National Security Guard Services

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) intends to enter into a contract with a single contractor for a requirement to supply security guard and related services at CRA offices across Canada on an “as and when requested” basis in the following resource areas: • unranked post guards and supervisors • Security Monitoring Centre (SMC) guards • escort guards • alarm response guards • preventive patrol guards • lock/unlock services

The period of the resulting contract will be two years from the date of contract award and includes irrevocable options to extend the period by five additional one year periods each under the same conditions. A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bids meeting all mandatory evaluation will be further evaluated and scored in accordance with the point-rated criteria. Financial proposals submitted will be evaluated to determine the total bid price.

The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will proceed with the conditions precedent to contract award.

The Bidder with the highest ranked responsive bid and meeting all the requirements will be recommended for award of a contract.

Proposal documents and supporting information must be submitted in either English or French. Bids must be submitted by using the Connect service provided by the Canada Post Corporation, by the time and date indicated on page 1. When responding, the proposal MUST be delivered to: Canada Revenue Agency Bid Receiving Unit BRUg@cra-arc.gc.ca Bids will not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. This email address must be used to request that CRA open a Connect conversation, as detailed in Standard Instructions 2003. Bidders must not use their own licensing agreement for Connect to initiate a Connect conversation with CRA. Bidders are hereby advised that the Bid Receiving Unit of CRA is available Monday to Friday inclusive, between the hours of 0830 and 1500 EDT excluding those days that the federal government observes as a holiday.

The CRA reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult the bid solicitation document. This solicitation is open only to Canadian suppliers. For additional information, consult the bid solicitation document. The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement. The following procurement is applicable to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

Further to the following references, these trade agreements do not apply to this service: 1. Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) Annex Kbis-01.1- 4; Section B-Excluded Coverage 2. Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCoFTA) Annex 1401-4 Services; Section B - Excluded Coverage 3. Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement (CHFTA) Annex 17.4 Services; Section B - Excluded Coverage 4. Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) Annex 14-C – Services 5. Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPaFTA) Annex 5: Services; Section B – Excluded Coverage by Major Service Category 6. Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) Annex 1401.1-4; Section B - Excluded Coverage 7. Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) Annex 11-A.4: Services 8. Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Annex 15-A: Section E – Services 9. World Trade Organization – Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) Annex 5-Services Notes 3a 10. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Annex 19-5 Services 11. Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (CUKTCA)

Questions must be directed in writing to the contracting authority via email: Stephanie.Riley@cra-arc.gc.ca to ensure the integrity of this process.