Translation General and Administrative Texts

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Tendering Procedures: Suppliers on permanent list or able to meet qualification requirements Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

Translation Services from English to French for General and Administrative Texts.

Anticipated start date: November 1, 2019 for one year.

Probable contract duration

The contract period will be from the date of contract award and will end on October 31, 2020.

Solicitation method: Competitive

Number of contracts: The contracting authority may meet this requirement in whole or in part by awarding one (1) to four (4) contracts.

Requirement Details

Tendering Procedure: Selective Tendering

This bid solicitation is issued only to suppliers who are pre-qualified in the field of General and Administrative Texts, language from English to French, for approximately 7,500,000 words, in accordance with the conditions of Supply Arrangement EN966-1403053 on Modernization of the Translation Bureau’s Directory of Linguistic Services suppliers for the Translation Bureau.

Only suppliers who are pre-qualified are eligible to bid for the following solicitation

1. Composition Ste-Foy Inc. 2. Ubiqus Ottawa Inc. 3. Syntagme Inc. 4. Les Traducteurs Réunis S.C.C 5. Services Linguistiques Versacom 6. Soludoc Inc. 7. Exact Legal Translations Inc. 8. Lionbridge Ltd. 9. Megalexis Communications Inc. 10. Edgar Inc. 11. Stoquart Ameriques Inc 12. R&R International Translation 13. Gat Intl Localization Services Inc. 14. TCI Translators, Conference

Description of work

The Translation Bureau is an agency of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) charged with supporting the Government of Canada in its efforts to provide services for, and communicate with, Canadians in the official language of their choice.

This requirement is for translation services, from English into French, as and when requested, in the field of General and Administrative Texts, for all federal departments and agencies served by the Translation Bureau.

Nature of texts to be translated

Corporate documents on topics such as

- The running and operation of the Government of Canada’s departments and agencies, as well as their internal and external communications, policies and programs

- The Government of Canada’s products and services for Canadians and others

- Co-operation between the Government of Canada’s departments and agencies

- Co-operation of the Government of Canada with provincial, municipal and regional governments and Canadian Aboriginal people, as well as with foreign governments, entities and individuals

The types of documents to be translated include, but are not limited to, the following

Reports, publications, policies, guidelines, procedures, agendas, minutes, press releases, briefing notes, decisions, PowerPoint presentations, correspondence, speeches or exposés, mandates, studies, analyses, manuals, standards, discussion papers, guidance materials, plans, surveys, evaluations, parliamentary questions and answers, training courses, planning documents, as well as legislative and regulatory documents.

The translation style required is usually administrative.

Security requirements: There is no security requirement associated with this bid solicitation.

Contracting Authority

Name: Anne Larche Telephone Number: 613-858-7866 Email address: anne.larche@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

Inquiries

Inquiries regarding this RFP requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above.Request for Proposal (RFP) documents will be e-mailed directly from the Contracting Authority to the Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement.

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.