Investigative Services (E60ZG-180493/A)

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Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
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NOTICE OF PLANNED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES RELATED TO HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS, DISCLOSURES OF WRONGDOING, AND WORK PLACE VIOLENCE

E60ZG-180493

Anne-Elise Rocque
Telephone: (613) 858-8698 
Fax:       (   ) Not available
E-mail: anne-elise.rocque@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

GENERAL: 
National Master Standing Offer (NMSO) are currently in place for Investigative Services Related to Harassment in the Workplace to satisfy the requirements of Identified Users on an as-and-when-requested basis.  

A Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is being issued in order to renew the current Standing Offer expiring on July 31st, 2018.  

REQUIREMENT: 
Public Works and Government Services Canada is establishing National Master Standing Offers for Investigative Services related to Stream 1 - Harassment Complaints, Stream 2 - Disclosures of Wrongdoing and Stream 3 - Work Place Violence to be used by authorized Federal Government Departments/Agencies across Canada.  These investigative services will include key deliverables expected by the client: meetings and interviews with the complainant, and other individuals as identified throughout the process followed by a detailed report in accordance with Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) policies on the Prevention and Resolution of Harassment in the workplace, disclosures of wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act and incidents of work place violence under Part XX (20) of the Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.
  
It is anticipated that multiple standing offers will be established for these services.  The Offeror may bid for only 1, 2 or all 3 Stream(s).  All responsive offers that have met all the requirements of the evaluation will be eligible for a Standing Offer agreement. Full details are found in the Request for Standing Offer document.

PERIOD OF STANDING OFFER: 
For a period of 5 years from August 1st, 2018 to July 31st, 2023.  There are no additional option periods. 

EVALUATION PROCEDURES: 
An offer must meet steps 1 to 5 inclusive in order to be considered responsive and be authorized a Standing Offer for use.  Note that the information below does NOT include all details.  Full details are found in the Request for Standing Offer document.

Step 1 - Receipt of Signed Offer and verification of required documentation

Step 2 - Technical Proposal Review against Mandatory Technical Point and Rated Technical Criteria identified in the RFSO document which consists of the following:

MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA
MANDATORY EXPERIENCE
MANDATORY TRAINING

POINT RATED TECHNICAL CRITERIA
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT TRAINING
FORMAL EDUCATION 
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION/LICENCE 

The Offer must indicate in which official language(s) of Canada each proposed resource is capable of providing the services as described in Annex A - Statement of Work of the RFSO document.  A format is proposed in the RFSO document.

The Offer must indicate in which Canadian city (ies) each proposed resource will be able to provide the services described in Annex A -Statement of Work of the RFSO without Canada charging travel and living expenses.  A format is proposed in the RFSO document.

Step 3 - Financial Offer Evaluation 
Step 4 - Certifications Review
Step 5 - Offeror Selection 

Note that the RFSO document requests additional information and documents.  See the RFSO document for more details.

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. See the RFSO for more details.

Canada reserves the right to negotiate with offerors on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

Should there be any discrepancies between the wording of this notice and the RFSO, the RFSO wording will prevail.

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.