Onkwehonwehneha Program Development, Ontario Region

Onkwehonwehneha Program Development, Ontario Region

An advanced contract award notice (ACAN) is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date and time stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.

1. Definition of the requirement:

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has a requirement to support Indigenous offender reintegration through targeted interventions within the Indigenous Continuum of Care.

The work will involve the following:

1.1 Objectives:

Improve CSC’s ability to return Indigenous offenders to their home communities with Section 84 release plans through Reintegration Support in remote communities.

Increase CSC’s capacity to engage Indigenous communities in the Section 84 process, and identify and coordinate community resources for offenders.

1.2 Tasks:

The Contractor must:

Provide community education and information about Section 84 and Section 81 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA), and CSC’s Indigenous Continuum of Care and interventions.

Identify resources and community contracts that may be used by CSC personnel when preparing a release plan for an offender.

Work with communities and organizations to establish a process for CSC engagement on corrections.

Provide information that will assist CSC personnel to develop a Section 84 release plan. CSC personnel may include the Parole Officer or Indigenous Community Development Officer (as per CSC policy CD 712-1).

Work with CSC personnel, including but not limited to Indigenous Community Development Officers, Indigenous Community Liaison Officers, Indigenous Liaison Officers, and Parole Officers, as well as community contacts, to assist Indigenous offenders being released to their community(ies) or area.

On mutual agreement, perform additional tasks as requested by the Project Authority.

1.3 Expected results:

- Increased culturally specific offender reintegration support;
- Increase community awareness of Section 84 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA), and the interventions with the Indigenous Continuum of Care within CSC;
- Identify and develop community resources such as housing, counselling, employment, education, and other resources that can be utilized to support offenders on a conditional release plan, under Section 84;
- Community development activities as agreed to by the Project Authority and Contractor to advance offender reintegration.

1.4 Performance standards:

The Contractor must provide services as requested for the duration of the contract. The Contractor must be available for client service delivery Monday through Friday during CSC’s core business hours from 7 am to 5 pm.

1.5 Deliverables:

1.5.1 Prepare monthly reports on the following activities:

- Contacts with CSC personnel
- Community contacts, including names and contact information
- An updated resource list, including, but not limited to, reintegration support services, such as addictions services, housing, Elder supports.
- Collect and report on additional information upon request of the Project Authority.

Identify resources and community contacts that may be used by CSC personnel when preparing a release plan for an Indigenous offender.

1.5.2 Paper consumption:

a. Should printed material be required, double sided printing in black and white format is the default unless otherwise specified by the Project Authority.

b. The Contractor must ensure printed material is on paper with a minimum recycled content of 30% and/or certified as originating from a sustainably managed forest.

c. The Contractor must recycle unneeded printed documents (in accordance with Security Requirements).

1.6 Constraints:

1.6.1 Location of work:

a. The Contractor must perform the work within the contractor’s Indigenous community and places of business.

b. Travel

i. As part of the scope of work for this contract, the Regions will identify what travel is required within their Region. Any travel must be pre-authorized by the Project Authority and comply with the National Join Council Travel Directive.

1.6.2 Language of Work:

The contractor must perform all work in English.

1.6.3 Security Requirements:

There are no security requirements associated to this contract.

2. Criteria for assessment of the statement of capabilities (minimum essential requirements):

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that it meets the following requirements:

Experience: The Supplier must have at least 3 years experience, obtained within the last five years prior to the ACAN closing date, in Indigenous service delivery and providing Indigenous based support and social services to Indigenous community members.

3. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement

This procurement is not subject to any trade agreement.

4. Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business

This procurement is set-aside for an Indigenous Supplier in accordance with the government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB). Therefore, only suppliers who meet the definition of an Indigenous business, as defined in the PSIB, may submit a statement of capabilities.

5. Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s)

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

6. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

There is a limited number of suppliers available and willing to provide reintegration support consistent with Sections 81 and 84 of the CCRA to meet the reintegration needs of CSC indigenous offenders.

The pre-identified supplier meets all of the minimum essential requirements described in this ACAN.

7. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)

The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection:

(d) only one person is capable of performing the contract.

8. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons

This procurement is not subject to any trade agreement.

9. Ownership of Intellectual Property

There are no intellectual property terms in the contract.

10. Period of the proposed contract or the delivery date(s)

The proposed contract is for a period of one (1) year from April 8, 2024 – March 31, 2025 with an option to extend the contract for two (2) additional one (1) year periods.

11.Cost estimate of the proposed contract

The estimated value of the contract, including option(s), is $288,081.00 (GST/HST extra).

12. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Name: Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
Address: P.O. Box 90, 15 Akwesasne Street
Akwesasne, Quebec
H0M 1A0

13. Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the goods, services or construction services described in the ACAN, may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this notice on or before the closing date and time of this notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.

14. Closing date and time for a submission of a statement of capabilities

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is April 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST.

15. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

Inquiries and statement of capabilities are to be directed to:

Danielle Murdoch, Regional Contract Administrator
Correctional Service Canada, Ontario Region
P.O Box 1174, 445 Union Street West
Kingston, Ontario
K7L 4Y8
Telephone: 343-422-4831
Facsimile: 613-536-4571
Email: danielle.murdoch@csc-scc.gc.ca