Standing Offer - Food Safety Training (Vocational Training)

Food Safety Training (Vocational Training)

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, CORCAN, Prairie Region, various institutions.

Trade agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), World Trade Organisation-Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)/Canada-Peru, Canada-Colombia and/or Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreements. 

Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy:  lowest priced compliant bid.

Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business: 
This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers.

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: 
This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement.

Security Requirements: This contract includes security requirements.

Nature of Requirements: 

The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement. 

The Correctional Service Canada / CORCAN have a requirement to provide Food Safety Training to offenders at Federal Institutions in the Prairie Region (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta). 

CORCAN is an Agency of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) within the department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. CSC and CORCAN are mandated to provide training, programs and services that facilitate inmates' re-entry into the work force following their release. Our focus is to ensure that inmates who participate in CORCAN activities are fully, regularly and suitably employed in a work environment that strives to achieve private sector standards.  

Objectives: To provide third party certification in Food Safety and Handling to groups of offenders at Federal Institutions in the Prairie Region (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta).

	Alberta – Bowden Institution, Drumheller Institution, Grande Cache Institution, Pe Sakastew Healing Centre, Edmonton Institution, Edmonton Institution for Women
	Saskatchewan – Saskatchewan Penitentiary, Willow Cree Healing Lodge, Regional Psychiatric Centre, Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge
		Manitoba – Stony Mountain Institution

Deliverables: 

The Contractor must deliver one day Food Safety training courses that are recognized in the province of delivery.  Courses must be approved by the appropriate provincial regulating body.
For Alberta: Courses approved by Alberta Health Services
For Saskatchewan: Courses approved by Saskatchewan’s Food Safety Regulations
For Manitoba: Courses approved by Manitoba Health Certified Food Handler Training Program

The Contractor must provide all required materials to deliver the safe food handling training courses. This will include, but is not limited to, manuals, handouts and other consumables. The contractor must provide the written and practical exercises and testing as required for the completion of recognized food handling course.
The Contractor must provide accredited certification documents for successful candidates within 21 days of course completion, to be delivered to designated manager of the institutional site.

The Contractor must provide a detailed invoice within 21 days of completion of each course, detailing the number of participants, course dates, location, and instructor name.

The Contractor is to provide a number of Food Safety and Handling training sessions per year to various CSC institutions in the Prairie Region, locations as per the list below:

Expected Delivery Date: From date of Standing Offer award to June 30th, 2017, with options to extend, for an additional two (2) one year periods, from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, and from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, The training sessions are to be held at various times throughout the year and will depend on funding available.

File Number: 21C50-50139-15-2148272

Contracting Authority: 
Claudette Chabot
Contracts and Materiel Services
Correctional Service of Canada
3427 Faithfull Avenue
Saskatoon SK, S7K 8H6 
Telephone number: 306-659-9255
Facsimile number: 306-659-9317
E-mail: 501Contracts@csc-scc.gc.ca 

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