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TSPS SA-SO recompetition

Solicitation number E60ZT-16TSPS/B

Publication date

Closing date and time 2016/12/16 14:00 EST

Last amendment date


    Description
    Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
    Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
    Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
    Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
    Nature of Requirements: 
    
    DESCRIPTION
    
    Request for a Task-based Supply Arrangement (RFSA)/Request for a Standing Offer (RFSO) and Re-competition of Existing Task-based Supply Arrangements (SA) and Standing Offers (SO) under the Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) method of supply.
    
    Suppliers interested in submitted a response to this RFSA/RFSO may access the bid solicitation documents directly from this Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) publication.
    
    REQUIREMENT
    
    This solicitation is a RFSA/RFSO to satisfy Canada's requirement for the provision of Task-based Professional Services to locations throughout Canada, excluding any locations in areas subject to any of the Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements.
    
    BACKGROUND
    
    This document will serve to qualifynew suppliers and to maintain currently awarded Task-based SAs and SOs.
    
    New Bidders:  In order to be considered for a TSPS SA and/or SO, it is mandatory to submit a bid in accordance with this RFSA/RFSO by the closing date and time indicated on Page 1of this RFSA/RFSO, and comply with the mandatory requirements of this solicitation.
    
    Existing Suppliers:  In order to maintain your current Task-based SA and/or SO, it is mandatory to submit a bid in accordance with this RFSA/RFSO Re-Competition by theclosing date and time indicated on Page 1 of this RFSA/RFSO.  It is also an opportunity to include additional information to your existing SA and/or SO such as Streams, Categories, Tiers, Levels of Expertise, and/or Regions/Metropolitan Areas. ExistingSA and/or SO Suppliers are not required to re-qualify for any Categories for which they already have a SA and/or SO, although they must otherwise comply with the requirements of the re-competition solicitation to retain the previously awarded Categories.
    
    LIST OF STREAMS
    
    This RFSA/RFSO covers five Streams:
    
    Stream 1:  Human Resource Services;
    Stream 2:  Business Services / Change Management Services; 
    Stream 3:  Project Management Services; 
    Stream 4:  Real Property Project Management Services;and 
    Stream 5:  Technical Engineering and Maintenance Services.
    
    Each Stream is further subdivided into single “Categories”.  Details of the general definitions for the TSPS Task-Based Streams and Categories are available at the TSPS - Streams andCategories page: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/spctscc-tspscc-eng.html.  
    
    In regards to the SA resulting from this solicitation, all five Streams are structured according to the following Tiers:
    
    Tier 1:  Requirements valued at the NAFTAthreshold and up to and including $2 million 
    Tier 2:  Requirements valued at more than $2 million
    
    Tasks are finite work assignments that require one or more consultants to complete.  A task involves a specific start date, a specific end date and set deliverables.  Tasks are usually not large projects, although they may be subsets of a larger project.  Tasks may require highly specialized work to be performed requiring a rare or unique skill or knowledge for a short period of time.
    
    LOCATION OFSERVICES
    
    The document titled "Definitions of the Remote/Virtual Access, Regions and Metropolitan Areas" at the following link are incorporated by reference into any resulting SA and/or SO:
    http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/dznrrm-dnzrma-eng.html 
    
    The following Regions and Metropolitan Areas may receive Services under this SA and/or SO where a Supplier is qualified to do so.
    
    Regions:
    Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Western, Pacific, National Capital, Remote/Virtual Access.
    
    Metropolitan Areas:
    Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria, National Capital Region.
    
    REFRESH PERIODS AFTER THE RE-COMPETITION 
    
    After SAs and SOs are awarded, a refresh process will be initiated for the SA which will enable the qualification of new suppliers and/or further qualification to add streams, categories, tier, region, metropolitan area for existing suppliers already included in the e-Portal of the Centralized Professional ServicesSystem (CPSS).
    
    REFRESH PERIODS (ESTIMATED)
    
    Period 1: April 3, 2017 to June 30, 2017
    Period 2: July 4, 2017 to September 29, 2017
    Period 3: October 2, 2017 to December 29, 2017
    Period 4: January 2, 2018 to March 29, 2018
    
    SECURITY REQUIREMENT
    
    There is a security requirement associated with the requirement of the SA and of the SO.  For additional information, see Component 1, Part 1, Paragraph 6 and Component 1, Part 4, Paragraph 5.  
    
    SET-ASIDE PROGRAM FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS
    
    Part of this procurement may be designated by one or more Identified Users as set-aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB). In these specific cases, (i) the procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for set-asides for small and minority businesses, and (ii) as per Article 1802 of the AIT, the AIT does not apply.
    
    In order to be considered as an Aboriginal Business under the PSAB, the Bidder must complete theAboriginal Business certification contained in the Data Collection Component of the CPSS.
    
    By submitting the certification, the Bidder warrants that it is an Aboriginal business as defined in the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business.
     
    OFFICIALLANGUAGES
    
    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 SA and/or SO.
    
    CENTRALIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SYSTEM (CPSS)
    
    All suppliers that want to submit a response to this RFSA/RFSO must enroll and establish an account in the Supplier Module of the PWGSC Centralized Professional Services System (CPSS) e-Portal (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/iffpe-seeps-eng.html). Instructions on accessing the Supplier Module e-Portal application are specified in the RFSA/RFSO document.
    
    Bidders must submit their bid through the DCC of the CPSS e-Portal Supplier Module by the closing date and time of the RFSA/RFSO solicitation and must submit the supporting documentation via email upon request by Canada (this is a paperless bid submission process).
    
    ENQUIRIES
    
    All enquiries and other communications with government officials relating to this RFSA/RFSO solicitation are to be directed only to the following address:
    
    TPSGC.SPTS-TSPS.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.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.

    Contract duration

    Refer to the description above for full details.

    Trade agreements

    • World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
    • Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
    • Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
    • Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
    • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Public Works and Government Services Canada
    Address
    11 Laurier St, Phase III, Place du Portage
    Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Paradis, Lise
    Phone
    (873) 469-4464 ( )
    Fax
    (819) 956-9235
    Address
    11 Laurier St./11, rue Laurier
    10C1, Place du Portage III
    Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5

    Buying organization(s)

    Organization
    Public Works and Government Services Canada
    Address
    11 Laurier St, Phase III, Place du Portage
    Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5
    Canada
    Bidding details

    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.

    Tender documents
    Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
    006
    English
    84
    006
    French
    21
    005
    English
    77
    005
    French
    12
    004
    English
    168
    004
    French
    18
    003
    English
    192
    003
    French
    20
    002
    English
    211
    002
    French
    25
    001
    English
    223
    001
    French
    31
    000
    English
    617
    000
    French
    96

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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Alberta
    ,
    British Columbia
    ,
    Manitoba
    ,
    New Brunswick
    ,
    Newfoundland and Labrador
    ,
    Nova Scotia
    ,
    Northwest Territories
    ,
    Nunavut Territory
    ,
    Ontario (except NCR)
    ,
    Prince Edward Island
    ,
    Quebec (except NCR)
    ,
    Saskatchewan
    ,
    Yukon
    ,
    National Capital Region (NCR)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding

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