Cleaning Services – Care Centres – Laval Complex

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, Quebec Region

Trade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), World Trade Organisation-Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), Canada Ukraine Free-Trade Agreement (CUFTA), Canada Korea Trade Agreement (CKTA), Canada free trade agreements with Chile/Colombia/Honduras/Panama, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest priced compliant bid.

Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business:

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

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement:

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

Security Requirements: This standing offer includes security requirements.

Nature of Requirements:

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

Correctional Service Canada (CSC) has an obligation to ensure the safety of patients, staff, its partners, and the public. The health services mandate is to provide quality and safe health care to offenders in accordance with Accreditation Canada’s Required Organizational Practices (ROP) as well as Health Canada standards. By their very nature, critical care services in a correctional setting, due to its closure from the outside, call for best practices in hygiene and sanitation.

Objectives: CSC is looking for a contractor who can provide housekeeping services, as needed, to penitentiary care centres in the Quebec region.

Deliverables The Contractor must provide cleaning services for the areas and at the frequency indicated in Annex A – Statement of Work. The Contractor must provide maintenance supplies and the labour required to perform the cleaning services. CSC will be providing the cleaning equipment that will be available to the Contractor.

Any conditions for participation of suppliers not specified in solicitation documentation: none.

Estimated quantity of commodity: see solicitation document statement of work and basis of payment.

Duration of Standing Offer and Time Frame for Delivery:

Period of the Standing Offer: The Work is to be performed during the period from the date of award to February 29^th, 2024 with the option to renew for one (1) additional one-year periods.

File Number: 21301-23-4310586

Contracting Authority: Manon Paulin

Telephone number: 514-235-9156

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

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Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada (English or French).

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