Investigative services

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Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES RELATED TO WORK PLACE HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE, AND DISCLOSURES OF WRONGDOING

E60ZG-220399
Roxane Baker
Telephone: (613) 858-8291 
E-mail: roxane.baker@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

GENERAL: 

National Master Standing Offer (NMSO) are currently in place for Investigative Services Related to Harassment complaints, Disclosure of Wrongdoing and Workplace Violence to satisfy the requirements of Identified Users on an “as and when requested” basis.  
A Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is being issued in order to renew the current Standing Offer in order to comply with the new Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations which came into effect on January 1, 2021.
  
REQUIREMENT:
 
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is establishing National Master Standing Offers for Investigative Services related to Stream 1 - Work Place Harassment and Violence and Stream 2 - Disclosures of Wrongdoing to be used by authorized Federal Government Departments/Agencies across Canada.  These investigative services will include key deliverables expected by the client: meetings and interviews with the complainant, and other individuals as identified throughout the process followed by a detailed report in accordance with Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) policies on the new Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations, disclosures of wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. 
 
It is anticipated that multiple standing offers will be established for these services.  The Offeror may bid for only 1 or 2 Stream(s).  All responsive offers that have met all the requirements of the evaluation will be eligible for a Standing Offer agreement. Full details are found in the Request for Standing Offer document.

PERIOD OF STANDING OFFER: 

For a period of 5 years from date of issuance of the Standing Offer.  There are no additional option periods.
 
EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
 
An offer must meet steps 1 to 5 inclusive in order to be considered responsive and be authorized a Standing Offer for use.  Note that the information below does NOT include all details.  Full details are found in the Request for Standing Offer document.

Step 1: Receipt of Signed Offer and verification of required documentation

Step 2: Technical Proposal Review against Mandatory Technical Point and Rated Technical Criteria identified in the RFSO document which consists of the following:

MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA
MANDATORY EXPERIENCE
MANDATORY TRAINING

POINT RATED TECHNICAL CRITERIA
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT TRAINING
FORMAL EDUCATION 
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION/ LICENCE 

The Offer must indicate in which official language(s) of Canada each proposed resource is capable of providing the services as described in Annex A: Statement of Work of the RFSO document.  A format is proposed in the RFSO document.

The Offer must indicate in which Canadian city (ies) each proposed resource will be able to provide the services described in Annex A: Statement of Work of the RFSO without Canada charging travel and living expenses.  A format is proposed in the RFSO document.

Step 3: Financial Offer Evaluation 
Step 4: Certifications Review
Step 5: Offeror Selection 

Note that the RFSO document requests additional information and documents.  See the RFSO document for more details.

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. See the RFSO for more details.

Canada reserves the right to negotiate with offerors on any procurement. 
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
Should there be any discrepancies between the wording of this notice and the RFSO, the RFSO wording will prevail.


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.