Basic Information

Reference Number

0000211571

Issuing Organization

CBC/Radio Canada

Solicitation Type

RFSA - Request for Supply Arrangement (Formal)

Solicitation Number

2021_MTIS20200914

Title

Professional IT/IM Services for CBC/Radio-Canada

Source ID

FD.CO.CAN.458875.C97716

Agreement Type

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Details

Location

Canada, All of Canada, All of Canada

Purchase Type

Duration: 2 years
Option: 2 options of 1 year

Description

SUMMARY OF REQUIRED SERVICES:

The primary RE-OPENING objectives of this RFSA are:
CBC/Radio-Canada reserves the right to re-open this RFSA originally issued in 2020, to allow additional Suppliers to submit Offers today to become Qualified Suppliers and to be awarded an Arrangement for the provision of the required Services. No existing Qualified Supplier will be removed from the Qualified Suppliers list because of the addition of new Qualified Suppliers to the Qualified Suppliers list.

The objective of the present RFSA consists in selecting qualified Proponents to provide professional Information Technology and Information Management (IT/IM) services to CBC/Radio-Canada. The initial term of any Supply Arrangement resulting from this RFSA shall be for two (2) years with two (2) irrevocable option(s) for CBC/Radio-Canada to extend for one (1) year period(s) by sending a written notice prior to the end of each term.

2. TO OBTAIN THE RFSA DOCUMENTATION
As CBC/Radio-Canada uses MERX (https://www.merx4.merx.com/cbc) to manage its solicitation process, all Proponents must obtain the RFSA 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 for the RFSA.
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.

3. COMMUNICATION WITH CBC/RADIO-CANADA
Any contact with CBC/Radio-Canada at this stage of the RFSA must be undertaken by email only, which will be addressed to the CBC/Radio-Canada Representative for this RFSA, whose coordinates appear below. .
All emails pertaining to this RFSA must state the RFSA reference number (2021_MTIS20200914) in the “Subject” of the email.

CBC/Radio-Canada Representative:
Sabrina Garneau
Senior Specialist, Strategic Supply Management
CBC/Radio-Canada
Email: sabrina.garneau@radio-canada.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 RFSA documents. If so, or if there is any doubt about the meaning of any part of this RFSA, must submit their questions through MERX no later than the date specified in PART I: INTRODUCTION, Table 1: Critical Dates in the RFSA Process of the main document

5. RECEIPT OF OFFERS
Offersmust be received by CBC/Radio-Canada, via electronic submission to the MERX Website (www.merx.com) no later than December 6th, 2021 at 8:00:00 pm, Montreal Time.

The Proponent has the sole responsibility for the timely receipt of an Offerby 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 Offer, whether the time indicated on such clock is accurate or not.

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

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

Dates

Publication

2021/11/08 04:55:50 PM EST

Bid Intent

Not Available

Question Acceptance Deadline

2021/11/23 11:59:00 PM EST

Questions are submitted online

Yes

Closing Date

2021/12/06 08:00:00 PM EST

Contact Information

Sabrina Garneau

sabrina.garneau@radio-canada.ca

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Electronic or Physical 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	No	No
No entries

Additional Bidding Instructions

Technical (non-financial) Offer: The Offer must include all appendices (excluding the pricing appendices, financial statements, and financial stability appendix) and must be submitted in two (2) distinct files:

one complete single PDF file (non-protected) and;
one file of document in its original software application format (Word, Excel etc) and without read/write protection.

Envelope 2 - Pricing

Pricing

Lump sum

Bid Documents List

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

Additional Bidding Instructions

Costing/Pricing Offer: The Offer must include pricing appendices, financial statements (if required), and the financial stability appendix and must be submitted in two (2) distinct files:

one complete single PDF file (non-protected) and;
one file of each document in its original software application format (Word, Excel etc.) and without read/write protection.

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