Request for Standing Offer - Workshop Delivery Mobilization/Community Safety Planning Process

1. Requirement Summary By means of this RFSO, Public Safety Canada (PS) is seeking offers to provide on an “as and when required” basis, workshop delivery to Aboriginal Communities on the Moving Towards a Stronger Future Program

Canada requires resources across the country. Resources will be organized according to their region.. A Bidder may propose more than one resource for the Work under this requirement. Canada will rank all proposed resources according to basis of selection identified in Part 4. See Annex A, Statement of Work for detailed statement of work.

REGION British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario National Capital Region Quebec Atlantic Region (including NFLD Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI) Northern Canada (including Nunavut, Yukon and Northwest Territory)

The resulting Standing Offer Agreements will be for a period of approximately five years

*Qualified Resources residing in the National Capital Region will be ranked in the Ontario regions as well as the Quebec region separately. Subsequently, the resource may qualify in both Regions.

2. Objective

This standing offer will enable a coordinated mobilization workshop delivery approach that would ensure that each community is committed to their community development process prior to engaging in the development of community safety plans. The contract would then offer mentoring and coaching support to the community in applying the workshop activities and lessons toward developing their community safety plans.

The mobilization workshop is designed to be adaptable to the community’s level of readiness and aspiration. To adjust more readily to the community’s existing development process and to allow for a building block approach, the workshop content could be delivered in separate 2-3 day sessions. Trained facilitators would be working with the community to create a workshop delivery model that respects both the community’s aspirations and constraints.

3. Requirement reserved for aboriginal business

This procurement is set aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business .

This procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for set-asides for small and minority businesses

Further to Article 1802 of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), AIT does not apply to this procurement.”

4. Period of Work

4.1 Period of the Standing Offer

The period for making call-ups against the Standing Offer is from the date of standing offer award to March 31st 2020

5. Contracting Authority

Krystal Rockburn Contracting and Procurement Section Public Safety Canada 269 Laurier Avenue West, 13th Floor Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P9 Tel: 613-949-9921 Fax: 613-954-1871 Email: contracting@ps.gc.ca

The Contracting Authority is responsible for all matters of a contractual nature.

6. Security Requirement

There is no security requirement

7. All detailed information for bidding process are found in the Request For Standing Offer document