Objectives

In order to advance current understanding of youth delinquency and transitions to adult crime, Public Safety is seeking a Contractor to consolidate existing international and Canadian knowledge on the linkages between juvenile delinquency and adult crime and identify effective programs and policies to reduce the occurrence of transition.

Deliverables

The Contractor must submit the following deliverables:

• A review of the current Canadian and international research literature on life course offending (i.e., transitions from youth to adult crime), complete with policy implications and recommendations, as well as directions for future research; and
• A summary, plain language-style bulletin that communicates the central aspects of the review to policy-makers and practitioners.

Period of Work

The period of the Contract is from date of contract award to June 30, 2017.

Evaluation Process and Selection Methodology

Basis of selection – Highest combined score of technical points (70%) and financial points (30%). Detailed in the RFP

Enquiries – solicitation stage

All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority no later than 5 calendar days before the bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.

Bidders should reference as accurately as possible the numbered item of the bid solicitation to which the enquiry relates. Care should be taken by bidders to explain each question in sufficient detail in order to enable Canada to provide an accurate answer. Technical enquiries that are of a proprietary nature must be clearly marked "proprietary" at each relevant item. Items identified as “proprietary” will be treated as such except where Canada determines that the enquiry is not of a proprietary nature. Canada may edit the question(s) or may request that the Bidder do so, so that the proprietary nature of the question(s) is eliminated and the enquiry can be answered to all bidders. Enquiries not submitted in a form that can be distributed to all bidders may not be answered by Canada.

It is the responsibility of the Bidder to obtain clarification of the requirements contained herein, if necessary, prior to submitting a bid.

A request for a time extension to the bid closing date will be considered provided it is received in writing by the PS Contracting Authority at least five (5) working days before the closing date shown on page 1 of this RFP document. The request, if granted, will be communicated by www.BuyandSell.gc.ca at least two (2) working days before the closing, showing the revised closing date. The request, if rejected, will be directed to the originator at least three (3) working days before the closing date by the PS Contracting Authority.

Security

There are no security requirements associated with this requirement.