Reporting Center Services to Hamilton and surrounding area.

This requirement is for: Reporting Center Services to Hamilton and surrounding area.

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.

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: This contract includes security requirements.

Nature of Requirements: The Reporting Center will provide enhanced supports and intervention to cases that present increased risk and/or needs while on parole or LTSO release in the community. The Reporting Center will serve to provide additional intervention and support resources for offenders on supervision with CSC in the community. The work will involve the following:

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

The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to provide Reporting Center services to focus on the supervision of high needs and/or high risk cases; paroled or LTSO offenders with residency conditions at CRF/CCC or those in transition from CRF/CCC residency to independent living. These services provide assistance to the Parole/CRF staff in dealing with offenders who require increased counselling and/or hands on support to access/connect to various community resources in meeting their community reintegration needs and goals. The Reporting Center can also provide post suspension interventions that allow for alternatives to parole revocation. 

The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to provide Reporting Centre Services in Hamilton and surrounding area. .

Objectives: To ensure that offenders have access to a Reporting Centre offering an interview setting which would provide supervision, support and assessment for high needs/higher risk offenders in keeping with generally accepted community practices, professional standards and Correctional Service of Canada’s Commissioner’s Directives.

Deliverables: The contactor will provide the Project Authority with a written annual summary of all services provided to offenders supervised by Correctional Services Canada. This annual report will also identify the various community resources utilized, trends in offender needs and/or reintegration patterns, and/or other related reintegration data obtained through the provision of Reporting Center services to the offenders. To deliver one case management worker up to 8 hours per day, 4 days per week with service times as dictated by client needs.

Term of Contract:

Period of the Contract: The Work is to be performed during the period of April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 inclusive, plus three (3) one year options.

File Number: 21480-21-2297581

Contracting Authority:  Shane Collins

Correctional Service Canada

P.O Box 1174

443 Union Street West

Kingston, Ontario 

K7L 2R8

Telephone number: 613-536-4570

Facsimile number: 613-530-4571

E-mail:  Shane.Collins@csc-scc.gc.ca

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