CASH ORDER SERVICES

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: YES (MERX) Electronic Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: EN891-151438/B

TITLE: Cash Order Services

BACKGROUND

As the Receiver General for Canada (RG), the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) manages the operations of the federal treasury, including the receipt and payment of federal money into and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). PWGSC consolidates the management of the government's banking services as to achieve the most competitive rates available from Canada's financial institutions (FIs).

The scope of the Statement of Work is to provide large value cash orders and bank draft services for specified federal departmental office locations. Services would be provided by Contractor Financial Institution (FI) branches within proximity of the federal departmental office locations requiring the services. These types of services would be available to only three federal departments: (1) National Defense (DND), (2) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and (3) the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Upon mutual agreement by the Contractor and the Project Authority, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to amend the contract to include additional departments and/or departmental office locations, as required. PWGSC however does not waive its right to go to competitive tender to service these additional departments and/or locations.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this Request for Proposal are to

1. Enter into a contract with up to three (3) contracts per location with financial institutions, hereafter referred to as the Contractor(s), to provide large value cash orders and bank draft services for specified federal departmental office locations. Services would be provided by Contractor Financial Institution (FI) branches within proximity of the federal departmental office locations requiring the services; and

2. Canada is seeking to select up to three (3) contracts per location with financial institutions who meet the requirements of the bid solicitation and agree to be bound by the clauses and conditions of the resulting contract.

PERIOD OF CONTRACT

The period of any resulting contract will be from July 1st, 2015 to June 30, 2019, with an irrevocable option to extend the period of the contract by two (2) additional one (1) year periods plus a four (4) month transition period under the same conditions.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA

MT1: The Bidder must be a member of the Canadian Payments Association (CPA) or a local cooperative credit society that is a member of a central that is a member of the CPA.

BASIS OF SELECTION

Basis of Selection - Lowest Evaluated Price

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive.

Amongst the responsive bids, up to three (3) contracts per location will be recommended for contract award.

In the event two or more responsive bids have the same lowest evaluated price, the responsive bid that obtained the lowest average price for all locations for which a bid was received will be recommended for contract award.

CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

Karen Marcotte Procurement Officer Public Works and Government Services Canada Acquisitions Branch Business Management and Consulting Services Division 11 Laurier Street, Portage III, 10C1, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0S5 Telephone: (819) 956-8165 Fax: (819) 956-2675 karen.marcotte@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

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.