SHORT-FORM REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (SRFP) for Discrimination Prevention Course Delivery Issued by the BC Public Service Agency

on January 21, 2014 under SFRP No. ON-002451 Closing Time: Closing Location: February 18, 2014 before 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time Proponent must submit before the closing time: One hard copy and one copy on CD, DVD rd or USB media of its proposal by hand or by courier to the following: 3 Floor, 563 Superior St, Victoria BC V8V 1T7 OR One complete electronic proposal must be received in accordance with BC Bid instructions for e-bidding. Proposals must not be submitted by fax, email or mail.

Government Contact: Bryn Johns, Procurement Specialist at: procurement@gov.bc.ca for enquiries ONLY Please refer to the terms and conditions that apply to this SRFP (the SRFP Rules. By submitting a proposal to this SRFP, the Proponent agrees to be bound by the SRFP Rules. 1. CONTRACT SERVICES The BC Public Service Agency requires a Contractor to deliver an existing half-day in-person Discrimination Prevention Workshop to BC Public Service employees across the province of BC based on a delivery schedule as directed by the BC Public Service Agency. The Contractor will: Ensure the following learning objectives for the Discrimination Prevention Workshop are met: o Identify and discuss the rights, responsibilities, and strategies for all parties to develop and maintain a respectful, welcoming work environment, to prevent discrimination, and to address it when it occurs, o Understand the importance of promptly addressing discrimination and harassment in the workplace, o Describe discrimination and harassment as defined by human rights legislation, o Develop awareness of behaviour that is inappropriate or illegal, o Identify Government of BC policy, directives, procedures, and collective agreements relating to workplace conduct, and o Be aware of internal and external avenues for complaints; Ensure that all instructors have been pre-approved by the BC Public Service Agency; Develop additional training formats, customize or update existing curricula or develop new curricula during the Contract term, based on the mutual agreement of the BC Public Service Agency and the Contractor, which may include consulting with legal experts, human rights professionals, subject matter experts and other workshop facilitators identified by the BC Public Service Agency; Respond to queries from British Columbia government employees regarding the training and workshop content; Permit representatives of the Province to observe and record training delivery observations as requested; Discuss the results of these observations with the BC Public Service Agency and make adjustments to the training design, content and delivery as required; and Provide to the Province within 10 business days after the end of each month, a post-workshop report package for each scheduled Offering which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

o One original statement of account; o Participant sign-in list (signed by Participants); o An exception report that includes problems or concerns relating to participants, instructors, training materials, and how these issues were handled. The Province anticipates approximately 20 sessions will be offered per year subject to available budget. BC Public Service Agency will provide an annual supply of course material to the Contractor per Contract year. All other training and related supplies to be provided at the Contractors cost; 2. CONTRACT FORMAT Should the Proponents proposal be successful, the Proponent will enter into a contract in the form of the General Services Agreement at http://www.pss.gov.bc.ca/psb/gsa/gsa_index.html. In Schedule D, additional insurance will not be required. Schedule E will apply. Schedule F will not apply. Schedule G will apply. The term of the Contract is expected to be for two years from Contract signing, with up to two one-year option[s] to extend at the sole discretion of the BC Public Service Agency. 3. QUESTIONS Submit any questions in writing to the Government Contact (noted above) before the Closing Time. Answers to questions received may be posted on BC Bid. Information from any other source is not official and cannot be relied on. Questions will be accepted up to 5 business days prior to closing. 4. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSALS Proponents must submit their proposals in the form of the SRFP Proposal Form attached as Appendix A. Proponents should not include attachments to the SRFP Proposal Form unless specifically requested in this SRFP. 5. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS For the Province to consider the proposal, Proponents must meet the mandatory process requirements in the SRFP Rules. 6. PROPOSAL EVALUATIONS Proposals that meet all mandatory requirements will be evaluated as follows: Weighted Criteria Proponent Experience Approach Price TOTAL Weight 40 30 30 100 Minimum score 24 18

Proponents that do not meet a minimum score within a weighted criterion will not be evaluated further. Price will be evaluated using the following formula: lowest price proposed out of all proposals divided by this proposed price multiplied by the weighted points allocated to price.