Neutral Assessment of Evaluation Function

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 5P300-17-5772 TITLE: Neutral Assessment of Evaluation Function DESCRIPTION OF WORK The Parks Canada Agency (PCA) requires consulting services, as outlined in this statement of work, to conduct a ‘neutral assessment’ of its evaluation function consistent with the requirements of the Treasury Board (TB) Policy on Evaluation (2009) and the renewed TB Policy on Results (2016). According to these policies, Deputy Heads are responsible for “ensuring the conduct of a neutral assessment of the evaluation function at least once every five years”. The proposed work will be the first neutral assessment of the evaluation function at the Parks Canada Agency. It will serve as both a summative assessment of the Agency’s implementation of the TB Policy on Evaluation (now rescinded) and a formative assessment for the implementation of the evaluation function under the renewed TB Policy on Results. The targeted completion date for this assessment is July 21, 2017. The assessment will cover the period of 2009-10 to the present and will examine issues to be determined as per the terms outlined in the statement of work. The Contractor selected to carry out this assessment will report to PCA’s Chief Financial Officer, who will serve as the project authority. Final neutral assessment deliverables will be subject to approval by the Agency’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). CLOSING DATE AND TIME: March 16, 2017, at 1300 hrs (EST) Faxed submission will not be accepted. NOTE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: Bidders that consider themselves qualified to provide this Work and intend to submit bids on this project should obtain documents from the Government Electronic Tendering Service through the Government of Canada tendering service at www.buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders . Addenda, when issued, will be available from the Government of Canada tendering service. Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered.Standard Terms and Conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and form part of the Tender and Contract Documents. CONTRACT PERIOD: The Contractor shall perform and complete the Work by August 31, 2017 from the date of notification of acceptance of the offer. INQUIRIES: All inquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority: Marko Muradori, telephone: 819-420-9661, e-mail: marko.muradori@pc.gc.ca. Inquiries are to be made in writing and should be received no less than five (5) business days prior to the closing date to allow sufficient time to respond. This PCA office provides procurement services to the public in either official language of Canada.The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. BID RECEIVING: Tenders will be received by mail at the following address: PARKS CANADA AGENCY C/O Marko Muradori Mailroom 30 Victoria Street Gatineau, Quebec, J8X 0B3