/East area: one standing offer will
be issues for this Work stream.

Work Stream 3D: Part-time group training in French on the
Offeror's premises in Ottawa/West area: one standing offer will
be issues for this Work stream.

Work Stream 5: Part-time group training in English on the
Offeror's premises in downtown Gatineau/Ottawa area: one
standing offer will be issues for this Work stream.

Offerors may submit offers for one or more work streams. 


SECURITY REQUIREMENT
 
There is no security requirement associated with the requirement
of the Standing Offer.

MANDATORY AND POINT RATED TECHNICAL CRITERIA
Each Technical Offer that meets all the Mandatory Technical
Criteria specified in the RFSO will be evaluated and scored in
accordance with the Point Rated Technical Criteria contained in
the RFSO.

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; 
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 20 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; 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 clause 1.1.2 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. 



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.