Virtual language training services - Atlantic and Western Regions

Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) for Virtual language training services for Canada Revenue Agency - Atlantic and Western Regions. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) intends to enter into up to four contracts with a single or multiple contractor(s) for the provision of full-time and part-time virtual language training (English and/or French), on an “as and when requested” basis, to CRA employee the either in groups or individually in order for the employees to: - obtain Level A, Level B or Level C in reading, writing and oral proficiency, as required per employee, in their second official language; - maintain their second official language; and - improve their second official language. The Contractor must also provide telephone tutoring and Preparation for Second Language Evaluation (SLE) evaluation level C oral interaction assessment “as and when requested” basis. The period of any resulting contract will be for two years, with three irrevocable options to extend the Contract period. Each option is for one year period. A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price, for each region and language, and meeting all the mandatory requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria will be recommended for award of a contract(s). In the event that a single Bidder is deemed the highest ranked responsive bid for both regions and both languages, the CRA will award one contract to this single Bidder for both regions and both languages in which they are the highest ranked responsive bidder. Proposal documents and supporting information must be submitted in either English or French. Conditional Set-Aside Under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business • This procurement may be conditionally set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business. • In order to be considered for the set-aside, 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 Eligibility for Indigenous procurement set aside and Procurement information for Indigenous business owners Questions must be directed in writing to the contracting authority via email: Furqana.Mehkari@cra-arc.gc.ca Bids must be submitted by using the Connect service provided by the Canada Post Corporation. 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. The CRA reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. All services will be rendered virtually. There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult the bid solicitation document. The Federal Contractors Program (FCP) for employment equity applies to this procurement.