Psychological Screening

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Psychological Suitability Evaluation

M7594-206333/A
Lepage, Marie-C
Telephone No. - (613) 858-8637
marie-claude.lepage@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

This procurement is not subject to the provisions of the National or International Trade Agreements.

This procurement is not subject to the Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s).

Requirement:

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a requirement for a Contractor to provide the National Recruiting Program (NRP) with psychological suitability evaluations of RCMP Regular Member police applicants across Canada, in French and in English, in accordance with up to date professional psychological standards.

Psychological suitability evaluations are required in the following cities:

1. National Capital Region (Ottawa, ON, Gatineau, QC) 
2. Montreal, QC
3. Winnipeg, MB 
4. Vancouver, BC 
5. Regina, SK 
6. Fredericton, NB 
7. Edmonton, AB 
8. Toronto, ON 
9. Halifax, NS
10. St Johns, NFLD and
11. Charlottetown, PEI 
12. Calgary, AB
13. Quebec, QC
14. Kelowna, BC
15. Prince George, BC or Grande Prairie, AB

Canada will award 1 Contract for the 15 cities.

Delivery of services will take place in the facility of the Psychologists.

The contract(s) period will be for one (1) year with the irrevocable option to extend the contract by 4 periods of one-year each.

Bidders Instructions:

Suppliers interested in submitting a response to this Bid Solicitation may access the bid solicitation document directly from this Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) publication. Please see the Solicitation Documents section below to download the Bid Solicitation document and the Attachments.

Technical Bid:

This procurement includes 6 Mandatory Technical Criteria (MT).

The Phased Bid Compliance Process PBCP applies to this requirement.

For more details on the preparation of the Technical Bid and the documentation to submit in order to demonstrate compliance with all MT, please refer to the Bid Solicitation document Part 4 - Evaluation Procedures and Basis of Selection, Attachment 1 to Part 4 - Mandatory Technical Evaluation Criteria.

Financial Bid:

Bidders must submit a financial bid that must contain a Firm All-Inclusive Price per Psychological Suitability Evaluation and a Firm All-Inclusive Price for each of the additional psychological test in Canadian dollars, excluding applicable taxes. Bidders must submit their financial bid in accordance with the Pricing Schedule in Attachment 1 to Part 3 and include it in its financial Bid once completed. Bidders should read the notes to all Bidders in Attachment 1 to Part 3. Please see the Attachments section below to download and complete Attachment 1 to Part 3, Pricing Schedule.

For more details, please refer to the Bid Solicitation document, Part 2 - Bidder Instructions, Part 3 - Bid Preparation Instructions and Part 4 - Evaluation Procedures and Basis of Selection. 

Certifications:

Bidders must complete their Certifications and Additional Information by using the PDF fillable Form in Attachment 2 to Part 3 - Certifications and Additional Information. To access the PDF form, bidders must have a PDF reader installed. If bidders do not already have such a reader, there are several PDF readers available on the Internet. It is recommended to use the latest version of PDF reader to benefit all features of the interactive forms.

Please see the Attachments section below to download the Certifications PDF fillable Form. The form should be signed and attached to the Technical Bid. For more details, please refer to the Bid Solicitation document, Part 2 - Bidder Instructions and Part 3 - Bid Preparation Instructions.

Epost Connect Bid Submission:

Bids must be submitted only to the Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) Bid Receiving Unit via e-post Connect by the date and time indicated on page 1 of the bid solicitation document.
Note:  For bidders needing to register with epost Connect the email address is: 

tpsgc.dgareceptiondessoumissions-abbidreceiving.pwgsc@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.  

Interested Bidders must register a few days prior to solicitation closing date.

Note: Bids will not be accepted if emailed directly to this email address. 

For more details on the Epost Connect Bid Submission, please refer to the Bid Solicitation document, Part 2 - Bidder Instructions and Part 3 - Bid Preparation Instructions and contact the Bid Receiving Unit by e-mail at: tpsgc.dgareceptiondessoumissions-abbidreceiving.pwgsc@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

There are security requirements associated to this requirement. Please refer to the Bid Solicitation document, Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses, section 7.3 - Security Requirements.

Security Sponsorship:

If your organization does not hold a Designated Organization Screening (DOS) issued by the Contract Security Program (CSP), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), please submit a security sponsorship request by sending an email to the Contracting Authority at: marie-claude.lepage@pwgc-tpsgc.gc.ca before or after the closing date of this Bid Solicitation.  Bidders should not wait for the solicitation to close before advising the Contracting Authority of its sponsorship requirement. 

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

All enquiries must be submitted by email to the Contracting Authority at: 
marie-claude.lepage@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca no later than 5 calendar days before the bid closing date. 



Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.