Translation Services

The Standards Council of Canada is a federal Crown Corporation with the mandate to promote efficient and effective use of standardization. Located in Ottawa, SCC has a Governing Council comprised of up to 13 members and a staff of approximately 150. The organization reports to Parliament through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and oversees Canada's standardization network. SCC coordinates and facilitates the work of Canada’s network of standardization stakeholders and offers a range of standardization-related programs and services that are intended to enhance the social and economic well-being of Canadians. SCC translates documents intended for internal and external stakeholders, as well as the public, in both official languages. It has a small in-house translation service and requires a portion of the work to be outsourced. On average, SCC outsources a total of approximately 850,000 words annually (English-French translation, and occasionally French-English translation) annually, based on a variety of unique requirements, varying in size. SCC would like to establish a list of up to ten (10) qualified translation service providers to support the requirements of the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) in providing high value effective and efficient professional translation services for the best value. There are two (2) streams in which the bidder can qualify. Stream one (1) Translation Services Agencies Stream two (2): Freelance Translators