PART TIME LANGUAGE TRAINING/FORMATION LINGUISTIQUE À TEMPS
PARTIEL

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: 
REQUEST FOR STANDING OFFERS (RFSO) EN578-112154/a
PART-TIME SECOND LANGUAGE TRAINING SERVICES OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRAINING COMMITTEE (OLIT)

Standing Offer Authority: 	Jenny Lamoureux
Telephone number: 		819-956-9112
Fax number:			819-956-2675
Email:				jenny.lamoureux@pwgsc.gc.ca

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DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIREMENT

This requirement aims to establish two (2) Regional Master
Standing Offers (RMSO) for downtown Gatineau in order to provide
language training services on a part-time basis for English and
French as a second language to various Identified Users. The
work will be provided on a "when requested" basis and authorized
through the use of call-ups issued by Identified Users.  

At most, two (2) single Standing Offers may be established
following this Request for Standing Offers:

Group Training Standing Offer
Individual Training Standing Offer

Offerors may submit offers for one or both Standing Offers.
However, to allow for the awarding of the two (2) standing
offers to two (2) distinct contractors, the Offeror recommended
for issuance of the Group Training Standing Offer will be
withdrawn from the evaluation process for the Individual
Training Standing Offer. 

A list of the Identified Users located in downtown Gatineau can
be found in Part 7A - Standing offer, article 6 of the Request
for Standing Offer EN578-112154/A. 

The boundaries of downtown Gatineau are listed in Annex A -
Statement of Work, 4.0 Training Site, of the Request for
Standing Offer EN578-112154/A.

For the Group Training Standing Offer: In sixty percent (60%) of
cases, the contractor must provide the premises for the group
training in downtown Gatineau.
For the Individual Training Standing Offer: All premises will be
provided by the Identified Users in downtown Gatineau.

Based on last year volumes, the estimated number of participants
for language training per session is as follows:

Group Training Standing Offer
Group training in French: 455 participants per session
Group training in English: 111 participants per session 
Each training group comprises 4 to 10 participants. The
contractor may train groups of three (3) or fewer participants
at its discretion.

Individual Training Standing Offer
Individual training in French: 162 participants per session
Individual training in English: 99 participants per session

The number of participants specified herein is only an
approximation of requirements.

This requirement is subject to the provisions of the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Agreement on
Internal Trade (AIT).

PERIOD OF THE STANDING OFFERS

The period for issuing call-ups against the Standing Offers will
be two (2) years from the date of issuance of the SOs. Canada
reserves the right to extend the Standing Offer period up to a
maximum of two (2) additional periods of one (1) year each.

SECURITY REQUIREMENT

1.	The Contractor must, at all times during the performance of
the Contract, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening
(DOS), issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate
(CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

2	The Contractor personnel requiring access to sensitive work
site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or
approved by CISD/PWGSC.

3	Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be
awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC.

4	The Contractor must comply with the provisions of the:

Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if
applicable), attached at Annex "D" of the Request for Standing
Offer EN578-112154/A;
Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).


EVALUATION PROCEDURES 

(a)	Offers will be assessed in accordance with the entire
requirement of the Request for Standing Offers including the
technical and financial evaluation criteria.

(b)	An evaluation team composed of representatives of Canada
will evaluate the offers.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA (MTC)

Offers for the Group Training Standing Offer must satisfy all
mandatory technical criteria indicated in Attachment 1 of Part
4, Article 1 of the Request for Standing Offer EN578-112154/A.  

Offers for the Individual Training Standing Offer must satisfy
all mandatory technical criteria indicated in Attachment 2 of
Part 4, Article 1 of the Request for Standing Offer
EN578-112154/A. 

The Offeror must provide the necessary documentation to
demonstrate that it complies with the requirements. Offers not
meeting all of the mandatory technical criteria will be declared
non-responsive. Each mandatory technical criterion should be
treated separately.

POINT RATED TECHNICAL CRITERIA (PRTC)

For point rated technical criteria for the Group Training
Standing Offer, see Attachment 1 of Part 4, Article 2 of the
Request for Standing Offer EN578-112154/A. 

For point rated technical criteria for the Individual Training
Standing Offer, see Attachment 2 of Part 4, Article 2 of the
Request for Standing Offer EN578-112154/A.

A zero rating will be assigned to rated evaluation criteria that
have not been covered.

BASIS OF SELECTION

It will be recommended that no more than two (2) Standing Offers
be awarded within the scope of this request, i.e. the Group
Training Standing Offer and the Individual Training Standing
Offer.

1	To be considered responsive, an offer must:

a)	comply with all the requirements of the Request for Standing
Offers;

b)	meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria; and

c)	obtain the required minimum of 36 points for the point rated
technical criteria, which are subject to point rating. For an
overview of the maximum number of points and the minimum number
of points required, see Attachment 1 of Part 4, Article 2 for
the Group Training Standing Offer, or see Attachment 2 of Part
4, Article 2 for the Individual Training Standing Offer of the
Request for Standing Offer EN578-112154/A.

2	Offers not meeting a) or b) or c) above will be declared
non-responsive. Neither the responsive offer that receives the
highest number of points nor the one that proposed the lowest
price will necessarily be accepted. 

3	The evaluated price per point of a responsive offer will be
determined by dividing the total evaluated price for the entire
period of the Standing Offer including the periods of extension
by the total rating obtained for all point rated technical
criteria. 

4	The responsive offer to the Group Training Standing Offer with
the lowest evaluated price per point will be recommended for the
issuance of the Group Training Standing Offer as described in
Annex "A" Statement of Work of the Request for Standing Offer
EN578-112154/A. In the event two or more responsive offers have
the same lowest evaluated price per point, these offers will be
ranked in ascending order of total evaluated price for the
entire period of the Standing Offer including the periods of
extension. The responsive offer with the lowest total evaluated
price for the entire period of the Standing Offer including the
periods of extension will be recommended for the issuance of a
Standing Offer.

5	The responsive offer to the Individual Training Standing Offer
with the lowest evaluated price per point will be recommended
for the issuance of the Individual Training Standing Offer as
described in Annex "A" Statement of Work of the Request for
Standing Offer EN578-112154/A. In the event two or more
responsive offers have the same lowest evaluated price per
point, these offers will be ranked in ascending order of total
evaluated price for the entire period of the Standing Offer
including the periods of extension. The responsive offer with
the lowest total evaluated price for the entire period of the
Standing Offer including the periods of extension will be
recommended for the issuance of a Standing Offer.

6	If the offer is submitted by a joint venture, the overall
experience of the members of this joint venture will be
considered in the evaluation of the Offeror's experience.

7	The Offeror must submit a complete and separate offer for each
Standing Offer, i.e. for the Group Training Standing Offer
and/or for the Individual Training Standing Offer in which it
wishes to be evaluated. It may submit an offer for both standing
offers. However, to allow for the awarding of the two (2)
standing offers to two (2) distinct contractors, the Offeror
recommended for issuance of the Group Training Standing Offer
will be withdrawn from the evaluation process for the Individual
Training Standing Offer.


BASIS FOR CANADA'S OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Canada has determined that any intellectual property rights
arising from the performance of the Work under the resulting
contract will belong to Canada, on the following grounds: where
the material developed or produced consists of material subject
to copyright, with the exception of computer software and all
documentation pertaining to that software.

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.