Community Network Caseworker Training

21301-20-3176528 – Community Network Caseworker Training

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 submit, 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 requirement:

The role of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is to administer sentences of a term of two (2) years or more imposed by the courts. In connection with this role and to enhance public safety, the CSC has six (6) strategic priorities, in particular, the safe transition and management of eligible offenders in the community, the safety of staff and offenders in our institutions and in the community and maintaining productive relationships with various partners, caseworkers and other parties concerned with public safety.

Thus, our organization must enlist the participation of the community through community partners and organizations concerned with public safety. By offering programs and support services, partners and organizations will allow caseworkers to help offenders so that they can maintain their life choices as law-abiding citizens. The complexity and diversity of clientele require CSC to offer ongoing training to various partners and to ensure that these partners, who are working for public safety, maintain a common and structured approach.

The work will involve the following:

1. Objectives:

In light of the above, the Contractor will have to carry out the Coordination, planning and provision of training for caseworkers from organizations involved in the criminal justice process with clientele under a federal sentence of incarceration in the Quebec region.

1.2 Tasks:

In the context of this service contract, the Contractor must ensure the coordination and administrative services regarding the basic training requested and required by the primary workers involved with clientele under a federal warrant to meet the CSC's needs and expectations. Thus, it will have to be able to offer the following training to the caseworkers identified:

• Intervention in a crisis situation;
• Interventions related to social reintegration;
• Media spokesperson;
• The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the

  Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA)

• Mental health intervention;
• Reality therapy;
• Intervention with non-voluntary individuals;
• Attachment intervention;
• Dealing with manipulation;
• Short, solution-based therapy sessions;
• Crisis prevention, or;
• Any other training previously approved by the Project Manager.

1. Deliverables

1.3.1 The Contractor must provide an instructor who is qualified and certified in the area of training being offered to caseworkers (session up to seven and half (7,5) hours each) involved in the reintegration process of offenders under a federal warrant in Quebec and must also include administrative costs.

Every three months, the Contractor must provide the list of training sessions scheduled for the next three- (3) month period, including the date, the title of the training session, the names of the instructors, and the location where the training will be delivered. From the first month, CSC expects to receive this list, which must be sent by E‑mail to the Project Manager.

1.3.2 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).

1.4 Constraints:

1.4.1 Location of work:

1. The Contractor must perform the work at contractor's place of business located at:

1340, Saint-Joseph Blvd

Montreal (Quebec) H2J 1M3

If, however, the Contractor’s facilities are not available on the required dates, the Contractor may use the CSC's facilities, at no cost, to provide the training sessions. The Contractor must contact the administrator of the particular office to make a reservation, if required.

b. Travel

1. The Trainer will have to go to the work site to perform the work under this contract.

1.4.2 Language of Work:

The contractor must perform all work in French and English.

1.4.3 Security Requirements:

There are no security requirements associated to this contract.

2. Criteria for assessing 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:

The Contractor must provide an instructor who is qualified and certified in the area of training being offered to caseworkers (session up to seven and a half (7.5) hours) involved in the reintegration process of offenders under a federal warrant in Quebec.

CSC's requirements for the training module instructor:

Each training program will include the following elements and will be included in a training plan:

• Brief history (if applicable) and background on the topic as it pertains to the CCRA objectives for individuals under a federal warrant.
• Basic theoretical elements and presentation of concrete examples related to the topic addressed.
• Allow the participants a discussion period.
• Any other elements that enhances the training program and might benefit the participants.

Academic qualifications and experience of the Contractor:

College diploma in human/social sciences (for example: offender intervention techniques, social work techniques), with seven (7) or more years of experience in the field targeted by the training or;

University degree at the bachelor's level in social/human sciences (for example: social work, criminology, psychology, psychoeducation), with five (5) or more years of experience in the field targeted by the training or;

University degree at the master's or doctorate level in human/social sciences or;

Additional education and relevant and significant experience in the field for the training provided.

The degree must have been obtained from a recognized Canadian university, college or high school, or the equivalent as established by a recognized Canadian academic credentials assessment service, if obtained outside Canada.

The list of recognized organizations can be found under the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials web site.

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

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA);

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA);

The procedural requirements of the other international trade agreements will be fulfilled following compliance to the procedural requirements of CFTA, NAFTA, WTO-AGP and/or the CETA.

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

This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers.

5. Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (s)

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

6. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

To our knowledge, there are a restricted number of sources in the province of Quebec who are qualified and have the resources needed to offer these specialized services in Community Network Caseworker Training. 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

The following exclusion (s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the section of the trade agreement (s) specified:

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016: Limited Tendering Procedures, section 2.

 (b) where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists;

 Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Article 513

(b) if the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons:

(iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.

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 11 months, from May 1^st, 2019 to 31 mars 2020, with an option to extend the contract for three (3) additional 1 -year period.

11. Cost estimate of the proposed contract

The estimated value of the contract, including option(s), is $ 128 320.00 (GST/HST extra).

12. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Name: L’Association des services de réhabilitation sociale du Québec (ASRSQ)

Address: 1340 East, Saint-Joseph Blvd

Montreal (Quebec) H2J 1M3

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 May 8, 2019 at 2:00 PM (EDT).

15. Inquiries and submission of statement of capabilities

Inquiries and statement of capabilities are to be directed to:

Manon Paulin

Contracting and Procurement Regional Center

Service correctionnel of Canada

Regional Services Center

250, Montée Saint-François

Laval (Québec) H7C 1S5

Telephone: 450-664-6612

Facsimile: 450-664-6626

E-mail: Manon.Paulin@csc-scc.gc.ca