RECRUITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

RECRUITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RFP: 1920-0000895 Racine, Béatrice Telephone - 613-951-1015 Facsimile - 613-951-2073 macs-bids@statcan.gc.ca

This Statistics Canada office provides procurement services to the public in both official languages.

THERE IS SECURITY REQUIREMENT FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SOLICITATION.

The requirement is subject to the provision of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), the Canada Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) and the Canada Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA).

Requirement The present request is to obtain a list of qualified contractors to undertake recruitment activities on behalf of the Questionnaire Design Resource Centre (QDRC) of Statistics Canada.

Statistics Canada intends to award up to a maximum of thirty (30) contracts, following this tender notice.

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

Evaluation Process Bidders MUST meet all the mandatory requirements of the Request for Proposal (RFP). No further consideration will be given to bidders not meeting all the mandatory criteria. The mandatory criteria include:

M1. Bidder Bidders must demonstrate that they have a minimum of 5 years of experience recruiting participants for focus groups and one-on-one interviews, in the region(s) for which they are bidding. To demonstrate these criteria, the bidder must provide the following information: - Date established and number of years of experience recruiting - Office location(s) in Canada - List of the types of services offered

M2. Bidder Bidders for Quebec and/or the National Capital Region (NCR), must demonstrate experience in recruiting both English and French speaking participants for focus groups and one-on-one interviews. The bidders must provide a minimum of ten (10) projects carried out over the past five (5) years in recruiting English and French speaking participants, in Quebec or the NCR. The projects must be spread over the duration of the five (5) year period. To demonstrate these criteria, the bidder must provide the following information for each project: - Name or the organization - Brief description of the project - Estimated number of English and French participants - Start and end date of the project

M3. Bidder Bidders must clearly identify in both their Technical and Financial proposals the name of the Region for which they are bidding. Separate proposals are required for each region for which they are bidding. Regions include the following: • The Atlantic Provinces (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick) • Québec (except for the National Capital Region (NCR)) • The National Capital Region (NCR) • Ontario (except for the NCR) • Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta • British Columbia

M4. Bidder The Bidder must identify in their proposal the name of the Manager of recruiting projects who will be the contact person for projects with Statistics Canada. The bidder must clearly demonstrate in the Manager’s resume that the Manager has a minimum of two (2) years experience in managing recruiting projects.

The resume must contain as a minimum the following information: - Name of the organization - Name of the project manager - Job title - Dates of employment

M5. Bidder The bidder must complete Attachment 2 to PART 4: Bidder’s Information

Period of the Contract Services are to be provided from April 1st, 2014 up to March 31st, 2016, with the possibility of extending the contract for two (2) additional periods of two (2) years each, under the same terms and conditions.

Basis of Selection The responsive bid with the lowest price per point will be recommended for award of a contract.

Debriefings After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within 15 working days of receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS MUST BE OBTAINED THROUGH Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.