RFP FOR THE PROVISION OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGES TRAINING

The objective of this RFP is to seek proposals from capable companies to provide instructor-led virtual or in-person Official Languages training, part-time and full-time, to CMHC employees in various regions. It is CMHC’s intent to enter into an agreement on a non-exclusive basis with one or more proponents. Only proponents who meet the mandatory technical requirements will move on to the next stage: MTR. 1 Data Residency. All CMHC data, while at rest or in transit, must stay within the geographical boundaries of Canada and accessed from/within Canada. MTR. 2 Security Clearance. The selected proponent shall ensure that individuals with access to CMHC Data, obtain the appropriate security screening as per Government of Canada security screening classification or equivalencies for such security screening must be approved by CMHC prior to commencement of any work. MTR. 3 Data Security. In the event CMHC must share documents containing sensitive and/or protected information (including personal information) with the selected proponent, the selected proponent must be able to comply with, and facilitate CMHC’s compliance with the applicable Canadian privacy and access to information legislation and warrants that it has all necessary safeguards in place to protect CMHC Data (including personal information) in its computer network MTR. 4 Virtual Learning. The proposed teaching staff must have experience and be capable of teaching English or French as a second language to adults virtually.