Debt Collection Services for Outstanding Federal Fines

Debt Collection Services for Outstanding Federal Fines BACKGROUND The Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) manages a National Fine Recovery Program (NFRP) to enforce sentences by recovering outstanding federal fines ordered against individuals and companies convicted under federal statutes. Federal fines refer to fines levied against individuals and companies after a conviction in a court of law for an offence prosecuted by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC). The PPSC decided to outsource the majority of the collection work handled by the NFRP to private collection agencies that adhere to provincial regulations regulating collection agencies (Collection Agency). OBJECTIVES The PPSC requires the services of a Collection Agency to collect outstanding federal fines, including Criminal Code fines, surcharges and court costs ordered with the federal fine at sentencing as well as legal costs where applicable, using appropriate collection methods, supplemented by the directives and guidelines outlined in Addendum A – Directive and Guidelines for the performance of the work. The selected Contractor must maintain accurate and complete records of all activities on accounts transmitted including the tracing of Canada’s debtors by the Contractor and all pertinent information discovered by the Contractor’s tracers such as address, employment, financial institution, type of collateral, guarantees, references, and other relevant material. PERIOD OF CONTRACT PPSC requires the services from the date of contract for a period of two (2) years, with an irrevocable option to extend the period of the contract by two (2) additional one (1) year period plus one (1) three (3) month transition period under the same conditions. SECURITY REQUIREMENT There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, bidders should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website. ENQUIRIES All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority no later than ten (10) calendar days before the bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered. Name of the Contracting Authority: Melissa Ruest E-mail address: PPSC-SPPC.Acquisitions@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca Address: 160 Elgin Street , Ottawa ON K2P 2C4 Telephone: (613) 220-4061 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.