TEMPORARY HELP SERVICES

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

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT

FOR

REQUEST FOR SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS (RFSA)
TEMPORARY HELP SERVICES (THS)

FOR

Public Works and Government Services Canada Identified Users 
in the National Capital Area 



PWGSC FILE NO.: EN578-060502/G

















Suppliers interested in submitting an arrangement may order the
Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) documents and follow all
the instructions within.


 THIS NPP AMENDMENT IS RAISED TO EXTEND Q2 AND Q3 CLOSING DATES
AND CHANGE SOLICITATION CLOSING DATE TO OCTOBER 24, 2013.


Notice Of Proposed Procurement (NPP)


Temporary Help Services  (THS)
For
Public Works and Government Services Canada Identified Users 
in the National Capital Area


TITLE:

REQUEST FOR SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS FOR TEMPORARY HELP SERVICES

PERMANENT NOTICE:
This is the permanent notice for the duration of the THS Supply
Arrangement Period.  As long as this permanent notice remains
posted on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders , THS Supply Arrangements
will be issued to all suppliers that meet the qualification
requirements of this RFSA.  

This RFSA will solicit:
(1) new suppliers to become Suppliers for the THS; and,
(2) Suppliers who have a SA issued under RFSA  EN578-060502/F,
to qualify for additional classifications, streams and/or
sub-streams to be added to its Supply Arrangement.

Canada reserves the right to conduct the evaluation of
arrangements in cycles, not less than quarterly. That is, Canada
may collect arrangements received over a calendar year quarter,
in order to conduct the evaluation of all those arrangements
concurrently as part of a single cycle of qualification.

Quarterly Evaluation Periods:

Quarter:	Closing Date:	Evaluation Period:
Q1	June 28	June 29 to September 30
Q2	October 24	October 25 to January 3
Q3	January 3	January 4 to March 28
Q4	March 28	March 29 to June 28



BACKGROUND:

This document will serve to renew the Request for Supply
Arrangement (RFSA) in place for the provision of Temporary Help
Services (THS) in the National Capital Area (NCA) and to
maintain the current Supply Arrangements awarded under
EN578-060502/F.

The solicitation for the THS Request For Standing Offer is also
presently posted on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders , solicitation
number E60ZN-110002/D.

REQUIREMENT:

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) invites
interested suppliers to respond to the Request for Supply
arrangement (RFSA) for the provision of THS to be provided for
the NCA.  PWGSC intends to issue multiple Supply Arrangements
for THS to be provided in the NCA as a result of this
solicitation.

Temporary Help Services (THS) includes five (5) streams of
services; 

	Stream 1	Office Support
	Stream 2	Administrative Services
	Stream 3	Operational Services	
	Stream 4	Technical Services
	Stream 5	Professional Services

Individual contracts against the Supply Arrangement must not
exceed the financial limitation of $400,000.00 (Travel expenses,
Goods and Services Tax or Harmonized Sales Tax, overtime and all
amendments included) and should not exceed the time limitation
of 48 consecutive weeks (including all absences, and all
subsequent amendments), whichever of the two limitations comes
first.
 
SECURITY REQUIREMENT:

There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement.  For additional information, refer to Part 4 -
Evaluation Procedures and Basis of Selection and Part 6 - Supply
Arrangement and Resulting Contract Clauses.

SET-ASIDE PROGRAM FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS (APPLICABLE ONLY TO A
PORTION OF THE RFSA):

A portion of this procurement has been set aside under the
federal government's Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business
(SPAB). In order to be considered, firms must certify that they
qualify as an Aboriginal business as defined in the SPAB and
they will comply with all requirements of the SPAB.

Where a Supplier wishes its arrangement to be considered for set
aside for Aboriginal business under the federal governments
Set-Aside Program for Aboriginal Business, Suppliers must
complete and sign the certification in Part 5 - Certifications
of the RFSA.

LOCATION OF SERVICES:

Supply Arrangements will be awarded to Qualified Suppliers in
the National Capital Area (NCA).  The NCA boundary for PWGSC is
recognized as the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton
boundary on the Ontario side and the Outaouais Regional
Community on the Quebec side.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:

The services to be provided will be delivered in one or both of
the two official languages of Canada according to the
requirements of the Identified User issuing a contract against
the Supply Arrangement.

MANDATORY CRITERIA:

Suppliers must ensure that their arrangement provides sufficient
evidence for Canada to assess the compliance of their
arrangement with the mandatory requirements as indicated in the
RFSA document.



SELECTION METHODOLOGY:

Suppliers will be required to meet all the mandatory
requirements.  Arrangements failing to meet these conditions
will be considered non-compliant and will be given no further
consideration.

The Supplier selection will be conducted for each
Classification.  All Suppliers who are compliant with all
mandatory requirements will be authorized for issuance of a
Supply Arrangement and will become Qualified Suppliers. A single
Supply Arrangement will be issued to Aboriginal Suppliers who
qualify for both Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Procurements. 

No limit will be set on the number of Supply Arrangements to be
issued.

TECHNICAL RESPONSE TEMPLATE:

Suppliers should use the unmodified response template listed
below in the preparation of their arrangement for both the hard
and soft copy.

RFSA Technical Response Template
Electronic File Name: Attachment 1 to Part 3 - RFSA Technical
Response Template.xls
	 
The RFSA Technical Response Template has been posted on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders  and is available for download.

INFORMATION REGARDING RFSA:

Information regarding the RFSA can be obtained from the THS team
members listed below:

Carla Schonauer 
Supply Officer
Telephone: (819) 956-1534
Email: dgasat.acqbths@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

 


SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT AUTHORITY:

Stephanie Riley
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Acquisitions Branch
Professional Services Business Initiatives Directorate
Portage III 11C1
11 Laurier Street 
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0S5
Telephone: (819) 956-1678
Facsimile: (819) 997-2229
E-mail address: dgasat.acqbths@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca


IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS  Government of Canada is moving
its Government Electronic Tendering Service from MERX to
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders on June 1, 2013  Starting June 1, 2013,
federal government tenders (tender notices and bid solicitation
documents) will be published and available free of charge on a
Government of Canada Web site on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.  The
Government Electronic Tendering Service on
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders will be the sole authoritative source
for Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade
agreements or subject to departmental policies that require
public advertising of tenders.  Get more details in the
Frequently Asked Questions section of Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. 
 After June 1, 2013, all tenders and related documents and
amendments will be on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.    On June 1,
2013, suppliers must go to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders to check for
amendments to any tender opportunities that they have been
following on MERX prior to June 1.    Bookmark
Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders now to be ready for June 1



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.