Food Safe – Vocational Training – Pacific Region
Solicitation number 21C80-24-4435608
Publication date
Closing date and time 2023/11/21 17:00 EST
Last amendment date
Description
Food Safe vocational training for inmates
This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada CORCAN, Pacific Region.
Trade agreement: This procurement is not subject to any trade agreement.
Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.
Competitive Procurement Strategy: lowest priced compliant bid in each stream.
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 standing offer includes security requirements.
Nature of Requirements:
The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement.
The Correctional Service Canada CORCAN has a requirement to provide vocational training to offenders to aid in their safe reintegration into the community.
CSC may award up to a maximum of two (2) Standing Offers one (1) per each stream as a result of this request for standing offer.
One (1) standing offer (SO) for Stream 1 – Fraser Valley Area; and
One (1) standing offer (SO) for Stream 2 – William Head
Bidders may submit a bid for one or both streams. However, bidders submitting a bid for both streams must be able to provide Food safe certificate courses to all of the institutional site(s) listed within the streams for which they are submitting a bid.
Bidders must also be able to supply sufficient resources for the required services for all streams for which they are submitting a bid.
Objectives: To provide a series of FOOD SAFE Certificate courses recognized by the Provincial Regulatory Body that will apply to various industries in food service, hospitality and tourism to groups of offenders at Federal Institutions in the province of British Columbia. Upon successful completion of this training, offenders must be provided with a valid 3rd party certificate that will allow them to work in jobs requiring FOOD SAFE Certification.
Deliverables: The Contractor must
- Provide a one (1) day Food safe training course and all related certificates to the highest standards set by the industry to groups of offenders of no less than ten (10) per group and no more than twenty-five (25) per group at CSC institutions in British Columbia.
- Provide qualified instructor(s) to deliver Food Safe training to offenders;
- Provide sufficient resources (instructors) to facilitate Food Safe training for each location for which the Offeror has been identified to provide services;
- Provide all necessary training materials – written, practical exercises, and testing – and equipment as required for the completion of the applicable course;
- Provide educational tools and classroom supplies including but not limited to binders, papers, and pencils;
- Provide a copy of the class list and all original certificates, deliver them to the site and provide them to the Project Authority as evidence when invoicing in addition to a class roster with course results;
- Provide original certificates to the site within 21 days of course completion.
- Perform all work in ENGLISH.
Any conditions for participation of suppliers not specified in solicitation documentation: none.
Estimated quantity of commodity: see solicitation document statement of work and basis of payment.
Duration of Standing Offer and Time Frame for Delivery:
Period of the Standing Offer: The Work is to be performed during the period of date of issuance to January 31, 2025 with the option to renew for four (4) additional one-year periods.
File Number: 21C80-24-4435608
Contracting Authority: Linda Mandeville
Telephone number: 438-357-6503
E-mail: linda.mandeville@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 the Canada buys / tender opportunities website.
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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Contract duration
The estimated contract period will be 12 month(s).
Trade agreements
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No trade agreements are applicable to this solicitation process
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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Correctional Service of Canada
- Address
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340 Laurier Ave. W.
Ottawa, Québec, K1A 0P9Canada
- Contracting authority
- Linda Mandeville
- Phone
- (438) 357-6503
- Email
- linda.mandeville@csc-scc.gc.ca
- Address
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340 Laurier Avenue W
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0P9Canada
Bidding details
Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
Document title | Amendment no. | Language | Unique downloads | Date added |
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4435608 - RFSO.pdf | 001 |
English
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5 | |
4435608 - DOC FR.pdf | 001 |
French
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0 | |
4435608 - Application for Registration (471-E).pdf | 001 |
English
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0 | |
4435608 - Demande d'inscription (471-F).pdf | 001 |
French
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2 |
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