Federal Contracting Vehicles and Standing Offers
Temporary Help Services (THS)
Supply Arrangement EN578-060502/243/ZT
Standing Offer E60ZN-110002-129-ZN
Automated purchasing tool which enables federal government departments and agencies in the National Capital Area (NCA) and across Canada to assess market rates, identify potential Suppliers and issue Call-ups for a wide range of IT, Networking, Engineering, Technical as well as Financial and Professional service resources.
Stream 4: Technical Services
Stream 5: Professional Services
- Finance
- Procurement
- Communications Services
- HR Management
- Policy and Advisory Services
Standing Offer
- Right of first refusal, rates are firm
- SO threshold : $400,000 or 48 consecutive weeks
- 2 - 5 day turn around to respond
Supply Arrangement
- Competitive
- SA threshold : $400,000 or 48 consecutive weeks
- > 5 day turn around to respond
Insurance and Risk Management
Supply Arrangement EN578-121746/015/ZL
Stream 1: Risk Management Process Services
Category 2: Real Property Management
Category 3: Corporate Management
Categories of resources
Senior Consultant
Consultant
Account Assistant
Contract Limits and Sourcing
Anticipate majority of solicitation process and award of contracts will be managed by identified users, up to the $2 million threshold
PWGSC, Acquisitions Branch will manage all requirements above the $2 million threshold
ProServices
Supply Arrangement E60ZT-120001/300/ZT
- Requirement valued at less than the NAFTA threshold ($80,400) MUST be procured through ProServices
- Minimum of 2 suppliers must be invited to submit a proposal via e-mail o the client
- Minimum of 5 calendar days to respond, however, it is up to the Federal Department User to determine the minimum number of days
- Contracts must not exceed Limitation of Expenditure defined in the contract
Solutions Based Informatics Professional Services (SBIPS) – IM/IT Professional Services
Supply Arrangement EN537-05IT01/038/EI
Tier 1
- Opportunities sent directly to vendors and posted to GETS
- Managed by client or PWGSC
- Minimum 5 SA holders must be invited for opportunities up to and including $1M
- A minimum of 7 SA holders must be invited for opportunities greater than $1M upto and including $2M
- Minimum 10 calendar days to submit a proposal; this may be extended based on complexity of the requirement
- Invited suppliers list is final at the release of the RFP, no additional suppliers will be added to the list
- Contracts must not exceed Limitation of Expenditure defined in the contract
Tier 2
- Managed by PWGSC or SSC
- All qualified Tier 2 SA holders invited to submit a proposal
- Minimum of 20 calendar days to submit a proposal
- Contracts must not exceed Limitation of Expenditure defined in the contract
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/spics-sbips-eng.html
Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) - IM/IT Professional Services
Supply Arrangement EN578-055605/358/EI or EN578-055605/746/EI (JV)
Tier 1
- Above NAFTA threshold ($80,400) upto $2M
- Minimum of 15 suppliers selected by the client and/ or CPSS Client Module
- No limit to invitation process, therefore can request to be added
- Minimum of 15 calendar days to respond
- Contracts must not exceed Limitation of Expenditure defined in the contract
Tier 2
- In excess of $2M
- Managed by PWGSC or SSC, on behalf of the Client
- All qualified Tier 2 SA holders invited to submit a proposal
- Minimum 20 calendar days to submit a proposal
- Contracts must not exceed Limitation of Expenditure defined in the contract
Standing Offer EN578-120158/116/EI
Call-up Limitations: up to $250,000 to SO Holders in accordance with the following:
- Right of first refusal, rates are firm
- Clients may issue call-ups to the SO holder with the lowest cumulative price
- If the SO holder with the lowest cumulative price is unable to provide the qualified resource(s) required, the next lowest cumulative price SO holder may be issued the call-up
- Should more than one SO holders have an identical lowest cumulative price, clients may issue the call-up to the SO holder of its choice
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/sptb-tbps/index-eng.html
Task and Professional Services (TSPS)
- HR Services Stream
- Business Consulting / Change Management Class
- Project Management Services Class
Supply Arrangement E60ZN-15TSPS/320/ZN
Tier 1
- Above NAFTA threshold ($80,400) upto $2M
- Minimum of 15 suppliers selected by the client and/ or CPSS Client Module
- No limit to invitation process, therefore can request to be added
- Minimum of 15 calendar days to respond
- Contracts must not exceed Limitation of Expenditure defined in the contract
Tier 2
- In excess of $2M
- Managed by PWGSC or SSC, on behalf of the Client
- All qualified Tier 2 SA holders invited to submit a proposal
- Minimum 20 calendar days to submit a proposal
- Contracts must not exceed Limitation of Expenditure defined in the contract
Standing Offer E60ZN-15TSSO/252/ZN
Call-up Limitations: up to $250,000 to SO holders in accordance with the following:
- Right of first refusal, rates are firm
- Clients may issue call-ups to the SO holder with the lowest cumulative price
- If the SO holder with the lowest cumulative price is unable to provide the qualified resource(s) required, the next lowest cumulative price SO holder may be issued the Call-up
- Should more than one SO holders have an identical lowest cumulative price, clients may issue the call-up to the SO holder of its choice
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/spcts-tsps-eng.html