TBIPS

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

REQUEST FOR TASK-BASED INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (TBIPS) SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS

PWGSC FILE NUMBER EN578-055605/F

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS

The Government Electronic Tendering Service on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders is the sole authoritative source for Government of Canada tenders that are subject to trade agreements or subject to departmental policies that require public advertising of tenders.

Suppliers interested in submitting an arrangement in response to this Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) solicitation can access the RFSA documentation directly from this PWGSC Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) publication at: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders

Bidders are reminded of the importance of reading the TBIPS bid solicitation document carefully before submitting a bid.

QUARTERLY REFRESH NOTICE

This is the quarterly refresh notice for the TBIPS Supply Arrangements.

This RFSA will solicit

(1) new suppliers to become Suppliers for the Task Based Supply Arrangements under the TBIPS Method of Supply; and,

(2) Suppliers who have a SA issued under RFSA EN578-055605/E to qualify for additional Categories to be added to its Supply Arrangement.

Quarterly Refresh Periods

Period: Quarter: Closing Date: Evaluation Start: Estimated Award Date (Subject to Change) 1 Q4 March 31 April 1 June 15 2 Q1 June 30 July 1 September 15 3 Q2 September 30 October 1 December 15 4* Q3 November 14 November 15 December 31

BACKGROUND ---------------------

This document will serve to renew the Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) in place for the provision of TBIPS and to maintain the current Supply Arrangements awarded under EN578-055605/E.

Existing Suppliers are not required to re-qualify for any Categories for which they already have an SA although they must otherwise comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation.

QUARTERLY REFRESH FOR TBIPS is posted on https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders under Solicitation Number EN578-055605/F.

REQUIREMENT: ----------------------- This solicitation is a Request for Bids to satisfy Canada's requirement for the provision of TBIPS to locations throughout Canada, excluding any locations in areas subject to any of the Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements.

Each bid may result in a Supply Arrangement (SA).

This procurement vehicle includes sevent Streams

Stream 1: Application Services Stream 2: Geomatics Services Stream 3: IM/IT Services Stream 4: Business Management Services Stream 5: Project Management Services Stream 6: Cyber Protection Services Stream 7: Telecommunications Services

The Supply Arrangement will remain valid until June 23, 2015 or until such time as Canada no longer considers them to be advantageous to use them. The period for awarding contracts under the Supply Arrangement begins on the start date of the Supply Arrangement.

In as much as possible, PWGSC will issue a bid solicitation intended to replace the Supply Arrangements for the Services on an annual basis, although PWGSC reserves the right to choose to proceed with a different procurement vehicle for the requirement if it considers such action appropriate. Each such re-competition (a "renewal bid solicitation") requires all bidders, including those who may have received instruments under the previous solicitation, to submit a bid in response to the renewal bid solicitation in order to continue to provide services under its resulting Supply Arrangements.

SET-ASIDE PROGRAM FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS: ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Part of this procurement may be designated by one or more Identified Users as set-aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB). In these specific cases, (i) the procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for set-asides for small and minority businesses, and (ii) as per Article 1802 of the AIT, the AIT does not apply.

In order to be considered as an Aboriginal Business under the PSAB, the Bidder must complete the Aboriginal Business certification contained in the Data Collection Component of the CPSS.

By executing the certification, the Bidder warrants that it is an Aboriginal business as defined in the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal Business.

LOCATION OF SERVICES: ------------------------------------ The document titled "Definitions of the National Zone, Regions and Metropolitan Areas" at the following link are incorporated by reference into any resulting SA, with the exception that the National Zone is to be considered as another Region: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/dznrrm-dnzrma-eng.ht ml

The following Regions and Metropolitan areas may receive Services under this supply arrangement where a Supplier is qualified to do so:

Regions: National Zone, Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Western, Pacific, National Capital.

Metropolitan Areas: Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria, National Capital Region.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: --------------------------------- The services to be provided will be delivered in one or both of the two official languages of Canada according to the requirements of the Identified User a contract against the SA.

CENTRALIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SYSTEM (CPSS) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ All suppliers that want to bid will have to establish an account in the Supplier Module of the PWGSC Centralized Professional Services System (CPSS) e-Portal. Instructions on accessing the Supplier Module e-Portal application are specified in the RFSO/SA document published on Buy and sell.

Suppliers will be required to submit a portion of their technical bid through the CPSS e-Portal Supplier Module.

NOTE: As the CPSS e-Portal does not currently accommodate digital signatures, Bidders will also be required to submit documents in hard copy format through the Bid Receiving Unit. Instructions in the RFSA provide further details.

INFORMATION REGARDING THE RFSA: ------------------------------------------------------ Information regarding the RFSA can be obtained from:

IMOS / MDAI PWGSC / TPSGC 1-866-930-IMOS (4667) RCNMDAI.-NCRIMOS@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

Delivery Date: 14/02/2014

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.