Victim-Offender Mediation Services

Victim-Offender Mediation Services

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada.

Trade agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), World Trade Organisation-Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)/Canada-Peru, Canada-Colombia and/or Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreements.

Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest priced compliant bid.

Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business: This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers.

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement.

Security Requirements: This contract includes security requirements.

Nature of Requirements: The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement.

CSC requires the delivery of post-sentence victim-offender mediation services to address serious crime, The Contractor must provide services to victims who are living in BC and the Northern Territories and to offenders who are incarcerated or on conditional release in this area, as well as in cross-regional cases involving said area.

Deliverables: The Contractor must provide the following deliverables to the PA

Accept all referrals deemed appropriate and work on at least 25 new referred cases per year as well as continue to work, when required, on all active cases from previous years.

1. Weekly updated versions of case file activities in the Restorative Justice Module in OMS. This includes all activities and new information related to the contractor’s victim-offender mediation files to be provided in the Module.

2. Submit one victim-offender mediation case study annually using the PA template and consent forms.

Scope of Work: The Contractor’s resource(s) shall support the CSC Project Authority by providing services which include, but are not limited to:

1. The provision of two (2) mediators to address all referrals requesting victim-offender mediation services involving the participation of offenders under CSC jurisdiction. The Contractor must provide qualified professional victim-offender mediator/facilitator resource(s) to supply approximately 1320 hours of victim-offender meditation services in order to meet the following requirements:

Provide a minimum of 2 resources designated for a combined minimum of 20 and a maximum of 100 hours per week to provide the required services as stipulated in this statement of work.

2. The provision of expertise on the Victim-Offender Mediation Program (VOMP) process model and consultation services regarding victim-offender mediation processes addressing serious crime to CSC and all the Restorative Opportunities program mediators on an as and when required basis

3. The provision of the level of expertise and mediation skills expected to complete victim-offender mediation processes, based on the VOMP process model, that include and are not limited to: letter exchanges, video exchanges, shuttle mediation, community conferencing, healing circles, and face-to-face meetings.

Expected Delivery Date: March 31, 2016.

File Number: 21120-16-2116423

Contracting Authority: Owen Nicholl 340 Laurier Ave West, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0P9 Telephone number: 613-995-0884 Facsimile number: 613-992-1217 E-mail: owen.nicholl@csc-scc.gc.ca

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