Reissuance - Debt Collection Services for Outstanding Federal Fines

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

PREVIOUS SOLICITATION 72000-120022/B IS CANCELLED AND REPLACED BY THIS SOLICITATION 72000-120022/C HEREIN

TITLE

Reissuance Request for Proposal - Debt Collection Services for Outstanding Federal Fines

BACKGROUND

Prior to September 1996, provincial authorities generally handled the collection of federal fines and the provincial courts across Canada would simply issue a warrant of committal in cases where a federal fine rema ined unpaid after it became due. No further collection action would be taken, and incarceration for unpaid fines was the most frequent consequence for default of payment. The National Fine Recovery Program (NFRP) was nationally implemented in 20 02 by the former Federal Prosecution Service, within the federal Department of Justice. Its mandate was to enforce sentences by recovering outstanding federal fines ordered against individuals and companies convicted under federal statutes. Federal fines refer to fines

levied against individuals and companies after a conviction in a court of law for an offence prosecuted by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC). The PPSC, which was created by Act of Parliament in 2006, wasissued an assignment by the Attorney General of Canada in September 2007 to administer the NFRP. The NFRP employed small recovery units located in eight regional PPSC offices (Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax), covering ten provincial jurisdictions. The PPSC decided to outsource the majority of the collection work handled by the NFRP to private collection agencies.

OBJECTIVES

The PPSC requires the services of an agency to collect outstanding federal fines, including Criminal Code fines, surcharges and court co sts ordered with the federal fine at sentencing as well as legal costs where applicable, using appropriate collection methods, supplemented by the direct ives and guidelines outlined in Addendum A - Directive and Guidelines for the performance of the work. The selected Contractor must maintain ac curate and complete records of all activities on accounts transmitted including the tracing of Canada’s debtors by the Contractor and all pertinent information discovered by the Contractor’s tracers such as address, employment, financial institution, type of collateral, guarantees, references, and other relevant.

PERIOD OF CONTRACT

PPSC requires the services from the date of contract for a period of two (2) years, with anirrevocable option to extend the period of the contract by one (1) additional one (1) year period plus one (1) four (3 ) month transition period under the same conditions.

Security Requirement

There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or securi ty clauses, bidders should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

SELECTION METHODOLOGY

Basis of Selection - Lowest Evaluated Total Bid Average Commission Rate

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive.

The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated Total Average Commission Rate will be recommended for award of a contract.

To be declared responsive, a bid must

a) comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; b) meet all mandatory evaluation criteria; and c) obtain the required minimum number of points specified in Attachment

1 to Part 4 for the point rated technical criteria; and

Bids not meeting 4.2.1.1 (a) or (b) or (c) will be declared non-responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated Total Average Commission Rate will be recommended for award of a contract.

1) In theevent two or more responsive bids have the same lowest evaluated Average Commission Rate, the responsive bid that obtained the high est overall score for allthe point rated technical criteria subject to point rating detailed in Attachment 1 to Part 4 will be recommended for aw ard of a contract. 2) In the event two or more responsive bids have the same highest overall score as well as the same lowest evaluated Commission Average Rate, the responsive bid that obtained the highest score in the Point Rated Technical Criteria RT5 will be recommended for award of a contract.

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries must be submitted inwriting to the Contracting Authority no later than ten (10) calendar days before the bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.

Name of the Contracting Authority: Karen Marcotte E-mail address: Karen.marcotte@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca Address: 11, Laurier Street Place du Portage, Phase III, 10C1 Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0S5 Telephone: (819) 956-8165

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.