OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PHYSICIANS - TC Marine Medical Unit - 25/26
Solicitation number T8080-240543
Publication date
Closing date and time 2025/07/15 14:00 EDT
Last amendment date
Description
The Department of Transport Canada has a requirement for two (2) Physicians to perform tasks including the assessment of seafarer fitness for work on board a vessel, development of medical standards, education, and training for Marine Medical Examiners (MMEs).
The Marine Medical Unit (MMU) of Transport Canada (TC) is responsible for all aspects of medical fitness standards for seafarers and advises on many issues related to marine safety and occupational health. This includes assessment of seafarer fitness for work on board a vessel, development of medical standards, education, and training for Marine Medical Examiners (MMEs). Decisions must be made based on the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 and the medical requirements as determined in Section 8 of the Marine Personnel Regulations.
The Marine Medical Unit involvement in the marine certification of seafarers traces its origins to Canada’s decision to become a member state of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and a signatory to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). Under the regulatory framework that followed, physicians became essential for providing informed, rational, and reasonable medical decisions in support of the determinations of marine medical examiners on seafarer fitness. Marine medical examiners are physicians who enter into an agreement with Transport Canada to provide physical examinations to seafarers seeking certification.
Marine Medical Unit physicians verify, accept or contest decisions on seafarer fitness made by marine medical examiners before issuing medical certificates. In addition, they are lead witnesses in cases that are appealed to the Transportation Appeals Tribunal of Canada (TATC).
Transport Canada may award up to two (2) contracts, one (1) for each resource/ physician.
The Contract period is for one (1 ) year plus four (4) one-year irrevocable options allowing Canada to extend the term of the contract(s).
Contract duration
The estimated contract period will be 12 month(s).
Trade agreements
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World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
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Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
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Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
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Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
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Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
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Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
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Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
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Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)
Reason for limited tendering
A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:
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None
Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Department of Transport (TC)
- Address
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330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5Canada
- Contracting authority
- Diana Daigle-Pietsch
- Phone
- 416550-7952
- Email
- diana.daigle-pietsch@tc.gc.ca
- Address
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330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5Canada
Bidding details
| Document title | Amendment no. | Language | Unique downloads | Date added |
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| T8080-240543 - Questions and Answers No1 - June 13 2025 (002).pdf | 001 | EN and FR | 11 | 2025/06/13 |
| EN - T8080-240543 - RFP_Occupational Health Physicians - Marine Medical Unit - June 2025.pdf | 001 | EN | 31 | 2025/06/05 |
| FR - T8080-240543 -DDP_MÉDECINS DU TRAVAIL – Unité de la médecine maritime de TC - juin 2025.pdf | 001 | FR | 8 | 2025/06/05 |