1000316805 - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Province of Alberta (1000316805)

TITLE Employee Assistance Program:

Province of Alberta

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), with the participation of the union organisations, is committed to making available a confidential and voluntary Employee Assistance Program (EAP), without prejudice to job security or career progression, to employees who may be experiencing personal, health or work-related issues.

The purpose of this program is therefore to provide professional assistance to the employees and their families when required, to assess the nature of the issue(s) raised, provide short-term counselling, when appropriate, and refer them to the most appropriate source of help.

For further details relating to this requirement, Bidders are referred to Annex A attached hereto and forming part of this solicitation document.

TARGET POPULATION

Calgary Tax Services Office Harry Hays Building, 220-4th AVE SE Calgary,

AB T2G 0L1

1036 employees

Airport Call Centre 1601 Airport Road NE Calgary, AB

T2E 6Z8

311 employees

Red Deer Tax Services Office 4996 - 49 Avenue Red Deer, AB

T4N 6X2

63 employees

Lethbridge Tax Services Office 200-419-7th Street South Lethbridge, AB

T1J 4A9

77 employees

Edmonton Tax Services Office 1 Canada Place 9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB

T5J 4C8

1100 employees

TOTAL 2587 employees

PERIOD OF CONTRACT

The services will be required to be performed during the period from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2016 with two irrevocable options to extend the Contract period. Each option is for an additional period of one year.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES

The evaluation of proposals will be performed in five stages as follows:

Stage 1 – Mandatory Requirements Stage 2 – Point Rated Requirements Stage 3 – Financial Proposals Stage 4 – Determination of the Bidder’s Overall Score Stage 5 – Other Pre-Award Conditions

MANDATORY CRITERIA

The Bidder must meet all mandatory criteria applicable to this li (ALECC), et l'Accord de libre échange Canada - Pérou (ALECP).

L'État se réserve le droit de négocier les conditions de tout marché avec les soumissionnaires. Les documents peuvent être soumis dans l'une ou l’autre des deux langues officielles du Canada.