Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CSTADS)

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Canada acknowledges that this requirement is posted during a challenging time. Should industry suppliers have concerns about their ability to prepare and submit a response due to Covid19, they are encouraged to discuss their concerns with the Contracting Authority. It remains Canada's priority to ensure all requirements are competed in a fair, open and transparent manner.


The bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid solicitation number H4133-184161/C dated June 26, 2020 with a closing of July 21, 2020 at 2PM

Changes has been made on:
M1: 
- Experience is now 5 to 20 years
- Experience required is now for five (5) surveys conducted by the same company and the same Principal Investigator

M3:
- Experience is now 10 to 20 years
3.2.9.1 Site Coordinators and Training

- The Site Coordinators are not required to visit the schools in which questionnaires will be administered.





Description:  
 
The Department of Health Canada requires the services of a Contractor to conduct a National survey on student tobacco, alcohol and drug use of at least 36,000 students in schools, grades 7-12 (Secondary I-V in Quebec), in all 10 Canadian provinces.

Understanding Canadian trends in tobacco, alcohol and drug use is vital to the effective development, implementation and evaluation of strategies, policies and programs aimed at addressing problematic substance use. School-aged youth are generally recognized as the population most at risk for experimenting with tobacco products, alcohol and drugs. Effective development and monitoring of programs aimed at reducing substance use and related harms, and the regulation of tobacco products and illicit drugs requires regular measurement of progress. CSTADS is an important surveillance tool for Health Canada and its partners in this regard. CSTADS provides Health Canada, its partners and stakeholders, as well as the Canadian public, with timely and reliable data on tobacco, alcohol and drug use and related issues among Canadian students. 

CSTADS is a school-based survey and has been conducted in the classroom in 1994, 2002, and during alternate school years from 2004-2005 to 2018-2019. At first, the Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) surveyed youth in grades 5 to 9. Over time, the population covered has evolved and beginning with CSTADS 2016-17, CSTADS is administered to students in grades 7-12.

Data is collected from a minimum of 36,000 youth, approximately 6,000 students in each of grades 7 to 12 in all provinces in Canada, excluding residents of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Residents of First Nation Reserves and students who are attending special schools (e.g., schools for visually impaired and hearing impaired) or who are attending schools located on military bases will also be excluded from the study population. The requirement excludes work performed, delivered or conducted within Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements.  

CSTADS collects limited demographic and detailed information on various topics related to tobacco, alcohol and drug use, including the following:

Demographics: 
Sex;
Gender;
Sexual orientation;
Age;
Grade;
Province of residence;
Years in Canada.

Tobacco: 
Smoking status;
Smoking behaviour;
Use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes);
Where and how cigarettes and e-cigarettes are obtained;
Use of various tobacco products. 

Alcohol and drugs:
Alcohol use and high risk drinking (5 or more drinks on one occasion);
Use of cannabis, illegal drugs, prescription medications and over the counter medications.

More information about CSTADS may be found on the Health Canada web site at: 
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/canadian-student-tobacco-alcohol-drugs-survey.html  

The Canadian Content policy applies to the requirement

The competition will be conditionally limited to Canadian Content.
The evaluation team will determine first if there are two (2) or more bids with a valid Canadian content certification. In that event, the evaluation process will be limited to the bids with the certification; otherwise, all bids will be evaluated.

Intellectual Property

Canada will own the Intellectual Property Rights in Foreground Information as per 6.4.1, the main purpose of the Contract and Deliverables contract is to generate knowledge and information for public dissemination.

Inquiries

The Contracting Authority for the Contract is: 

Marc Desgagnés
Supply Specialist
Public Services and Procurement Canada 
Acquisitions Branch
Directorate: Innovation Procurement Directorate (IPD)
Division Life and Earth Sciences Division
10 Wellington, Gatineau Québec, K1A 0S5
Telephone: 613-294-5122
E-mail address: marc.desgagnes@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca 

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.