RFSO - ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL TRANSLATION SERVICES

AMENDMENT #1: To add a Q&A and the amended RFSO (V2) - Refer to the most recently uploaded documentation.

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The Office of the Commissioner for Federal Affairs Canada (FJA) and the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) have a requirement for translation services on an “as and when requested” basis in the following categories:

a) CATEGORY A: English to French and French to English ADMINISTRATIVE translation where approximately 90% or the requirement is English to French. The estimated yearly volume is 200,000 words for this category. b) CATEGORY B: English to French and French to English JUDICIAL translation where approximately 85% or the requirement is English to French. The services are required primarily for the translation of the headnotes, captions and digests that appear in the Federal Courts Reports (FCR or the Reports), an official publication of the Federal Courts Reports section at FJA. The estimated yearly volume is 200,000 words for this category.

FJA was established in 1978 to safeguard the independence of the judiciary and provide federally appointed judges with administrative services independent of the Department of Justice.

The CJC was created in 1971 by the Canadian Parliament to promote efficiency and uniformity, and improve the quality of judicial service, in Canada’s superior courts.

The Federal Courts Reports (the Reports) are the official reports of decisions of the Federal Court of Appeal and of the Federal Court. They are published pursuant to section 58 of the Federal Courts Act, which provides that only the decisions or the parts of them that, in the editor’s opinion, are of sufficient significance or importance to warrant publication in the Reports shall be included therein. Selected decisions are published in both official languages and undergo a thorough editorial process. This process includes the preparation of headnotes and captions and translation accuracy confirmation.

The FJA website: https://www.fja-cmf.gc.ca/home-accueil/index-eng.html

The CJC website: https://cjc-ccm.ca/en

This Request for Standing Offer is intended to result in the award of at least two (2) Standing Offers for category A, B or A and B combined, each for two (2) years, plus three (3) one-year irrevocable options allowing Canada to extend the term of the Standing Offer(s).

The estimated start date of the Standing Offer is July 2023.