RFI to the Consumer And Commercial Credit Reporting Industry

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) presently has online access to consumer and commercial (i.e., corporations, registered businesses) credit reports through a credit-reporting service provider that has both national and international databases. It is estimated that 280,000 to 320,000 searches are conducted per year. Current statistics indicate that approximately 95% of the searches conducted are for consumer credit reports and the remaining 5% for commercial credit reports. The service equips staff with the required information to administer tax and government programs, and to enforce the various Acts in order to protect Canada’s revenue base. The purpose of this RFI is to gather information from the industry in order to inform CRA’s future business requirements and also, to determine potential suppliers and their ability to meet the needs of the CRA with respect to the provision/supply of consumer and commercial credit reports. The supplier is requested to provide a contact name, email address and telephone number when submitting their response. Respondents are requested to submit responses by email to Samuel Snow at samuel.snow@cra-arc.gc.ca by May 27, 2019, 2 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). It is recommended that all electronic submissions contain a read receipt option to confirm that the email was received; otherwise respondents should contact the contracting authority at (613) 946-7968 to confirm. While electronic submissions are preferred, respondents may also submit a hard copy of their response to the following address: Canada Revenue Agency Bid Receiving Unit Ottawa Technology Centre Receiving Dock 875 Heron Road, Room D-95 Ottawa, ON K1A 1A2 Telephone No: (613) 941-1618 The Bid Receiving Unit of CRA is open Monday to Friday inclusive, between the hours of 0730 and 1530, excluding those days that the federal government observes as a holiday.