translation contract

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

The Government Electronic Tendering Service on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders 
is the sole authoritative
source for Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade agreements or subject to departmental policies that require public advertising of tenders.

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) wishes to avail itself of translation services on an "as
and when" requested basis. Translation services are required for texts to be translated from English to
French and from French to English.

The documents to be translated are comprised of précis, decision letters, meeting agendas, memoranda to Cabinet, news releases, questions and answers, presentations, reports, correspondence and other texts.


Up to two contracts could be awarded forthis requirement.

Only the Contractor who holds the Contract A will translate précis, decision letters, agendas and memoranda to Cabinet. 

The Contractor who holds the Contract A and the Contractor who holds the Contract B may translate other documents.

The estimated annual translation volume is approximately 8,000,000 words of which approximately
95 percent is from English to French and 5 percent is from French to English.

The Treasury Board plans to ask the Contractor who holds the Capability A 
contract to translate a total of
6,000,000 words per 12-month period (300,000 words from French to English and 5,700,000 words from
English to French), and ask the Contractor who holds the Capability B contract to translate a total of
2,000,000 words per 12-month period (100,000 words from French to English and 1,900,000 words from
English to French).

This requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.
Services must be provided for two (2) years as of the award date of the cont
ract, and the contract will include an option allowing it to be extended for three (3) additional periods of one (1) year each under the same terms and conditions.
The insertion of volumetric data in this document does not represent an enga
gementon behalf of Canada

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part
6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. Bidders 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.html#a31) document on  the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents web site.

This bid solicitation uses Portable Document Format (PDF) technology. To access the PDF form, bidders must have a PDF reader installed. If bidders do not already have such a reader, there are several PDF readers available on the Internet. It is recommended to use the latest version of PDF reader to benefit all
features of the interactive forms.


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.