Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: 
Attachment: YES (MERX) Paper
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
RISO- Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) Atlantic
Region requires Regional Individual Standing Offer(s) to provide
services under the CPP Disability Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
Program in Area 3, New Brunswick.  The Atlantic Region has been
administering the Disability Vocational Rehabilitation Program
since February 1998. The goal of this program is to assist
selected CPPD beneficiaries regain the capacity to work and/or
secure substantially gainful employment.  Service Canada's
Vocational Rehabilitation Case Managers (VRCMs) select, screen,
refer and case manage appropriate clients. The external service
provider (also referred to as bidder) is required to provide a
range of vocational rehabilitation services in order to assist
clients to become job ready, and obtain gainful employment. In
partnership, the Service Canada VRCM, the service provider and
the beneficiary will work collaboratively toward this end. It is
anticipated that approximately eighty-five to one hundred and
twenty CPPD clients from Atlantic Region will participate in the
program on a yearly basis. 
MANDATORY MINIMUM CRITERIA

-  The bidder must have the ability to provide services in both
official languages.


-  Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants
All proposed staff (except those proposed solely for job
development*) by the bidder to conduct all phases of the work
under this proposal must meet at least one of the following
minimum certification/education requirements in vocational
rehabilitation (VR) to be eligible for further evaluation.

	University degree or a diploma in Social Sciences, Health
Sciences, Human Services or Vocational Rehabilitation with a
minimum of two years experience in the provision of Vocational
Rehabilitation services. 

Current registration as a Registered Rehabilitation Professional
(RRP) or Canadian Certification in Rehabilitation Counseling
(CCRC) will be considered as an asset qualification. 

-  *Job Developers/Job Placement Specialists
Bidders who propose staff solely for job development/job
placement function within our statement of work must have at
least one staff person who meets the minimum mandatory
requirement outlined for vocational rehabilitation consultant
staff noted above.  They will be designated as responsible for
the work that the job development/placement specialists conduct
on behalf of CPPD clients.  Job Development/Job Placement
specialists must meet one of the following minimum
certification/education requirements:

	Registered Community Support Specialist (RCSS)
	Diploma or higher in Vocational Rehabilitation (or directly
related* field) plus minimum one year recent job
development/placement experience with disabled populations
and/or multiple barriers
	Certificate in Vocational Rehabilitation (or *related field)
plus minimum two years recent experience job development/job
placement job development/job placement experience for clients
with disabilities and/or multiple-barriers.

*e.g.:  Community Rehabilitation, Disability Studies, Disability
Management, Therapeutic Recreation, Social Work

There is a security requirement associated with the requirement
of the Standing Offer.

The requirement is not to be used within a Comprehensive Land
Claims Settlement Area (CLCSA).

Estimated Period of Standing Offer is November 1, 2013 to March
31, 2016 with an option to extend standing offers for an
additional one year at April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017.
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.