Online Language Training Services

Trade Agreement: NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

TO PROVIDE ONLINE LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR RCMP

M7594-182552/A
Yves Henry
Telephone No: (613)720-9513

Required Services

The Directorate of Official Languages (DOL) administers Second Language Training (SLT) for personnel in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Language training services are designed to ensure RCMP’s compliance with Government of Canada Official Languages (OL) Policies. As such, SLT enables RCMP employees to obtain the level required for their positions on the Second Language Evaluation (SLE) administered by the Public Service Commission, to develop their second language skills, to retain their acquired skills, and to improve the use of their second language in the workplace.

This bid solicitation is to establish a contract with task authorizations for the delivery of the requirement detailed in the bid solicitation to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside the resulting contract.

Pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003, Bidders must submit a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder. Furthermore, as determined by the Special Investigations Directorate, Departmental Oversight Branch, each individual named on the list may be requested to complete a Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form and related documentation.

Period of the contract

The contract will have an initial period of one year from contract award, with four (4) irrevocable options to extend the period the contract by an additional one year each, under the same terms and conditions.

Security Requirements

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

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

The Contractor/Offeror MUST NOT remove any PROTECTED information or assets from the identified work site(s), and the Contractor/Offeror must ensure that its personnel are made aware of and comply with this restriction.

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

The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the:

• Security Requirements Check List attached at Annex C; and
• Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).

Basis of Selection

Highest Combined Rating for Technical Merit [70%] and Price [30%]

Certifications

Bidders must provide the required certifications and related documentation to be awarded a contract. Canada will declare a bid non-responsive if the required certifications and relate documentation are not completed and submitted as requested. Bidders should provide the required certifications and related documentation in Section III of their bid.

Compliance with the certifications bidders provide to Canada is subject to verification by Canada during the bid evaluation period (before award of a contract) and after award of a contract. The Contracting Authority will have the right to ask for additional information to verify bidders' compliance with the certifications before award of a contract. The bid will be declared non-responsive if any certification made by the Bidder is untrue, whether made knowingly or unknowingly. Failure to comply with the certifications, to provide the related documentation or to comply with the request of the Contracting Authority for additional information will also render the bid non-responsive.

Code of Conduct and Certifications - Related Documentation

By submitting a bid, the Bidder certifies as per section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003 for himself and his affiliates, to be in compliance with the Code of Conduct and Certifications clause of the Standard instructions. The related documentation therein required will help Canada in confirming that the certifications are true. 
 
Additional Certifications Precedent to Contract Award

The certifications included in Attachment 1 to Part 5, Certifications Precedent to Contract Award, should be completed and submitted with the bid, but may be submitted afterwards. If any of these required certifications is not completed and submitted as requested, the Contracting Authority will so inform the Bidder and provide the Bidder with a time frame within which to meet the requirement. Failure to comply with the request of the Contracting Authority and meet the requirement within that time period will render the bid non-responsive. 

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.


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.