SO MEDIAN RATES DISCLOSURE NOTICE

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: TBIPS STANDING OFFER MEDIAN RATES DISCLOSURE NOTICE

1. Following the renewal of Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Request for Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements (RFSO/SA), Solicitation No. EN578-055605/E reference number: PW-$$EI-003-27169 and pursuant to the Financial Evaluation methodology set out in the solicitation as extracted below:

2. Financial Evaluation PWGSC will conduct a financial evaluation against all technically responsive bids by comparing the relative cost of the per diem rates in each Region and Metropolitan Area for each Category and Level of Expertise.

Any offer proposing a per diem rate that falls between the "Median" minus 30% and the "Median" plus 30% for a specific Category and Level of Expertise within a Region and Metropolitan Area will be considered financially responsive and recommended for the issuance of a standing offer.

The "Median" will be calculated based on the per diem rates submitted by all bidders for that Category, Level, Region, and Metropolitan Area. A "Median" is the middle offer in a set of offers whereby half the offers are greater and half are lower. For example, in the following set of numbers: 100, 150, 200, 400, 900, the median would be 200. In the following set of numbers: 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 900, the median would be 250.

2. In support of the government open data initiatives, this notice provides the established TBIPS Standing Offer median rates by region, metropolitan area, category and level of expertise. The attachments are provided in both Microsoft Excel and PDF format and can be directly downloaded from this notice.

3. Reminder, the data provided 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 TBIPS transaction requiring the issuance of a call-up against the Standing Offer Framework, government users must use the Centralized Professional Services System (ePortal) to obtain the applicable firm rates and must ensure the transaction is carried out in accordance with the TBIPS call-up procedures http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/spctsoca-tspssoa-eng .html#a7.

4. There will be no opportunity on a quarterly basis to qualify for the TBIPS Standing Offer, and/or revise any rates until such time as the Standing Offer is renewed in 2015.

5. Suppliers that are interested in becoming qualified for the Supply Arrangement portion of TBIPS, please note that PWGSC currently has an active quarterly refresh solicitation open to industry.

6. Suppliers are encouraged to visit the Centralized Professional Services e-Portal and review the information For Businesses.

7. Interested suppliers are reminded that active TBIPS solicitations are published on Buyandsell.gc.ca and identified as active for bid data entry via the CPSS Solicitation Dashboard Snapshot.

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.