Basic Information

Reference Number

0000203816

Issuing Organization

CBC/Radio Canada

Owner Organization

CBC/Radio-Canada

Solicitation Type

RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal)

Solicitation Number

FPE20210629

Title

Federal‌ ‌Pay‌ ‌Equity‌ ‌Program‌ ‌Consulting‌ ‌Service‌ ‌for‌ ‌CBC/Radio-Canada

Source ID

FD.CO.CAN.458875.C97716

Agreement Type

None

Details

Location

Canada, Ontario, Ottawa

Purchase Type

Duration: 3 years
Option: two (2) irrevocable option(s) for CBC/Radio-Canada to extend for one (1) year period(s)

Description

SUMMARY OF REQUIRED SERVICES:

The objective of this Request for Proposal (hereinafter “RFP”) is to select a qualified consultant to support CBC/Radio-Canada in developing and implementing its pay equity plan to comply with the new Federal Pay Equity Act, and to guide CBC/Radio-Canada through the different phases of the process from initial preparations to the analysis, interpretation and posting of its pay equity plan.
CBC/Radio-Canada reserves the right to award contracts for services of a nature similar to those listed in section A.3.1, outside the established agreements resulting from this RFP, on a case-by-case basis, for specific Federal Pay Equity needs.

2. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:
This RFP is open only to Proponents who meet the following mandatory requirement.

2.1 Bilingualism
The working language is both English and French. The personnel assigned to the project, who will interact with the users or the Client, shall communicate in both languages (written and spoken). The Supplier shall be able to offer high quality written and spoken services in both official languages (French and English). All documentation and final deliverables shall be in French and English.

2.2 Corporation and Unionized's experiences
A. The Proponent shall present its experience working in a unionized environment, with federal and/or crown corporations and with organizations of similar or larger size than CBC/Radio-Canada.
B. The Proponent shall also demonstrate experience working closely with committees, employee working groups of unionized and non-unionized employees, bargaining agents and executive members.

3. TO OBTAIN THE RFP DOCUMENTATION
As CBC/Radio-Canada uses MERX (https://www.merx4.merx.com/cbc) to manage its solicitation process, all Proponents must obtain the RFP documents through MERX. Here is the link to the MERX Quick Get Started Steps for new users (http://bit.ly/2NW0a93).

Before you register,

Determine your eligibility to participate based on the description/objective statement and mandatory requirements' qualification for the RFP.
Register with MERX if not already registered (link provided above to access the MERX Quick Get Started Guide)
Obtain the downloadable documents directly from MERX

It is important to note that CBC/Radio-Canada is not responsible for the distribution of the documents.

4. COMMUNICATION WITH CBC/RADIO-CANADA
Any contact with CBC/Radio-Canada at this stage of the RFP must be undertaken by e-mail only, which will be addressed to the CBC/Radio-Canada Representative for this RFP, whose co-ordinates appear below. All e-mails pertaining to this RFP must state the RFP reference number (RFP #FPE20210629) in the “Subject” of the e-mail.

CBC/Radio-Canada Representative:
Sabrina Garneau
Senior Specialist, Strategic Supply Management
CBC/Radio-Canada
E-mail: sabrina.garneau@CBC.ca

Once the tender documents have been obtained, Proponents may have queries, require further information or clarification, or discover certain omissions or ambiguities in the RFP documents. If so, or if there is any doubt about the meaning of any part of this RFP, must submit their questions through MERX no later than the date specified in PART I: INTRODUCTION, Table 1: Critical Dates in the RFP Process of the main document

5. RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS
Proposals must be received by CBC/Radio-Canada, via electronic submission to the MERX Website (www.merx.com) no later than August 16th, 2021 at 8:00:00 pm, Montreal Time.

The Proponent has the sole responsibility for the timely receipt of a Proposal by CBC/Radio-Canada. The Proponent cannot transfer such responsibility to CBC/Radio-Canada. The MERX clock shall be used to determine the time of receipt of the Proposal, whether the time indicated on such clock is accurate or not.

Partial Proposals, amendments or revisions which are received after the date and time for the RFP Submission Closing Date will not be accepted.

CBC/Radio-Canada retains the right to negotiate with Proponents on any procurement.

Dates

Publication

2021/07/20 04:31:03 PM EDT

Bid Intent

Not Available

Question Acceptance Deadline

2021/07/26 11:00:00 AM EDT

Questions are submitted online

Yes

Closing Date

2021/08/16 08:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Sabrina Garneau

5145977866

sabrina.garneau@radio-canada.ca

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Electronic Bid Submission

Envelope 1 - Identity & Proposal

Pricing

No pricing in this envelope

Bid Documents List

Item Name	Description	Mandatory	Limited to 1 file
Bid Documents	Documents defining the proposal	Yes	No
No entries

Additional Bidding Instructions

Part 1 - Service Proposal (non-financial): The Proposal must include only the appendices listed below which must be submitted in two (2) distinct file formats:

one (1) single merged PDF file of all the documents (non-protected) and;
one (1) folder which includes each individual document (file) in its original software application format (Word, Excel etc.) and without read/write protection.

Envelope 2 - Pricing

Pricing

In attached document

Bid Documents List

Item Name	Description	Mandatory	Limited to 1 file
Bid Documents	Documents defining the proposal	Yes	No
No entries

Additional Bidding Instructions

Part 2 - Financial Proposal: The Proposal must include only the financial appendices listed below and must be submitted in two (2) distinct file formats:
- one (1) single merged PDF file of all the documents (non-protected) and;
- one (1) folder which includes each individual document (file) in its original software application format (Word, Excel etc.) and without read/write protection.

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