Executive Search

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods
and/or services
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Due to the need to respond to received questions the closing
date has been extended to 
April 5, 2012 at 2:00 pm.


Executive Search

E60ZL-110001/A
Hickey, John
Telephone No. - (819) 956-5135
Fax No. - (819) 956-9235

To provide executive searches, including executive search
services for "senior leadership positions" (regional, national,
or international in scope) for federal government departments,
agencies, Crown corporations and other federal entities,
referred to as Identified Users, in order to successfully fill 
Governor in Council positions.

Governor in Council (GiC) appointments are made by the Governor
General on the advice of the Queen's
Privy Council for Canada represented by Cabinet.

GiC appointments are made to a wide range of positions,
including the following types of positions for 
which executive search services may be required:

a)	heads and members of agencies, boards, quasi-judicial
tribunals and commissions;
b)	CEOs, chairpersons and directors of Crown corporations; and
c)	agents and officers of Parliament.

The Identified Users include any government department, agency
or Crown Corporation listed in Schedules I, I.1, II, III, of the
Financial Administration Act, R.S., 1985, c. F-11.

The Government of Canada's policies and publications pertaining
to the GiC appointments process can 
be found at the following websites:

Applicable Documents:

a)	Accountable Government: A Guide for Ministers and Ministers
of State (2011). In particular, refer to Appointments in Annex G:

http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/index.asp?lang=eng&page=information&sub=
publications&doc=ag-gr/2011/ag-gr-eng.htm#G4
	
b)	GiC Appointments Process Overview:

http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prsnt.asp?page=Process&
lang=eng

c)	Attachment 1 - A Guide to Managing the Governor in Council
Appointments Process:

Attachment 1 referenced above, includes important information
relating to the GiC appointments process.


Reference Documents:

a)	GiC Appointments Website:

http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/index.asp?lang=eng

The Supply Arrangement has no defined end-date and will remain
valid until such time as Canada no longer considers it to be
advantageous to use it.

As noted in the 2010-11 Departmental Performance Report of the
Privy Council Office (PCO), 771 GIC 
appointments were made in 2010-11.  The average number of annual
GiC appointments since 2006-07 
is 902.  Since March 2010, the Government of Canada has engaged
the services of executive search 
firms to assist in the recruitment of candidates to
approximately 15 senior (full-time and leadership) 
Governor in Council positions.  The annual salaries for these
positions ranged from between $144,200 
to $505,800.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on
Internal Trade (AIT).

The requirement covered by the bid solicitation of any resulting
supply arrangement may be subject to 
a preference for Canadian goods and/or services or may be
limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

There is a security requirement associated with the requirement
of the Supply Arrangement.
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.