Transcription of Court Notes

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, Quebec Region. Trade agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid. Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest priced compliant bid. Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business: This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers. Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement. Security Requirements: This contract includes security requirements. Nature of Requirements: The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) would like to procure the services of sworn transcriptions of electronic recordings originating from the various judicial districts of the Province of Quebec. Objectives: The Contractor, court reporter, shall provide CSC with sworn transcriptions of electronic recordings used, originating from all registry offices of the Province of Quebec, in the two (2) official languages (French or English). CSC estimates that there will be approximately 2,500 transcription files each year, with a maximum of 5% of transcription files in English. Deliverables: The Contractor itself shall take possession of the electronic recordings (audio) and the minutes at the office of the Montréal Registry, located at 1 Notre-Dame Street East, 3rd Floor, Montréal (Quebec), every working day. Electronic recordings (audio) and minutes originating from registry offices other than Montréal shall be mailed to the Contractor. Transcriptions shall be sent by electronic mail, free of charge, to the Court Liaison & Document Retrieval Unit (CLDRU), located at the Montréal Courthouse, within 5 working days of the date on which the electronic recordings were received. Term of Contract: Period of the Contract: The period of is from date of Contract to November 30, 2018 inclusive. File Number: 21301-17-2413714 Contracting Authority: Manon Paulin Title: Contracting and Procurement Regional Officer Correctional Service Canada Branch/Directorate: Regional Services Center, Material Management Direction Telephone: 450-664-6612 Facsimile: 450-664-6626 E-mail address: Manon.Paulin@csc-scc.gc.ca NOTE TO BIDDERS: Bidders can obtain copies of the solicitation documents by contacting the contracting authority named in this notice. The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada (English or French). Given the nature of the requirements, proposals submitted by such means as facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted. 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 fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person. The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) offers seminars to businesses interested in learning how to sell goods and services to the Government of Canada. The seminars are FREE. Topics include: ? Overview of the federal government contracting process; ? Searching for opportunities on the Buy and Sell - Tenders website; ? Bidding on opportunities; ? Registering in supplier databases. The full schedule of seminars can be found on the Buyandsell.gc.ca website, under Event Calendar (https://buyandsell.gc.ca/event-calendar).