Revamp of CED’s Website

Revamp of CED’s Website This requirement is for: Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED). Trade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada free trade agreements with Chile/Colombia/Honduras/Panama. Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid. Competitive Procurement Strategy: compliant bid with the highest combined score of technical merit and price. 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. Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions need to revamp its Website www.dec-ced.gc.ca and is looking for a company specializing in Web analysis and design. Objectives: Revamp CED’s Website by applying a user-centred design approach and by incorporating the latest trends and best practices in Web development and design. Deliverables: The company must revamp CED’s Website which include, but is not limited to, the following tasks : implementation of a Governance plan outlining duties, responsibilities and timelines, analysis of the Website and findings, development of new content architecture, recommendation and implementation of a new content management system (CMS), etc. (for more detail regarding the deliverables, consult Annex A – Statement of Work of the Request for Quotation). Term of Contract: The period of the Contract is from the award, until March 31st, 2021. However, the Work under the Contract must be completed no later than twelve (12) months following the award of the Contract. File Number: 9K001-S20-0118 Contracting Authority: Gabrielle St-Hilaire Castonguay Telephone number: 514 706-8715 E-mail: Gabrielle.St-HilaireCastonguay@canada.ca NOTE TO BIDDERS: Bidders can obtain the complete statement of work and evaluation criteria by downloading the solicitation document and associated documents from Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. 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). 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).