Youth Gang and Community Violence Training

Title: Youth Gang and Community Violence Training Description of the Requirement: Through the community safety planning process, Indigenous communities have increased their capacity to work with experts and to develop concrete, community-driven solutions. In this context, a number of Indigenous communities have also identified gang-related violence as negatively impacting community safety. Given the complex and multi-faceted nature of gang-related violence, PS has a need for experts on gang-related violence who focus on community-driven solutions to work with select Indigenous communities to address these issues. To support these objectives, PS requires the services of a Contractor to provide training to Indigenous communities to assist them in the development of community-specific strategies to address gang-related violence. The initial training session will be held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The objectives of the training session will be to (1) provide two interested Indigenous communities with the materials (i.e., tools, resources, information, etc.) to develop and follow through on a community-specific strategy to address gang and community violence; (2) work with an existing PS contracted Indigenous facilitator and the selected communities to develop and expand the directions and solutions to address gang violence that were already developed in their community’s Community Safety Action Plans; and (3) provide mentoring and support, through the support and guidance of a PS contracted Indigenous facilitator, for the selected communities as they develop a series of interventions to address gang-related violence. The purpose of this training session to be held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is to help initiate and support a selected number of Indigenous communities (2) as they develop community-specific interventions to address gang-related violence. Particular attention is to be paid to community voice and ownership. As per the pillars and principles of the Indigenous Community Development Framework[1], the aim of the training is for the communities to develop the strategy, its priorities, and action items. The training will be in the form of a capacity building session, enabling the participants to brainstorm and develop feasible and realistic interventions, adapted to their unique capacities and circumstances. The design of the training session will blend the contractor’s expertise and the ability of the participants to receive the required information/training to support the development of future interventions. Based on the success of the training session and/or interest from other Indigenous communities additional training sessions may be requested as an option. 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. Evaluation Process and Selection Methodology Basis of selection – Highest combined score of technical points (60%) and financial points (40%). Detailed in the RFP Proposed period of contract: The date of the contract is from the date of contract award to August 31, 2018.