Medical Laboratoy Services

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
The Emergency Preparedness and Occupational Health Directorate
(EPOHD) is part of the Regions and Programs Branch of Health
Canada.  EPOHD is responsible for helping Canadian private and
public sector employers maintain and improve the health of their
workers by providing leadership and policy development in the
areas that affect workplace health.  EPOHD is the principal
occupational health and safety advisor to the Treasury Board
Secretariat and provides a wide range of occupational health
services to federal employees.
A major component of EPOHD's portfolio is the Public Service
Health Program.  The Public Service Health Program, on behalf of
Treasury Board Secretariat, promotes the health and safety of
Government of Canada employees by providing medical advice,
guidance and services related to occupational health evaluations
and communicable diseases.
Part of EPOHD's mandate from Treasury Board is to provide
occupational health assessments for Public Service employees in
high-risk jobs such as health care workers, firefighters,
lighthouse keepers, divers, accident investigators and federal
government employees posted overseas.  Following medical
assessment, the health professional sends the client to the
EPOHD medical laboratory for venepuncture, urinalysis and
additional testing (audiogram, pulmonary function test, ECG and
vision testing). 

EPOHD requires the services of a medical laboratory facility to
provide:
a Phlebotomist Laboratory Technician to collect blood, stool,
urine and other specimen samples taken from the human body, and
process the samples for shipment to the appropriate laboratory
for medical testing.  The work of the Phlebotomist Laboratory
Technician is to be performed on-site at the EPOHD lab of Health
Canada located at 171 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario.   
medical laboratory services for the testing of blood, stool,
urine and other specimen samples taken from the human body.  The
medical laboratory tests are identified in Appendix I. 

The Phlebotomist Laboratory Technician must have and maintain
throughout the Contract period certification:
under the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing
Act 1 in accordance with Section 3 of Ontario Regulation 854 
from the Ministry of Health;
for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG);
for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and
for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHIMS)

In accordance with the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre
Licensing Act, the Laboratory  performing the testing must
maintain a Laboratory License from the Ontario Ministry of
Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC).  The Laboratory must also
maintain accreditation to ISO 15189:2007, entitled "Medical
laboratories - particular requirements for quality and
competence", either by the Ontario Laboratory Association (OLA)
or the Standards Council of Canada (SCC).  The medical
laboratory tests performed must be included under the scope of
accreditation of the Laboratory performing the testing.

Services are required for three (3) years from contract award, 
with an irrevocable option on the part of Canada to extend the
contract period by up to two (2) additional periods of one (1)
year each.   The requirement is exempted from the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement
on Internal Trade (AIT), and is limited to Canadian services. 

There is a security requirement associated with this
requirement.  For additional information, consult Part 6 -
Security and Insurance Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting
Contract Clauses.  Bidders should consult the "Security
Requirements for PWGSC Bid Solicitations - Instructions for
Bidders"
(http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.html#a31)
document on the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents Web
site.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.