TRANSLATION AND REVISION SERVICES

Trade Agreement: LCSA/AIT
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: 
TRANSLATION AND REVISON SERVICES

89089-140001
Chantal Charette
Telephone No. - (819) 956-1376
Fax No. - (819) 956-2675
E-mail: chantal.charette@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

*****************************************************************
*************
THIS NPP MODIFICATION IS RAISED TO EXTEND THE END DATE OF THE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO APRIL 22 2014.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Canada intends to issue one (1) contract for Translation and
Revision Services in the National Capital Region (NCR).


BACKGROUND

The Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB) requires
services for the translation of texts from English to French and
French to English in addition to the editing and revising of
texts in English and French, on an as and when requested basis
and as required. Documents relate to the following two (2)
specialties:

Legal
Labour Law
Labour Relations in the Public Sector
Human Rights
Occupational Health and Safety

Administration and Management
Human Resources Management
Financial and Budgetary Management
Information Management 

The requirement has been estimated to be 1,750,000 words for
translation and 400 hours of revision per year.
 
Please refer to Attachment 1 to Part 3 and Annex A - Statement
of Work for further details.

The inclusion of volumetric data in this document does not
represent a commitment by Canada that Canada's future usage of
the services described in the bid solicitation will be
consistent with this data.
  
PERIOD OF THE STANDING OFFER

The term of any resulting contract will be one (1) year from
date of contract award with three (3) irrevocable options on the
part of Canada to extend the term of the Contract by up to three
(3) additional one-year periods.

SECURITY REQUIREMENT
 
There is a security requirement associated with this requirement.

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

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
Proposal; 

(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
Proposal. 


BASIS FOR CANADA'S OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Canada has determined that any intellectual property arising
from the performance of the Work under the Standing Offer and
any contract resulting from the issuance of a call-up will vest
in Canada, on the following grounds:
Canada has opted to own the intellectual property rights in any
material subject to copyright that is created or developed as
part of the Work, with the exception of computer software or any
documentation pertaining to such software.

CANADIAN CONTENT CERTIFICATION

This procurement is limited to Canadian services.





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.