Request for Standing Offer – Workshop Delivery for the Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program

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 for the Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program. Public Safety Canada requires resources in the following regions:

Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Northern Canada: Nunvaut, Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavik

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. Objective The overall objective of the work is to support a Core Group in the community through the three facilitation stages of the CSP process. The three stages are:

community building action planning community mobilization

These stages help the Core Group develop and begin implementing their community’s safety plan. The facilitator will support the community through these stages by performing two main tasks:

Deliver the Community Safety Planning (CSP) process Coach and mentor the community Core Group throughout the process including within and outside of the workshop sessions.

The workshops will help build community capacity and increase community readiness to address community-identified safety issues and the facilitator’s coaching and mentoring will help nurture the communities’ ability to apply these skills. Facilitators will be trained to deliver the process in a way that responds to the current realities of the community and respects the community’s culture/traditions/religion, aspirations, and constraints. At no time will a session be held when it is not within the community’s best interest, as judged conjunctively through the community’s engagement with Public Safety Canada and at their own behest. MANDATORY REQUIREMENT RESERVED FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS This procurement is set aside under the federal government's Mandatory 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. Period of Work 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 31, 2020. Contracting Authority Rachel Hull Senior Contracting and Procurement Officer Public Safety Canada 269 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa ON K1A 0P9 Tel: 613-949-1048 Fax: 613-954-1871 Email: ps.contractunit-unitedecontrats.sp@canada.ca The Contracting Authority is responsible for all matters of a contractual nature. Security Requirement There is no security requirement. All detailed information for the bidding process is found in the Request for Standing Offer document.