Refresh of the
Task and Solutions Professional
Services (TSPS) –
Addition of Real Property
Project Management Services Class
August 2011
Federal Government Portfolio
• One of the largest and most diverse real estate
portfolios in the country:
40,000,000 hectares of land,
23,000 owned and leased properties,
37,000 buildings,
25,000,000 square metres of floor space.
• Portfolio includes: offices, laboratories, military
bases, embassies, prisons, remote housing, national
parks, border crossings, bridges, dams, navigational
aids …
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Public Works and Government
Services Canada (PWGSC)
• “Common Service Provider”: Provides federal government
organizations with the office space they need to carry out their
programs.
• Specialized space is the responsibility of each department or
agency.
• Provides real property services (e.g., design, property
management, leasing) to other departments and agencies.
• Carries out space procurement in an open, fair and transparent
manner that achieves best value for Canadian taxpayers.
• Enforces federal standards for such things as accessibility and
environmental sustainability.
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What is Task and Solutions Professional
Services (TSPS)?
TSPS is a new tool for the procurement of task and solutions based professional
services.
Three (3) methods of supply:
• Task Based Standing Offers (SO);
• Task Based Supply Arrangements (SA); and,
• *Solution Based Supply Arrangements (SA).
TSPS was launched on July 1st, 2010. It currently includes three professional
service classes:
• Human resources services;
• Business services/change management services; and,
• Project management services.
*This method will not be included in the refresh
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Why does the Government want
TSPS?
• Fair, open and transparent procurement.
• National breadth.
• Allows the federal government to out-task programs of
work.
• Convenient access to a large pool of qualified consultants.
• Integrate business-type services (e.g., feasibility studies)
with project management.
• May be used directly by federal government departments
and agencies.
• Flexible: a variable work volume can be accommodated
on an “as required” basis.
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Addition of Real Property Project
Management Services Class
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New Class added: the Real Property Project Management
Services.
This new class of services will provide the federal government with
a convenient means of contracting with private-sector companies
for a wide variety of project management services pertaining to real
property.
A pre-qualified list of real estate-related companies that the federal
government can draw upon to submit proposals for work.
Termed “project management” but it will deal with most aspects of
the real estate development life-cycle from portfolio planning to
project inception, approvals and project delivery.
A notice for each refresh was posted on the Government Electronic
Tendering Service, MERX™, in July 2011.
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Consultant Categories
Human Resources Services Class
Project Management Services Class
1.1 Human Resources Consultant
3.1 Project Administrator
1.2 Classification and Organizational Design Consultant
3.2 Project Manager
1.3 Employment Equity Consultant
3.3 Project Leader / Executive
1.4 Employee Relation Consultant
3.4 Project Planner
1.5 Compensation Consultant
3.5 Quality Assurance / Management Specialist
1.6 Human Resources information System Consultant
3.6 Risk Management Specialist
1.7 Leadership Development Consultant
3.7 Procurement Specialist
1.8 Staffing Consultant
3.8 Financial Specialist
1.9 Human Resources Policy Development Consultant
3.9 Project Monitor
1.10 Human Resources Assistant Consultant
3.10 Technical Writer
Business Services/Change Management
Services Class
2.1 Business Analyst
2.2 Business Continuity Consultant
2.3 Business Consultant
2.4 Organization Development Consultant
2.5 Business Process Consultant
2.6 Change Management Consultant
2.7 Needs Analysis and Research Consultant
2.8 Business Architect
2.9 Statistics Specialist
2.10 Knowledge Management Consultant
2.11 Information/Record Mgmt Specialist
2.12 Evaluation Services Consultant
2.13 Performance Measurement Consultant
2.14 Subject Matter Expert
Real Property Project Management Services Class
4.1 Project Administrator for Real Property
4.2 Project Manager for Real Property
4.3 Project Leader for Real Property
4.4 Project Planner for Real Property
4.5 Financial / Cost Specialist for Real Property
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4.6 Portfolio Planner for Real Property
4.7 Claims Analyst for Real Property
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Consultant Categories
• Services provided by each Consultant
Category can be found in the RFSO and
RFSA solicitation documents posted on
Merx at: http://www.merx.com/
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Task and Solutions Professional Services
(TSPS)
- Procurement Tool Overview
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This tool is updated annually to qualify firms and adjust evaluation criteria where
necessary.
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Standing Offer and Supply Arrangement options:
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Standing Offer:
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Supply arrangement:
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Two-stage evaluation process:
– Stage 1: General, companies qualify to be placed in pool (yearly); and
– Stage 2: Specific, companies/people qualify (each procurement request).
-- < $250K upper limit;
-- fixed per diem rates;
-- qualified firms experienced with smaller scale
projects.
-- unlimited $ value;
-- ceiling per diem rates;
-- qualified firms experienced with larger projects.
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Services Not Intended for TSPS
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Real estate brokerage, leasing services
Construction services
Property management services
Communication services not related to a
specific real estate project
• Risk specialist services not related to a
specific real estate project
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Use of Other TSPS Classes
• Human Resources: Wide variety of human resources
services including training.
• Business Consulting/Change Management: Used by
real estate organizations to improve their roles,
processes, policies and general management and
effectiveness of their organizations: does not require
real estate experience.
• Project Management Services: Used by real estate
organizations for the procurement side of project
management; does not require real estate
experience.
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Other Procurement Mechanisms
• Professional Services (PS)
Online: under $76,600
• MERX postings (tendering
process): individual or
unique projects, construction
services, solicitation of
leased space
• “Alternative Forms of
Delivery” for Property
Management
• Real Estate Services
Standing Offers (Regional)
• Appraisal Services Standing
Offers
• Investment Banking Services
• Architectural & Engineering
Services Standing Offer
• Private Public Partnership
(P3) Standing Offer
• Risk Management Standing
Offer
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Apply to Other Classes, if
Appropriate
• Real property organizations also expect to
draw from the other classes as well as the
real property class.
• Change management/business consultant
class will be used for studies related to the
internal organization and workings of real
property organizations.
• Human resources class will be used for
training, etc.
• Project management services class will be
used for procurement services.
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Why Should my Company be
Interested?
• Business volume opportunities: large portfolio with federal
government’s intention to out-task more work.
• Projects can be “leading edge” in terms of environmental
sustainability, heritage conservation.
• Some work can have regional or national prominence and can
be considered “trophy projects”.
• Easy to plan: Projects are often stable and long-term and the
“Solutions” aspect will allow companies more flexibility in
resourcing projects.
• Reduced marketing effort: we come to you to request proposals
• Government commitment to small and medium-sized
enterprises.
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Thank you
For more information about TSPS:
www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/spc-cps/spcts-tsps-eng.html
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