Inuit Community Program

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 submits 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 the requirement:

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The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to provide effective interventions for First Nation, Inuit and Metis offenders. Research demonstrates that Indigenous-run programs that incorporate spirituality and culture into healing are more effective than mainstream programs.The work will involve the following:

1.1 Objectives:

Inuit societal values, customs, beliefs, and practices - Inuit Quajimajatuqangit will form the basis of counselling services and wellness programs offered by the centre. This will lead to an increased availability of culturally appropriate wellness and healing programs in Iqaluit, and an increased capacity to respond to the unique needs of CSC's supervised Inuit offender population.

To assist dysfunctional and traumatized individuals and families in Iqaluit develop pride in their culture, greater levels of self-esteem, self- reliance and resiliency, and improved communication skills, emotional regulation, life skills, parenting and interpersonal relationship skills.

1.2 Tasks:

To provide offenders with counselling, wellness, and healing programs and retreats; cultural skills training, and practical support. The Contractor must also be available via phone for outreach from offenders in the various institutions in Ontario.

To provide advice and information to staff and management, locally, regionally, and nationally on issues of Inuit Quajimajatuqangit and its impact on the community as well as provide information to Case Management as part of the section 84 release planning process.

To provide other services as agreed between the Contractor and Project Authority including at times, participating in programs and cultural workshops.

1.3 Expected results:

As their healing progresses, offenders achieve greater resiliency and can begin to overcome the
despair, trauma, anger and hopelessness in their lives, make better life choices and move ahead
into building more productive life styles and healthier families.

Predicted short-term outcomes of this on-going healing process will include increased parenting
knowledge, improved communication skills, improved coping skills, enhanced self-identity, self-reliance and confidence, further increases in individual and family resiliency and self-esteem,
enhanced emotional regulation skills, acceptance of the need for alcohol and drug treatment,
improved life-style choices and improved language fluency.

Medium-term outcomes include; reductions in family conflict, improved family cohesion, the development of healthier relationships, improved child parent relationships, increased parental involvement and more effective discipline and control of children, increased self-reliance, increased positive social and life skills, improved school performance, improved self-care increased independence and responsibility-taking, improved individual and community wellness and well-being, increased pride in the Inuit language and culture, and decreases in alcohol and drug use crime and violence.

Long-term outcomes include; decreased levels of aggressive, violent and criminal behavior; reduced family violence and family abuse, including sexual abuse; increased levels of pro-social and positive community involvement, increased levels of respect between generations, the development of healthier relationships within families and the larger community, increased involvement in education and training programs, and more alcohol and drug free individuals and families.

1.4 Deliverables:

To provide offenders with access to the following programs and services that are based on traditional Inuit societal values:

• The Strengthening Families program is unique in Iqaluit. It leads to reduction in the frequency of both family breakdown and child apprehension. Through a closer partnership with the Contractor, mental health, social services, justice, and children's and family service programs offered by the Governments of Nunavut and Canada have been significantly enhanced.

• The Life Skills program fills a significant gap in Iqaluit by providing opportunities for those with multiple risk factors to build basic life skills such as literacy, budgeting, interpersonal communications and productive lifestyle choices..

• The Building Resilience, Healing and Wellness program complements the extremely limited mental health services currently available in Iqaluit from government or other sources, and helps to address the urgent need and high level of demand for these services in Iqaluit. This program includes individual, family and group counselling; and individual, couple and group healing sessions focusing on the areas of alcohol and drug addictions and rehabilitation, trauma, grief, anger management, parenting, and relationship and family issues. The Contractor’s counsellors and Elder advisors have also received training in mental health first aid in order to better prepare them to assist suicidal clients.

• The Cultural Skills and Land Skills Development programs and activities are of great therapeutic and cultural value to Nunavummiut. The nature of Iqaluit means that a loss of culture is happening rapidly with fewer and fewer people being able to maintain the traditional Inuit connection with the land, which is at the core of Inuit identity. It means that people in Iqaluit experience a disconnection with their culture in a much more significant way than in other smaller communities. The essential connection to culture that these programs provide is a therapeutic key to healing, skills development, and identity and confidence building. The four programming components listed above are inter-related and complementary. Their interaction have a synergetic effect on the healing and renewal processes that participants experience, and prolongs their involvement in the wellness programs offered by the Contractor. They are firmly based on Inuit societal values and on traditional Inuit approaches to counselling and well-being. Because each of their facilitators, counsellors and Elder advisors work primarily in Inuktitut, communication barriers are reduced.

1.4.1 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).

1.5 Constraints:

1.5.1 Location of work:

a. The Contractor must perform the work either at the Contractor's place of business or on the land, weather permitting, or by video conference. The Healing and Land Skills programs may require occasional travel into the wilderness via boat or skidoo.

b. Travel

i. No travel is anticipated for performance of the work under this contract.

1.6.2 Language of Work:

The contractor must perform all work in either Inuktitut or English.

1.6.3 Security Requirements:

There are no security requirements associated to this contract.

2. Criteria for assessment of 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:

Must be an Inuit-run organization that incorporates Inuit culture into their programs and healing and who work with both community members and offenders in the community.

Experience:

Must have three (3) years of experience, obtained in the past five (5) years prior to the ACAN closing date, in facilitating programs based on traditional Inuit societal values, with the same objectives and therapeutic approaches, and targeting the same populations as the programs described under 1.4 Deliverables

Must possess three (3) years of experience, obtained in the past five (5) years prior to the ACAN closing date, in providing a broad range of culturally-appropriate counselling, healing support, and skill development for disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and families in Iqaluit.

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

This procurement is not subject to any trade agreement.

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

This procurement is set-aside for an Indigenous Supplier in accordance with the government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB). Therefore, only suppliers who meet the definition of an Indigenous business, as defined in the PSIB, may submit a statement of capabilities.

5. Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s)

This procurement is subject to the Nunavut Settlement Area Land Claim Agreement.

6. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

There is a limited number of suppliers available to provide services based on traditional Inuit societal values that can meet the reintegration needs of CSC Inuit offenders.

The Tukisigiarvik Centre is an Inuit not for profit organization that provides culturally relevant practical support and assistance to Iqalimiut, including Federal offenders being supervised by the Nunavut Area Parole Office. The Centre provides counselling, wellness, healing, and land skills programs. The primary aim of Inuit offender’s accessing the Tukisigiarvik Center would be to have them participate in the land skills programs and the one-on-one and group counselling offered by the centre. In addition to their Strengthening Families, Life Skills, Building Resiliency, Healing and Wellness programs

The pre-identified supplier meets all of the minimum requirements describes in the 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

This procurement is not subject to any trade agreement.

9. Ownership of Intellectual Property

There are no intellectual property terms in the contract.

10. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

The proposed contract is for a period of two (2) years, from June 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024.

11. Cost estimate of the proposed contract

The estimated value of the contract is $100,000.00 (GST/HST extra).

12. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

Name: Iqaluit Community Tukisigiarvik Society

Address: P.O. Box 759

Iqaluit, Nunavut

X0A 0H0

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 21^st , 2011 at 2:00 PM EST.

15. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

Inquiries and statement of capabilities are to be directed to:

Jill Emmons,

A/Procurement and Contracting Officer

619 McKay Street

Kingston, Ontario

K7M 5V8

Telephone:

Facsimile: 613-634-0401

E-mail: Jill.Emmons@csc-scc.gc.ca