Media Spokesperson Training

Media spokesperson Training

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada – NHQ

Trade agreement:	
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)/Canada-Peru, Canada-Colombia and/or Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreements. 

Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Compliant bid with the highest combined score of technical merit and price.

Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business: 
This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers.

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

Security Requirements: 
NIL security screening required as there is no access to sensitive information or assets.  Contractor personnel will be escorted in specific areas of the institution / site as and where required by Correctional Service Canada personnel or those authorized by CSC to do so on its behalf.

Contractor personnel shall submit to a Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) verification of identity / information by CSC, and must adhere to institutional requirement for the conduct of searches prior to admittance to the institution / site.  CSC reserves the right to deny access to any institution / site or part thereof of any Contractor personnel, at any time.

Nature of Requirements: 

The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement. 

The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement for media spokesperson training. 

Scope: 
CSC requires a two-day media training session to be developed and delivered in English and French in various locations across the country. The media training must be customized for CSC topics and environment.

Deliverables: 
For each media spokesperson training session, the Contractor must deliver the following:
a.	Training content;
b.	Course agenda; Power Point presentation to be used in the delivery of the courses;
c.	CSC Media Training Manual for all participants (electronic workbook format);
d.	Exercises and scenarios for each participant;
e.	Participant’s attendance list to be signed both in the morning and in the afternoon each of the two days;
f.	Evaluation forms for participants to evaluate the course; 
g.	An electronic version of the PowerPoint presentation and CSC training manuals to the PA; and
h.	Soft copies of the recorded interview simulations to the PA via e-mail or a DVD.

All deliverables must be submitted in Microsoft Office Suite format when required by the PA except for the recorded interviews.
Electronic copies of the PowerPoint presentation and CSC Media Training Manuals must be available to participants in both official languages at all training sessions.


Expected Delivery Date:
31-March-2016 

File Number: 21120-15-2108366

Contracting Authority: Guillaume Gagnon
Correctional Service Canada
340 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0P9
Telephone number: 613-992-7988
Facsimile number: 613-992-1217
E-mail: Guillaume.Gagnon@csc-scc.gc.ca

NOTE TO BIDDERS: 
Bidders can obtain the complete statement of work and evaluation criteria by ordering 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).

Given the nature of the requirements, proposals submitted by such means as facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted.

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.

The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) offers seminars to businesses interested in learning how to sell goods and services to the Government of Canada. The seminars are FREE.

Topics include:
 Overview of the federal government contracting process;
 Searching for opportunities on the Tenders minisite;
 Bidding on opportunities;
 Registering in supplier databases.

The full schedule of seminars can be found on the Buyandsell.gc.ca website, under Event Calendar (https://buyandsell.gc.ca/event-calendar).