Alternative Dispute Resolution

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: E60ZG-090005/C ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS SERVICES STANDING OFFER ADJUSTED MEDIAN RATES

Deborah.Perkins@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca Telephone No. - (819) 956-8656 Fax No. - (819) 956-2675

Following the renewal of the Alternate Dispute Resolutions Services Standing Offer, Solicitation No. E60ZG-090005/C and pursuant to the Financial Evaluation methodology set out in the solicitation as extracted hereunder:

Conduct of Financial Evaluation PWGSC will conduct a financial evaluation against all technically responsive bids by comparing the average firm all-inclusive daily rate as follows:

The financial offers will be evaluated for Service under Stream 1, 2 and 4 based on the methodology detailed below for each geographic location.

The financial offers will be evaluated for each specific Service under Stream 3 and 5 based on the methodology detailed attached for each city selected.

1.2.1 Mandatory Financial Evaluation

Offers must meet the mandatory financial criteria specified in the table inserted attached. Offers which fail to meet the mandatory financial criteria will be declared non-responsive. 1.2.2 Financial Evaluation - Stream 1, 2 and 4 The financial offers will be evaluated for each specific Service Stream based on the methodology detailed below:

Step 1 - The Offerors must submit firm all-inclusive daily rates for each proposed resource as requested in Attachment 1 to Part 3, Pricing Schedule.

Step 2 - An average all-inclusive daily rate for each proposed resource will be established by adding the firm all inclusive daily rate including travel and living expenses quoted for each proposed resource for each period dividing by 5 (which represents the initial period and the option periods).

Step 3 - The average all-inclusive daily rate for each proposed resource must not exceed 20% of the median calculated from all responsive resources. Any resource with a daily rate above the highest acceptable daily rate will not be considered further.

Example of a financial evaluation - Stream 1, 2 and 4

See attached tables for examples.

Financial Evaluation - Stream 3 and 5 The financial offers will be evaluated for each specific Service Stream based on the methodology detailed below for each city selected.

Step 1 - The Offerors must submit firm all-inclusive daily rates for each period as requested in Attachment 2 to Part 3, Pricing Schedule. Step 2 - An average all-inclusive daily rate will be established by adding the firm all inclusive daily rate including travel and living expenses quoted for each period dividing by 5 (which represents the initial period and the option periods).

Step 3 - The average all-inclusive daily rate must not exceed 20% of the median calculated from all responsive offers. Any offers with an average daily rate above the highest acceptable daily rate for a specific city will not be considered further for that specific city.

Step 4 - The responsive Offerors will be ranked in ascending order, from the lowest firm all-inclusive daily rates to the highest firm all-inclusive daily rates.

Example of a financial evaluation - Stream 3 and 5

See attached tables for examples. Additional Information: In support of the government's open data initiatives, this notice provides the established Alternate Dispute Resolution Services Standing Offer median rates by geographic location. The attachment is provided in PDF formats and can be directly downloaded from this notice.

Reminder, the data provided herein is for reference purposes to enable government, private sector, and non-government organizations to review the current median results for information purposes.

For the purposes of any Alternate Dispute Resolution Services transaction requiring the issuance of a call-up against the Alternate Dispute Resolution Services Standing Offer framework, government users must use the Standing Offer Index to obtain the applicable firm rates and must ensure the transaction is carried out in accordance with the Alternate Dispute Resolution Services procedures: http://soi.pwgsc.gc.ca/app/index.cfm?Fuseaction=sim.commodity_res ults&commodity_level=4&commodity_type=S&level_code=R0&commodity_c lass=R019 &province=NC&commodity=&description=off&department=E&grouping=G,S ,R&vendor=&vendcd=&number=E60ZG-090005&nmso=ON&s

There will be no opportunity to qualify for this Standing Offer until such time as the Standing Offer is renewed in 2018.

ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES Standing Offer adjusted median rates - Results attached

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.