LEARNING SERVICES

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Rotational Sourcing
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
LEARNING SERVICES

E60ZH-070003/F
Steele, Brian (121zh)
Telephone No. - (819) 956-3569

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT

This bid solicitation is a tender for bids to satisfy the
Government of Canada's requirement for the provision of Learning
Services to locations throughout Canada, excluding any locations
in areas subject to any of the Comprehensive Land Claims
Agreements (the "Services").
  
Each bid may result in either a Supply Arrangement, a Standing
Offer, or both.  All suppliers capable of meeting the
requirements of this bid solicitation are invited to submit a
bid for the Services containing either an arrangement for a
Supply Arrangement, or an offer for a Standing Offer, or both. 	

Streams/Categories of Personnel

The Services include the following Streams/Categories of
Personnel:  

Stream 1 - Strategic Learning Advisory Service
Stream 2 - Instructional Design and Development Service
Stream 3 - Custom e-Learning Product Programming Service
Stream 4 - Rapid e-Learning Product Programming Service
Stream 5 - Quality Assurance Service
Stream 6 - Multimedia Design and Development Service
Stream 7 - Project Management Service
Stream 8 - Training Delivery

For Streams 1 - 7, Bids will be evaluated on a Stream basis. 
Therefore, if a bidder wishes to submit a bid for services in
only one specific Stream, then it has the opportunity to do so.
It is not mandatory to provide a bid for all Streams to be
issued an instrument; however, if a minimum response is required
to obtain a Category of Personnel/ Stream, that response must be
provided in the bid.

For Stream 8, bids will be evaluated on a Category of Personnel
basis. Therefore, if a bidder wishes to submit a bid for
services in only one specific Category of Personnel then it has
the opportunity to do so.  It is not mandatory to provide a bid
for all Categories of Personnel to be issued an instrument;
however, if a minimum response is required to obtain a Category
of  Stream, that response must be provided in the bid.

The Period of the Instruments

The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer is
from date of issuance of the SO or December 01, 2014 (whichever
is later) to May 31, 2016.

The period for awarding contracts under the Supply Arrangement
is from date of issuance of the SA or December 01, 2014
(whichever is later) to May 31, 2016.

Refresh Bid Solicitations

In as much as possible, PWGSC will issue a bid solicitation
intended to replace the Standing Offers and the Supply
Arrangements on an annual basis.  Each such replacement
solicitation (a "refresh bid solicitation") requires all
bidders, including those who may have received instruments under
a previous solicitation, to submit a bid in response to this bid
solicitation in order to continue to provide services under its
resulting Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements. The terms and
conditions of each refresh bid solicitation may add, modify or
remove Categories of Personnel/Streams, and may otherwise modify
the requirements of the previous bid solicitation.  As such, the
refresh solicitation stands alone, separate and apart from any
previous bid solicitation.  While some aspects of a bidder's
refresh solicitation bid may incorporate by reference
information already in the possession of Canada, all the
requirements of a refresh solicitation must be met by each
bidder at bid closing.

On-Going Opportunity for Qualification

In as much as possible, PWGSC will post a Notice on the
Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) on a quarterly
basis to allow new suppliers to become qualified Suppliers with
a Supply Arrangement.  Existing qualified suppliers, who have
been issued a supply arrangement, will not be required to submit
a new arrangement.  Existing qualified suppliers, may submit an
arrangement in order to become a qualified suppliers for
Categories of Personnel and/or Streams for which they were not
previously qualified.

This schedule may require a revision due to operational
requirements and in which case suppliers will be advised.

	Submission Period	Submissions Due Date (14:00 at Bid Receiving
Unit)	Evaluation Start Date	Estimated Award Date (subject to
change)
Refresh Bid Solicitation Schedule	January 01, 2015 to March 31,
2015	March 31, 2015	April 01, 2015	June 15, 2015
Refresh Bid Solicitation Schedule	April 01, 2015 to June 30,
2015	July 02, 2015	July 03, 2015	September 15, 2015
Refresh Bid Solicitation Schedule	July 01, 2015 to September 30,
2015	September 30, 2015	October 01, 2015	December 15, 2015
Refresh Bid Solicitation Schedule	October 01, 2015 to December
31, 2015	December 31, 2015	January 02, 2016	March 16, 2016


In addition to submitting a print copy to the Bid Receiving
Unit, Bidders must submit their technical bids as specified in
this Part 3 through the Data Collection Component of the
Supplier's Module of CPSS.

To access the Data Collection Component:

Access the following CPSS link: 
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/spc-cps-eng.html
Enroll or login to the system.  Bidders must contact CPSS
directly for enrollment questions or assistance.
Access this solicitation's Data Collection Component through the
"Dashboard"
Enter all the required data into the Data Collection Component
Print the required parts of the Data Collection Component and
submit with the hard copy of the bid by the closing date, time
and location indicated on page one (1) of this solicitation. 
The Data Collection Component allows bidder to re-submit the
electronic copy of the bid, replacing that bidder's previous
electronic copy of the bid up until the closing date and time of
this bid solicitation.

Before issuance of a Standing Offer or a Supply Arrangement, the
Bidder must hold a valid 		organization security clearance as
indicated in Part 6A - Standing Offer and Part 7A - Supply
	Arrangement.

Canada will not delay the issuance of any Standing Offer or
Supply Arrangement to allow bidders to obtain the required
clearance; however, Canada will consider awarding a Supply
Arrangement during the period that is twelve months following
the closing date of the bid solicitation to a bidder if it has
received its required clearance and all other requirements of
the bid solicitation have been met. 

Bidders who have not yet received their DOS clearance from CISD
by the date that the Offer/Arrangement Authority has issued any
Standing Offer as a result of this solicitation will be
considered non-responsive to this bid solicitation's
requirements for the issuance of a Standing Offer.

Bidders may request that the Offer/Arrangement Authority
consider security sponsorship of their candidacy to upgrade it
to the next security level that is above the bidder's current
security level. Such sponsorship is only available for one level
of upgrade at a time.  This request may be made in the Technical
Response Template or at any time before or after bid closing by
sending the request  via email to the attention of the
Offer/Arrangement Authority.

For additional information on security requirements, bidders
should consult the "Security Requirements for PWGSC Bid
Solicitations - Instructions for Bidders"
(http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.html#a31)
document on the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents Web
site.
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.