Alternative Dispute Resolution

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
E60ZG-090005/C
ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS SERVICES STANDING OFFER ADJUSTED
MEDIAN RATES

Deborah.Perkins@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Telephone No. - (819) 956-8656 
Fax No. - (819) 956-2675

Following the renewal of the Alternate Dispute Resolutions
Services Standing Offer, Solicitation No. E60ZG-090005/C and
pursuant to the Financial Evaluation methodology set out in the
solicitation as extracted hereunder:  

Conduct of Financial Evaluation 
PWGSC will conduct a financial evaluation against all
technically responsive bids by comparing the average firm
all-inclusive daily rate as follows:

The financial offers will be evaluated for Service under Stream
1, 2 and 4 based on the methodology detailed below for each
geographic location.

The financial offers will be evaluated for each specific Service
under Stream 3 and 5 based on the methodology detailed attached
for each city selected.

1.2.1	Mandatory Financial Evaluation

Offers must meet the mandatory financial criteria specified in
the table inserted attached. Offers which fail to meet the
mandatory financial criteria will be declared non-responsive.
1.2.2 	Financial Evaluation - Stream 1, 2 and 4
The financial offers will be evaluated for each specific Service
Stream based on the methodology detailed below:

Step 1 - The Offerors must submit firm all-inclusive daily rates
for each proposed resource as requested in Attachment 1 to Part
3, Pricing Schedule.

Step 2 - An average all-inclusive daily rate for each proposed
resource will be established by adding the firm all inclusive
daily rate including travel and living expenses quoted for each
proposed resource for each period dividing by 5 (which
represents the initial period and the option periods).

Step 3 - The average all-inclusive daily rate for each proposed
resource must not exceed 20% of the median calculated from all
responsive resources.  Any resource with a daily rate above the
highest acceptable daily rate will not be considered further.

Example of a financial evaluation - Stream 1, 2 and 4

See attached tables for examples.





Financial Evaluation - Stream 3 and 5
The financial offers will be evaluated for each specific Service
Stream based on the methodology detailed below for each city
selected.

Step 1 - The Offerors must submit firm all-inclusive daily rates
for each period as requested in
Attachment 2 to Part 3, Pricing Schedule.
Step 2 - An average all-inclusive daily rate will be established
by adding the firm all inclusive daily rate including travel and
living expenses quoted for each period dividing by 5 (which
represents the initial period and the option periods).

Step 3 - The average all-inclusive daily rate must not exceed
20% of the median calculated from all responsive offers.  Any
offers with an average daily rate above the highest acceptable
daily rate for a specific city will not be considered further
for that specific city.

Step 4 - The responsive Offerors will be ranked in ascending
order, from the lowest firm all-inclusive daily rates to the
highest firm all-inclusive daily rates.

Example of a financial evaluation - Stream 3 and 5

     See attached tables for examples.
Additional Information:
In support of the government's open data initiatives, this
notice provides the established Alternate Dispute Resolution
Services Standing Offer median rates by geographic location. 
The attachment is provided in PDF formats and can be directly
downloaded from this notice.  

Reminder, the data provided herein is for reference purposes to
enable government, private sector, and non-government
organizations to review the current median results for
information purposes.  

For the purposes of any Alternate Dispute Resolution Services
transaction requiring the issuance of a call-up against the
Alternate Dispute Resolution Services Standing Offer framework,
government users must use the Standing Offer Index to obtain the
applicable firm rates and must ensure the transaction is carried
out in accordance with the Alternate Dispute Resolution Services
procedures: 
http://soi.pwgsc.gc.ca/app/index.cfm?Fuseaction=sim.commodity_res
ults&commodity_level=4&commodity_type=S&level_code=R0&commodity_c
lass=R019   
&province=NC&commodity=&description=off&department=E&grouping=G,S
,R&vendor=&vendcd=&number=E60ZG-090005&nmso=ON&s

There will be no opportunity to qualify for this Standing Offer
until such time as the Standing Offer is renewed in 2018.

ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES Standing Offer adjusted
median rates - Results attached

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.