POLICY ON INTERNAL CONTROL

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: Suppliers on permanent list or able to
meet qualification requirements
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
PROFESSIONAL AUDIT SUPPORT SERVICES (PASS) SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT

Buyer ID: 002ZQ

SOLICITATION NO.: 82082-122708/A
CONTRACTING AUTHORITY: Melissa Gail Cabigon
TELEPHONE NO.: 819-956-5814
FACSIMILE: 819-997-2229	
EMAIL: melissagail.cabigon@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca	

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:
	 
Canada seeks to establish one (1) contract for financial and
audit services in support of the Canadian Radio-Television and
Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) implementation of
internal control over financial reporting, pursuant to the
Treasury Board Policy on Internal Control.

DURATION OF CONTRACT:

The period of the Contract will span from the date of Contract
Award to 30 November 2013.

PRE-QUALIFIED BIDDERS UNDER THIS REQUIREMENT:

This requirement is only open to the following pre-qualified
suppliers for Workstream #6 - Financial and Accounting Services,
under the Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) Supply
Arrangement (E60ZG-060004/F):

1292577 Ontario Inc.
175213 Canada Inc.
A Hundred Answers Inc., Bessner Gallay Kreisman, S.E.N.C.R.L.,
Risk Dynamix Corp, Assured Results Consulting Inc., Mike Hull,
The MJW Group Ltd., in Joint Venture
Altis Human Resources (Ottawa) Inc.
BDO Dunwoody LLP
BMCI Consulting Inc.
Collins Barrow Ottawa LLP
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
FMC Professionals Inc.
IBM Canada Ltd.
ICORP.CA Inc.
Interis Consulting Inc.
KPMG LLP
Meyers Norris Penny
Murray Management Consulting Inc.
OTUS Strategic Financial Business Planning
Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
QMR Staffing Solutions Incorporated
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
Samuel C. Young Professional Corporation, Douglas G. Kroetsch
Professional Corporation, Joseph Y. Man Professional Corporation
Spearhead Management Canada Ltd.

Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be emailed directly
from the Contracting Authority to the pre-qualified suppliers
listed above. BIDDERS ARE ADVISED THAT MERX IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS. 

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

EVALUATION PROCESS AND SELECTION METHODOLOGY:

Mandatory Technical Criteria and Point Rated Technical Criteria

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: (E60ZG-060004-2A)

1) The Contractor must, at all times during the performance of
the Contract, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening
(DOS), issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate
(CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

2) The Contractor's personnel requiring access to PROTECTED
information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a
valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by CISD/PWGSC.

3) The Contractor MUST NOT remove any PROTECTED information or
assets from the identified work site(s), and the Contractor must
ensure that its personnel are made aware of and comply with this
restriction.

4) Subcontracts, which contain security requirements, are NOT to
be awarded without the prior written permission of CISC/PWGSC.

5) The Contractor must comply with the provisions of: 
(a) Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if
applicable), attached at Annex "C";
(b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition)
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.