TSPS – Procurement (Cataloguing) Support Services for Directorate of Maritime Procurement (D Mar P)

Amendment 005: This amendment is raised to extend the closing date to 15 October 2025. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 004: This amendment is raised to respond to questions from Industry. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 003: This amendment is raised to respond to questions from Industry. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 002: This amendment is raised to respond to questions from Industry. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 001: This amendment is raised to extend the closing date to 06 October 2025 and to respond to questions from Industry. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT Note to Bidders: Conditional Set-Aside Under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) This procurement is conditionally set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business. In order to be considered, the Bidder must certify that it qualifies as an Indigenous business as defined under PSIB and that it will comply with all requirements of PSIB. If bids from two (2) or more Indigenous businesses are compliant with the terms of the Request for Proposal, the contracting authority will limit the competition to those Indigenous businesses and will not consider bids from any non-Indigenous businesses that may have been submitted. For more information on Indigenous business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Indigenous Business, refer to Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual. This requirement is for: Department of National Defence (DND). This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders under E60ZT-18TSPS who qualified under Tier 1 ($0 - $3.75M) under the stated consultant category, security level, region, level of expertise for the following category: Stream 3. Project management services stream: • Three (3) 3.7 Procurement Specialist – Junior (Level 1) The requirement is intended to result in the award of up to three (3) contracts. The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal: 1. Accenture Inc. 2. ADGA Group Consultants Inc. 3. Adirondack Information Management Inc., The AIM Group Inc. in Joint Venture 4. Akkodis Canada Inc. 5. Altis Recruitment & Technology Inc. 6. Approgestion.ca inc. 7. Calian Ltd. 8. Deloitte Inc. 9. Factr Limited, ALTIS RECRUITMENT & TECHNOLOGY INC., in Joint Venture 10. Fleetway Inc. 11. IBISKA Telecom Inc. 12. KPMG LLP 13. Leo-Pisces Services Group Inc. 14. MAKWA Resourcing Inc. 15. MaxSys Staffing & Consulting Inc. 16. OLIVER, WYMAN LIMITED/OLIVER, WYMAN LIMITEE 17. P3 Advisors inc. 18. Promaxis Systems Inc 19. S.I. SYSTEMS ULC 20. Systematix IT Solutions Inc./Systematix Technologies de L'Information Inc./Les Services Conseils Systematix Inc. in Joint Venture. 21. The VCAN Group Inc. However, SA holders not invited to bid who wish to do so may, no later than five days prior to the published closing date of the contract, contact the contracting authority and request an invitation to bid. An invitation will be issued unless it would interfere with the proper functioning of the procurement system. Under no circumstances will Canada extend the solicitation closing date to allow these suppliers to bid. Where additional solicitations are issued as part of the solicitation process, they may not be considered in amendments to the solicitation. Description of the Requirement: This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of the Department of National Defence (DND) [the "Client'] for three (3) 3.7 Junior (Level 1) Procurement Specialists to support cataloguing services. This support is necessary to ensure that the Material Master Record in the system of record Defence Resource Management Information System (DRMIS) is technically complete and that management data is updated and reflected in the National Codification System, the Canadian Government Cataloguing System (CGCS). Security: There is security requirements associated with this requirement. Please note that SA Holders do not need to have the required clearance to submit a bid. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 – Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Bidders should refer to the Contract Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/introduction-eng.html) website. Level of Security Requirement: Company Minimum Security Level Required: SECRET Resource Minimum Security Level Required: SECRET Document Safeguarding Security Level Required: PROTECTED B Applicable Trade Agreements: 1. Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) 2. World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) 3. Canada – Chile Free Trade agreement (CCFTA) 4. Canada – Peru Free Trade agreement (CPFTA) 5. Canada – Colombia Free Trade agreement (CColFTA) 6. Canada – Panama Free Trade agreement (CPanFTA) 7. Canada – Honduras Free Trade agreement 8. Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Free Trade Agreement (CETA) 9. Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) 10. Canada – Ukraine Free Trade agreement (CUFTA) 11. Canada – Korea Free Trade agreement (CKFTA) Proposed period of contract: The proposed period of contract will be from the date of Contract Award to 31 March 2029 inclusive. Estimated Level of Effort: The estimated level of effort of the contract period will be 865 days for each resource. 3.7 Procurement Specialist – Junior (Level 1) Contract Period (Year 1) (From Date of Contract to 31 March 2026) - 145 days Contract Period (Year 2) (From 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2027) - 240 days Contract Period (Year 3) (From 01 April 2027 to 31 March 2028) - 240 days Contract Period (Year 4) (From 01 April 2028 to 31 March 2029) - 240 days File Number: W8482-263846/A Contracting Authority: Fabio Al Sououb, D Mar P 3-3-7 E-Mail: DMarP3BidSubmission-DOMar3Soumissiondesoffres@forces.gc.ca Inquiries: Inquiries regarding this Request for Proposal (RFP) requirement must be submitted to the Contracting Authority named above. RFP documents will be e-mailed directly by the Contracting Authority to the Qualified Supply Arrangement Holders who are being invited to bid on this requirement. BIDDERS ARE ADVISED THAT “CANADABUYS.CANADA.CA” IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS. The Crown retains the right to negotiate with any supplier on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language. Debriefings: Bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within 15 working days from receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or via MS Teams. NOTE: The Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) Method of Supply is subject to quarterly refresh cycles. If you wish to find out how you can be a “Qualified SA Holder”, please contact SPTS.TSPS@TPSGC-PWGSC.GC.CA