Take Home Naloxone Kits and Prison Needle Exchange Kits

Trade Agreement: CETA/WTO-AGP/CPTPP/CFTA/FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama/Korea/UK Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

The closing date of the bid solicitation has been extended from August 29, 2022 to September 12, 2022.

Title : Take Home Naloxone Kits and Prison Needle Exchange Kits

Description : Correctional Service Canada (CSC) has a requirement for a National Individual Standing Offer (NISO) for the supply and delivery of kits for the Take Home Naloxone Kit Program and the Prison Needle Exchange Program. The kits for the Take Home Naloxone Program will be delivered to five (5) different locations in Canada and the kits for the Prison Needle Exchange Program, as well as replacement supplies which compose them will be delivered to eleven (11) Health Services locations in Canada. The number of locations may increase for the Prison Needle Exchange Program supplies as the program progresses.

Canada may issue one (1) Standing Offers from the date of issue for one (1) firm year with three (3) optional one-year (1) periods.

Authorized Users are the following: Abbotsford, BC , Mission, BC Edmonton, AB , Innisfail, AB,Kingston, Ontario, Warkworth, ON , Kitchener, ON , Joliette, QC , Smiths Crossing, NB , Dorchester, NB, and Truro, NS.

Federal Identified Users

The Identified Users authorized to make call-ups against the Standing Offer include any government department, agency or Crown corporation listed in Schedules I, I.1, II, III, of the Financial Administration Act, R.S., 1985, c. F-11.

Provincial/Territorial Identified Users

The resulting NISO will also be available for use by the following Provincial/Territorial Identified Users: • The Government of the Province of Prince Edward Island • The Government of the Province of Yukon • The Government of the Province of Manitoba, including: o Flin Flon School Division • The Government of the Province of Ontario, including: o City of Kawartha Lakes o Ontario Provincial Police

The complete list of requirements / mandatory specifications are identified in Annex A - Requirement. Offerors must submit an offer that includes all products described for both kit types at Annex A. Offers will be evaluated in accordance with the entire requirement and the responsive offer with the lowest total aggregate evaluated price will be recommended for the award of the Standing Offer.

An offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for Standing Offers and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive offer with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for issuance of a Standing Offer.

There are no security requirements associated with the requirement.

The Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) is to establish a National Individual Standing Offer (NISO) for the requirement detailed in the RFSO, to the Identified Users across Canada, excluding locations within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, and Labrador that are subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs). Any requirement for deliveries to locations within CLCAs areas within Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, or Labrador will have to be treated as a separate procurement, outside of the resulting standing offers.

Offerors may request a debriefing on the results of the request for standing offers process. Offerors should make the request to the Standing Offer Authority within 15 working days of receipt of the results of the request for standing offers process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.

This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in both official languages.

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.