TRANSFORMATION OF PAY ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE - TRAINING PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: This Amendment is raised to extend the closing date of the Request for Information (RFI) to June 28, 2013.

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

REGARDING THE TRANSFORMATION OF PAY ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE TRAINING PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY

FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA

SUMMARY The Accounting Banking and Compensation Branch of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) has a requirement to establish sustainable partnerships with Canadian Educational Institutions in order to generate a pool of graduates for potential employment within the Public Service Pay Centre, the Federal Government, or private sector organizations within the field of compensation.

A major element of the current strategy focuses on supplementing Canadian Educational Institution course curriculum with compensation employee training material. By supplementing current course curriculum with compensation or specialized training material that is currently provided internally within PWGSC, the potential exists for graduating students to be better prepared for a career in the public and private sectors.

PURPOSE OF THE RFI PWGSC is issuing this RFI in order to gauge the Educational Services Industry's interest in establishing long term sustainable partnerships with Canada for the training of future compensation employees and to seek feedback from the Educational Services Industry on the proposed strategy outlined in Annex A. All stakeholders are encouraged to provide information that they feel PWGSC should be aware of in the development of a training partnership strategy.

This RFI includes a questionnaire at Annex B that consists of specific questions for the Educational Services Industry to respond to. Your participation would be greatly appreciated.

NATURE OF THE RFI This is not a bid solicitation. This RFI will not result in the award of any contract or an offer of employment opportunities or offers. As a result, potential suppliers of any goods or services described in this RFI should not reserve stock or facilities, nor allocate resources, as a result of any information contained in this RFI. This RFI is simply intended to solicit feedback from industry with respect to the matters described in this RFI.

RFI CONTENT Note: The following documents remain a work in progress, requirements may be added, modified or deleted. Comments regarding any aspect of the following draft documents are welcome.

In addition to the main body of the RFI the following Annexes apply:

Annex A - Scope of the Proposed Strategy Annex B - Questions to Industry Annex C - Description of the Existing Training and Courses Provided by the Government of Canada Annex D - Transformation of Pay Administration Initiative Training Requirements Annex E - Glossary of Terms, Acronyms & Abbreviations

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY Canada may, in its discretion, set up subsequent consultation mechanisms, including one-on-one meetings with each Respondent, and/or contact any respondent to follow up with additional questions, or for clarification of any aspect of a response.

ENQUIRIES Because this is not a bid solicitation, Canada will not necessarily respond to enquiries in writing or by circulating answers to all potential suppliers. However, respondents with questions regarding this RFI may direct their enquiries to:

Contracting Authority: Jeremy Chapple E-mail Address: jeremy.chapple@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca Telephone: (819) 956-1004 Facsimile: (819) 956-8303

SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES 1. Time and Place for Submission of Responses: Suppliers interested in providing a response should e-mail their response to the Contracting Authority identified above by the time and date indicated in this document.

2. Responsibility for Timely Delivery: Each respondent is solely responsible for ensuring its response is delivered on time to the Contracting Authority.

3. Identification of Response: Each respondent should ensure that its name and return address is provided and that the solicitation number and the closing date appear legibly in the subject line of the e-mail.

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.