1000523412 - Translation and Editing services

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) intends to enter into a contract with a single contractor for the provision of standardized, quality, and timely translation and editing services in Canada’s two official languages (French and English), on an ‘as and when requested basis’.

The estimated period of the Contract will be from date of Contract award until January 31, 2028.

The Contract will contain irrevocable options to extend the term of the Contract by up to five additional one year periods under the same conditions.

A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bids meeting all mandatory evaluation will be evaluated and scored in accordance with the point-rated criteria. Prices submitted will be evaluated to determine the total price score. The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical merit and price will proceed with the conditions precedent to contract award. The Bidder with the highest ranked responsive bid and meeting all the requirements will be recommended for award of a contract.

Proposal documents and supporting information must be submitted in either English or French.

Questions must be directed in writing to the contracting authority via email: Henrik.Schwerdtfeger@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.

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.

This solicitation is open only to Canadian suppliers. For additional information, consult the bid solicitation document.

Further to the following references, these trade agreements do not apply to this service:
? Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) Annex K bis-01.1-4; Section B - Excluded Coverage
? Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCoFTA) Annex 1401-4 Services; Section B - Excluded Coverage
? Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement (CHFTA) Annex 17.4: Services; Section B – Excluded Coverage
? Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) Annex 14-C: Services
? Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPaFTA) Annex 5: Services; Section B – Excluded Coverage by Major Service Category
? Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) Annex 1401.1-4; Section B - Excluded Coverage
? Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) Annex 11-A.4: Services.
? Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Annex 15-A – Schedule of Canada
? World Trade Organization – Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) Appendix 1; Annex 5