Cleaning and Disinfecting Services for various locations in Nova Scotia

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, two (2) institutions and one (1)Community
Correctional Centre (CCC) located in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Region, Canada.
Trade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), World Trade Organisation-Agreement on
Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), Canada Ukraine Free-Trade Agreement (CUFTA), Canada Korea
Trade Agreement (CKTA), Canada free trade agreements with Chile/Colombia/Honduras/Panama,
Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade
Agreement (CETA) and Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA),
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.
Competitive Procurement Strategy: lowest priced compliant bid.
Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business: This procurement is not subject
to any set-asides for Indigenous Suppliers.
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land
Claims Agreement.
Security Requirements: This contract does not include security requirement.
Nature of Requirements:
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) requires a Contractor to provide, as and when requested,
enhanced cleaning and disinfecting services at the following locations in response to possible
contamination from COVID-19
Objective : The Contractor must provide enhanced cleaning and disinfecting services for CSC’s facilities,
as and when requested, in response to a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, in accordance with
the recommendations of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
The facilities targeted by this Standing Offer have housed or are currently housing individuals who tested
positive for COVID-19. Other facilities have not housed any COVID-19 positive individuals and require
cleaning and disinfecting services as a preventive measure.
Deliverables: The Contractor must provide cleaning and disingfecting services at the following locations:
 Springhill Institution located in the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
 Nova Institution located in the town of Truro, Nova Scotia
 Jamieson Community Correctional Center located in the town of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
The Contractor must provide cleaning and disinfecting services for CSC facilities in compliance with all
applicable federal, provincial, territorial or municipal laws and regulations, and in accordance with Public
Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada and other Canadian health and safety authorities’ standards
and recommendations.
CSC will provide a description of the specific aspects of a site in each call-up issued to the Contractor.
When a CSC facility requires cleaning and disinfecting, the Technical Authority will send a brief description
of the required services to the Contractor. This description will include, but is not limited to, the following:
 Period of time for which the services are requested;
 Times when the services must be performed;
 Weekly service frequency;
 Description of areas concerned.
The Technical Authority will send the description to the Contractor by phone or email.
For non-urgent requests, the Contractor must start the cleaning and disinfecting work within two (2) days
after being issued a request, or in compliance with the start date indicated by the Technical Authority in
each request.
Term of Standing Offer:
Period of the standing Offer: The Work is to be performed during the period of standing offer award to
January 31st, 2023 with the option to renew for one (1) additional one-year period.
File Number: 21201-22-3981076
Contracting Authority: Jason St-Onge
Telephone number: (506) 851-3093
Facsimile number: (506) 851-6327
E-mail: Jason.st-onge@csc-scc.gc.ca
NOTE TO BIDDERS: Bidders can obtain the complete statement of work and evaluation criteria by
downloading the solicitation document and associated documents from Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.
The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada (English or French).
After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process.
Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of
the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.
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