World Health Organization (WHO) Gold Standard Oral Health Examiner to Train and Calibrate

REQUIREMENT

Statistics Canada’s Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) seeks to hire a qualified World Health Organization (WHO) Gold Standard trained examiner to train, calibrate, and examine dentists to administer the CHMS Oral Health Component. The examiner will also be acting in an advisory capacity for consultation during the development of the oral health component of the CHMS.

Trade Agreements

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Canadian Korean Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), and World Trade Organization- Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP). 

Language

This Statistics Canada office provides procurement services to the public in their official languages.

CONDITIONS OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

There shall be no direct payment by Statistics Canada for costs incurred for the presentation and submission of proposals in response to this RFP.

ESTIMATED CONTRACT PERIOD

The contract will be awarded for two (2) years plus an additional one (1) two (2) year option period.

OPTION TO EXTEND CONTRACT

The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to one (1) additional two (2) year period under the same conditions. The Contractor agrees that, during the extended period of the Contract, it will be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions as set out in the Basis of Payment.

Canada may exercise this option at any time by sending a written notice to the Contractor at any time before the expiry date of the Contract. The option may only be exercised by the Contracting Authority, and will be evidenced for administrative purposes only, through a contract amendment.

SOLICITATION/BID CLOSING DATE AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Interested suppliers should express their interest in the procurement to the following;

Name: Susan Hall

Title: Contracting Advisor

Organization: Statistics Canada
Address: 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6

Telephone: 613-882-2470

E-Mail: statcan.macs-bids-smc-soumissions.statcan@canada.ca

The deadline for submissions of bids in response to this RFP is April 20, 2021 @ 2:00pm EDT. Any and all bids received after this date and time will be returned unopened to the Bidder. As per Treasury Board Contracting Policy the onus is on the Bidder to ensure that all solicitation documents reach the stipulated destination before the closing date and time of the RFP.

Bids must be submitted only to:

MACS BIDS

statcan.macs-bids-smc-soumissions.statcan@canada.ca

StatCan will not assume responsibility for proposals directed to any other location. Proposals not received in the Bid Receiving Unit by the closing time, will be returned to the Bidder unopened.

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority no later than five (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.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA

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Mandatory Requirement

MTC1

The Bidder must demonstrate the proposed resource has the following certification: World Health Organization (WHO) - Gold Standard .

MTC2

The Bidder must demonstrate the proposed resource is certified as a WHO Gold Standards as an examiner, a trainer, and a calibrator.

MTC3

The Bidder must demonstrate the proposed resource has experience training at least one (1) examiner to WHO Gold Standards within the last two (2) years for a large population based survey(s) (n=500+).

At a minimum, the Bidder must provide the following information for each submission in response to this criterion;

1. Project description;
2. Client name for which the services were rendered, as well as the name and current business e-mail address and/or business telephone number;
3. Project deliverables;
4. Role and responsibilities;
5. Project start/end dates and duration, providing period of time over which the experience was acquired, in the format: (day/month/year) to (day/month/year).

MTC4

The Bidder must demonstrate the proposed resource has experience, through projects that in training at least two (2) examiners to WHO Gold Standards within the last fifteen (15) years. At least one (1) for an international survey and at least one (1) for a national (Canadian) survey.

At a minimum, the Bidder must provide the following information for each submission in response to this criterion;

1. Project description;
2. Client name for which the services were rendered, as well as the name and current business e-mail address and/or business telephone number;
3. Project deliverables;
4. Role and responsibilities of the proposed resource;
5. Project start/end dates and duration, providing period of time over which the experience was acquired, in the format: (day/month/year) to (day/month/year).

*The project training dates for the two (2) examiners may overlap. The large population based survey experience used in MTC3 may also be used for MTC4.

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to PROTECTED information, assets or sensitive site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by the CSP, PWGSC.

Debriefings

Bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within 15 working days from receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.