Provision of Scientific Expertise to Support Human Health Risk Assessment

1. Summary

In order to facilitate Safe Environments Directorate’s (SED) fulfillment of its obligations in relation to the assessment of the health risks posed by chemical substances, SED requires professional services for various activities in support of human health risk assessment and are seeking to establish up to twenty (20) Standing Offers (SO’s) covering these professional services amongst four (4) streams. The total estimated cumulative value of all Standing Offer Agreements resulting from this Request for Standing Offer shall not exceed $20 million excluding all applicable taxes over a period of five (5) years. The four (4) streams and maximum estimated values per stream over the five (5) year period during which the Standing Offers are in effect are as follows:

Stream 1 – Provision of Scientific Expertise To Conduct Human Health Risk Assessment Or Scientific Peer Review Or Consultation In Support Of Human Health Risk Assessment ($6 million excluding applicable taxes)

Stream 2 – Provision of Information Gathering Services to Support Human Health Risk Assessment ($4 million excluding applicable taxes)

Stream 3 – Provision Of Scientific Expertise In The Development Or Application Of New And Emerging Technologies And Tools In Support Of Human Health Risk Assessment ($6 million excluding applicable taxes)

Stream 4 – Provision Of Training Or Training Materials To Support Human Health Risk Assessment ($4 million excluding applicable taxes)

Up to five (5) Standing Offers will be issued per Stream. Offerors can submit an offer for as many streams as they wish, but will have to submit their offer per stream separately.

2. Trade Agreements

There are no applicable trade agreements.

3. Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements

The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish Regional Individual Standing Offers for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users in the National Capital Region (NCR), which are not subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offers.

4. Security Requirements

There are security requirements associated with the requirement of the Standing Offer. For additional information, see Part 6 - Security, Financial and Insurance Requirements, and Part 7 - Standing Offer and Resulting Call-up Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Offerors should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

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