TSPS RFSA/RFSO re-competition

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
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 qualify new 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 1 of 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 the closing 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. Existing SA 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 and Categories 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 NAFTA threshold 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 OF SERVICES

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 Services System (CPSS).

REFRESH PERIODS (ESTIMATED)

The Bid solicitation has established periods (also known as “quarters”), which align with the Government of Canada’s fiscal year quarters, please refer to the RFSA/RFSO document for more information.  

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.  

DEBRIEFINGS

Bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the RFSA/RFSO process. Bidders should make the request to the SA/SO Authority within 15 working days of receipt of the results of the RFSA/RFSO process. The debriefing may be done in writing or by telephone.

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.

In order to be considered as an Aboriginal Business under the PSAB, the Bidder must complete the Aboriginal 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.

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 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.