Domestic and International Commercial Data

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT The CRA requires domestic and international commercial data to identify current and predictive credit scores, behavioural patterns, income, assets, and liabilities of businesses. This information will enhance the CRA’s ability to administer tax programs, enforce the various Tax Acts in order to protect Canada’s revenue base, and support the CRA’s business and research processes. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requires the provision of: Group A: Bulk domestic commercial data for corporations, unincorporated businesses, charities, governments and other entities; Group B: Bulk international commercial data for corporations, unincorporated businesses, charities, governments and other entities; and Group C: Access for CRA users to a searchable database with domestic and international commercial data for corporations, unincorporated businesses, charities, governments and other entities. Bidders may submit a bid for the bulk domestic commercial data or the bulk international commercial data or the searchable database or all three. Each requirement will be evaluated separately. Domestic = Canada International = two or more countries, other than Canada. The period of any resulting contract will be for one (1) year with four (4) additional one (1) year option periods. CONTRACTOR SELECTION METHODOLOGY A bid must comply with the requirements of the solicitation, meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria and obtain a minimum pass mark of 70% for the point rated criteria to be declared responsive. The selection will be based on the highest responsive combined rating of technical merit and price. The ratio will be 60% for the technical merit and 40% for the price. The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will be recommended for award of a contract. CONTRACTING OFFICER All enquiries regarding this Request for Proposal must be directed in WRITING (see email address below) to: Timothy Berg Canada Revenue Agency Administration Directorate Contracting Division 250 Albert Street, 8th Floor Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0L5 Tel. Number: (613) 946-2100 Fax Number: (613) 957-6655 Email Address: Timothy.Berg@cra-arc.gc.ca Proposal documents and supporting information may be submitted in either English or French. Bids must be received on or before November 6, 2017 at 2:00 pm EST. The CRA reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS Canada Revenue Agency Bid Receiving Unit Ottawa Technology Centre Receiving Dock 875 Heron Road Room D-95 Ottawa, ON K1A 1A2