CASH ORDER SERVICES

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
EN891-151438/B

TITLE: Cash Order Services


BACKGROUND

As the Receiver General for Canada (RG), the Minister of Public
Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) manages the
operations of the federal treasury, including the receipt and
payment of federal money into and out of the Consolidated
Revenue Fund (CRF).  PWGSC consolidates the management of the
government's banking services as to achieve the most competitive
rates available from Canada's financial institutions (FIs).

The scope of the Statement of Work is to provide large value
cash orders and bank draft services for specified federal
departmental office locations. Services would be provided by
Contractor Financial Institution (FI) branches within proximity
of the federal departmental office locations requiring the
services. 
These types of services would be available to only three federal
departments: (1) National Defense (DND), (2) the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police (RCMP), and (3) the Canada Border Services Agency
(CBSA).

Upon mutual agreement by the Contractor and the Project
Authority, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to amend
the contract to include additional departments and/or
departmental office locations, as required. PWGSC however does
not waive its right to go to competitive tender to service these
additional departments and/or locations. 

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this Request for Proposal are to:

1. Enter into a contract with up to three (3) contracts per
location with financial institutions, hereafter referred to as
the Contractor(s), to provide large value cash orders and bank
draft services for specified federal departmental office
locations. Services would be provided by Contractor Financial
Institution (FI) branches within proximity of the federal
departmental office locations requiring the services; and

2. Canada is seeking to select up to three (3) contracts per
location with financial institutions who meet the requirements
of the bid solicitation and agree to be bound by the clauses and
conditions of the resulting contract.

PERIOD OF CONTRACT

The period of any resulting contract will be from July 1st, 2015
to June 30, 2019, with an irrevocable option to extend the
period of the contract by two (2) additional one (1) year
periods plus a four (4) month transition period under the same
conditions.






MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA

MT1: The Bidder must be a member of the Canadian Payments
Association (CPA) or a local cooperative credit society that is
a member of a central that is a member of the CPA.

BASIS OF SELECTION

Basis of Selection - Lowest Evaluated Price

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation
and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared
responsive.

Amongst the responsive bids, up to three (3) contracts per
location will be recommended for contract award. 

In the event two or more responsive bids have the same lowest
evaluated price, the responsive bid that obtained the lowest
average price for all locations for which a bid was received
will be recommended for contract award.

CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

Karen Marcotte
Procurement Officer
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Acquisitions Branch
Business Management and Consulting Services Division
11 Laurier Street, Portage III, 10C1, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0S5
Telephone: (819) 956-8165
Fax: (819) 956-2675
karen.marcotte@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca



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.