Project Management Stream - 3.7 Senior Procurement Specialists

Project Management Stream - 3.7 Senior Procurement Specialists TSPS - Supply Arrangement (SA) E60ZN-15TSPS

This requirement is for: Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA)

File Number: 1000325490

Contracting Authority: Tanya Nadeau Phone Number: 343-291-5714 Email: CBSA-ASFC_Solicitations-Demandes_de_soumissions@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

Bid solicitation # 1000325490 issued under the framework of the Task and Solutions Professional Services {E60ZN-15TSPS} for the provision of the following professional services: Senior Procurement Specialist. All terms and conditions of the TSPS SA apply and must be incorporated into any resulting contract.

ELIGIBLE BIDDERS UNDER THIS BID SOLICITATION

The requirement described herein is open only to Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) Supply Arrangement (SA) Holders for the following TSPS SA Consultant Categories:

Stream 3: Project Management Services Class, Category 3.7: Procurement Specialists, Level 3 (Senior)

1. ADGA Group Consultants Inc. 2. BDO Canada LLP 3. Calian Ltd. 4. Interis Consulting Inc. 5. Manpower Services Canada Ltd. 6. NavPoint Consulting Group Inc. 7. OpenFrame Technologies, Inc. 8. Primexx Ventures Inc., Alejandra Carrillo in JV 9. Procom Consultants Group Ltd. 10. QMR Staffing Solutions Incorporated 11. TDV Global inc. 12. The Halifax Group Inc. 13. TRM Technologies Inc. 14. Turtle Technologies Inc. and SOMOS Consulting Group Ltd. In Joint Venture 15. WSP Canada Inc. 16. Altis Human Resources Inc.

1. Requirement Summary

The Canada Border Service Agency’s (CBSA) Information Technology and Science Branch (ITSB) requires the professional services of a Senior Procurement Specialist Level 3 to provide advice and training on the development of Statement of Work, Evaluation Criteria and other procurement and contracting related documents

2. Period of the Contract

The period of the Contract is for one (1) year from date of Contract with one (1) twelve (12) months option period to extend the contract under the same terms and conditions. 2.1 Option to Extend the Contract

The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to one (1) additional one (1) year period(s) under the same conditions. The Contractor agrees that, during the extended period of the Contract, it will be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions as set out in the Basis of Payment. Canada may exercise this option at any time by sending a written notice to the Contractor before the expiry date of the Contract. The option may only be exercised by the Contracting Authority, and will be evidenced for administrative purposes only, through a contract amendment.

3. Trade Agreements

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), and the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA)

4. Security Requirement

At the date of bid closing, the following conditions must be met

a) the Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;

b) the Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must meet the security requirement as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;

c) the Bidder must provide the name of all individuals who will require access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work sites

4.1 CBSA Additional Security Requirement

The CBSA, will conduct its own personnel Reliability Status assessment on a Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel), which is allowed under the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada's (TBS) "Security and Contracting Management Standard" and the Policy on Government Security – Personnel Security Standard. Reliability Status assessment conducted by the CBSA will include a credit check.

If a Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) being recommended for an award, has already been screened under the TBS Policy on Government Security - Personnel Security Standard, the Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel), will still undergo a security screening process to be conducted by the CBSA.

The credit check will be performed by an authorized security official with the CBSA's "Personnel Security Screening Section" (PSSS), which is independent of the Public Works and Government Services Canada's (PWGSC), "Industrial Security Program (ISP)”.

Until the credit check and all other security screening processes required by this Request for Proposal have been completed and the Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) is deemed suitable by the CBSA, no contract will be awarded and the recommended Bidder (specifically the Bidder personnel) will not be permitted access to Protected / Classified information or assets, and further, will not be permitted to enter sites where such information or assets are kept.

In the event the Bidder is not deemed suitable following the security screening process required by the CBSA, the said Bidder's proposal will be deemed non-compliant and the next ranked bidder will be contacted. If only one bid was obtained and the proposed bidder does not meet the security requirement, then, the contracting officer will determine the next steps in order to ensure all requirements are met.

5. Additional Information

Given the scope and breadth of the Information, Science and Technology Branch (ISTB)’s forthcoming contractual needs (and to ensure transparency for the numerous procurements that will originate from ISTB) that the resource will be involved with, the contracting agency submitting a resource proposal and its contracted resource must agree to decline on bidding for any further procurement activity that originates from the ISTB from within the CBSA that the resource and/or the contracting agency has been involved with throughout the performance of work in accordance with this contract.