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(a) This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of Indigenous Services Canada for Task and Solutions Professional Services – Task Based (TSPS) under the TSPS Supply Arrangement (SA) method of supply.

(b) It is intended to result in the award of 3 contract(s), each for 3 years plus 2 one-year irrevocable options allowing Canada to extend the term of the contract(s).

(c) There is no security requirement applicable.

(d) The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA), the Canada-Honduras Free-Trade Agreement, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA), the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA).

(e) Only TSPS SA Holders holding a TSPS SA for Tier 1 at the time of bid closing, in Category: 1.2 Organizational design and classification consultant and in the NCR Region under the E60ZT-18TSPS series of SAs are eligible to compete.

(f) The TSPS SA E60ZT-18TSPS is incorporated by reference and forms part of this bid solicitation, as though expressly set out in it, subject to any express terms and conditions contained in this bid solicitation. The capitalized terms not defined in this bid solicitation have the meaning given to them in the TSPS SA.

(g) Only selected TSPS SA Holders currently holding a TSPS SA for Tier 1 in the NCR Region under the E60ZT-18TSPS series of SAs are invited to compete. SA Holders may not submit a bid in response to this bid solicitation unless they have been invited to do so. However, should an uninvited SA Holder wish to be invited, it may contact the Contracting Authority to request an invitation at any time prior to five business days before the published bid closing date, and an invitation will be made to that SA Holder unless it would not be consistent with the efficient operation of the procurement system. In no circumstance will such an invitation require Canada to extend a bid closing date. The following SA Holders have been initially invited to bid on this requirement. Where additional invitations are made during the bid solicitation process, it may be that they are not reflected in a bid solicitation amendment: 9468269 Canada Corp. Acosys Consulting Services Inc. Action Personnel of Ottawa-Hull Ltd Adirondack Information Management Inc., The AIM Group Inc. in Joint Venture Amyantek Inc Archipelago Alliance Inc. ARTEMP PERSONNEL SERVICES INC Dare Human Resources Corporation Diane Brousseau & Associates Inc. KORN FERRY (CA) LTD. KORN FERRY (CA) LTEE. PHILÉMON H PAQUETTE Promaxis Systems Inc Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc. Samson RH Inc. The AIM Group Inc. Thomas&Schmidt Inc. TRM Technologies Inc.

(h) SA Holders that are qualified to compete as a joint venture must submit a bid as that joint venture SA Holder, forming no other joint venture to bid. Any joint venture must be already qualified under the SA #E60ZT-18TSPS as that joint venture at the time of bid closing in order to submit a bid.

(i) The Resource Categories described below are required in accordance with the TSPS SA Annex "A": CATEGORY OF PERSONNEL: 1.2 Organizational design and classification consultant LEVEL OF EXPERTISE: Level 3 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RESOURCES REQUIRED: 1

NOTE: The Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) Method of Supply is subject to quarterly refresh cycles. If you wish to find out how you can be a “Qualified SA Holder”, please contact SPTS.TSPS@TPSGC-PWGSC.GC.CA