Development of Exercises for CSSP

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Title: Development of Exercises for Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP)

REQUIREMENT

The Centre for Security Science (CSS) was created in 2006 as a joint endeavour between the Department of National Defence and Public Safety Canada (PSC). The Centre's mission is to "Strengthen Canada's ability to prevent, prepare, respond and recover from acts of terrorism, crime, natural disasters and serious accidents through the convergence of Science and Technology (S&T) with Policy, Operations and Intelligence". The Centre seeks to deliver timely and relevant evidence based support and advice to inform policy, planning and operations within the context of all-hazards.

The CSS Exercise Program was developed in response to lessons learned from several years of exercise engagement across the S&T community. As well, the new program formalizes the support mechanisms provided by the S&T Community to the 2010 Winter Olympic and G8/G20 Summit Exercise Programs. The new CSSP recognizes exercises as a key component of the Interoperability Continuum that offers a cost-effective method to achieve key CSSP outcomes.

CSS part of the Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) has a requirement for the development of an agile exercise coordination mechanism as part of a Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP).

The period of the contract is for three (3) years from date of contract award, with two (2) one (1) year option periods

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. Bidders should consult the "Security Requirements for PWGSC Bid Solicitations - Instructions for Bidders" (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.html#a31) document on the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents Web site."

Bidders must provide a complete list of names, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian goods and/or services.

This procurement is subject to the Controlled Goods Program.

The Department of National Defence has determined that any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada, on the following grounds:

the main purpose of the contract, or of the deliverables contracted for, is to augment an existing body of Canada's background information as a prerequisite to the transfer of the augmented background to the private sector, through licensing or assignment of ownership (not necessarily to the original Contractor), for the purposes of commercial exploitation;

SELECTION METHOD

LOWEST COST PER POINT

To be declared responsive, a bid must

(a) comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation;

(b) meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria;

(c) obtain the required minimum points for each criterion with a pass mark; and

(d) obtain the required minimum points overall for the technical evaluation criteria which are subject to point rating.

Bids not meeting (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) will be declared non-responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract. In the event that two or more responsive bids have the same lowest evaluated price, the responsive bid which obtained the highest number of points overall for the point rated technical evaluation criteria will be recommended for award of a contract.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

Technical Evaluation

Except where expressly provided otherwise, the experience described in the bid must be the experience of one or more of the following:

The Bidder itself (which includes the experience of any companies that formed the Bidder by way of a merger but does not include any experience acquired through a purchase of assets or an assignment of contract), the Bidder's affiliates (i.e. parent, subsidiary or sister corporations, maximum of 2), provided the Bidder identifies and demonstrates knowledge transfer and the use of key personnel from the affiliate for the applicable criterion; or

The Bidder's subContractors (maximum of 2), provided the Bidder includes a copy of a teaming agreement and identifies the reporting relationship of the agreement

The experience of the Bidder's suppliers will not be considered.

Two Step Bid Evaluation Process

Step 1: Initial Review of Mandatory Requirements

Canada will conduct an initial review of the Bidder's proposal to determine if all mandatory requirements have been addressed and met as required. This will include scored criteria that contain a mandatory pass standard. After the initial review the Contracting Authority will provide each Bidder with a "Preliminary Evaluation Report" listing the non-compliant mandatory requirements evaluated to date. This will include only a list of RFP references and the score for each failed rated requirement.

Bidders that do not meet all mandatory requirements will be invited to submit additional or different information to prove to evaluators, in accordance with the RFP, that the proposal is compliant with those mandatory requirements. This information must be submitted to the Contracting Authority on or before the date and closing time specified in the invitation.

The new information submitted by the Bidder must be based on the original proposal submitted it at bid closing. The paper evaluation mandatory requirements will be those included in the following areas: -Security, and -Mandatory Technical Criteria.

Step 2: Final Review of Mandatory Requirements

Canada will conduct a final review of the Bidder's proposal, taking into account the new information submitted, to determine if all mandatory requirements have been met as required in the RFP. Should one or more of the initially evaluated non-compliant mandatory requirements continue to be evaluated as non-compliant after receipt of the new information, or a new non-compliancy be created as a result of the new information, the proposal will be evaluated as non-responsive and will not be given any further consideration. The new information submitted will take precedence over that submitted with the original bid at bid closing.

Proposals that have demonstrated compliance with mandatory requirements at the conclusion of the final review will continue to be evaluated. For scored criteria that require a pass mark, new information provided by bidders that render the criteria compliant following the submission of the new information will be given only the passing mark.

Mandatory technical evaluation criteria are included in ATTACHMENT 2 of the bid solicitation.

POINT RATED TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

Point rated technical evaluation criteria are included in ATTACHMENT 2 of the bid solicitation.

CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

Palmer, Heather Telephone No.: (819) 956-6176 Fax No.: (819) 997-2229

All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority no later than five (5) calendar days before the bid closing date.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.