AGRICULTURE LITERACY TRAINING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS

Solicitation number 01B68-23-0026

Publication date

Closing date and time 2023/07/18 14:00 EDT

Last amendment date


    Description

    1.2.1 This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It is intended to result in the award of one (1) contract from contract award to March 31, 2024.

    1.2.2 AAFC requires the services in the development and delivery of agricultural literacy training to mental health practitioners providing (or potentially providing) support to the agriculture community.

    The training will be designed to sensitize mental health practitioners to the particularities of the agriculture sector, the unique challenges and needs of supporting the mental health of the agriculture community, and specific stressors associated with severe events (e.g. fires, floods, depopulation (euthanasia) of farm animals due to an African Swine Fever (ASF) or Avian Influenza event).

    The training would equip a large number of mental health practitioners across Canada (targeting 250 professionals) so they may improve their capacity to support the mental health of members of the agriculture community, especially when facing severe events and/or dealing with the aftermath of such events.

    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 8 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2023/08/01.

    Trade agreements

    • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    • World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
    • Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
    • Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
    • Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
    • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
    • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
    • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
    • Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)

    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:

    • None
    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Address

    1305 Baseline Road

    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C5
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Kyle Harrington
    Phone
    5555555
    Email
    kyle.harrington@agr.gc.ca
    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.

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