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Basic Skills’ Workshop – Dorchester Penitentiary | Correctional Service Canada · CanPursue
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Basic Skills’ Workshop – Dorchester Penitentiary

Correctional Service Canada21208-24-4441679Federal
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Published
Sep 7, 2023
Respond by
Oct 23, 2023
Latest amendment
—5 amendments

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Description

Basic Skills’ Workshop – Dorchester Penitentiary

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, Dorchester Penitentiary.

Trade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Canada free trade agreements with Chile/Colombia/Honduras/Panama, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy: compliant bid with the highest combined score of technical merit and price.

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

As per the Commissioner’s Directive 720 (Education Programs and Services for Offenders), when an inmate's grade level is below grade 12 or its provincial equivalent, education will be identified as a need in their Correctional Plan.

The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to

a. Facilitate inmates' reintegration by increasing educational skill levels through the provision of accredited programs; b. Ensure education programs and library services respect gender, ethnic, cultural and linguistic differences, and are responsive to the special needs of women inmates, Indigenous inmates, inmates requiring mental health care and other groups.

Objectives

To provide educational services to inmates with learning difficulties residing at Dorchester Penitentiary, Medium Sector and at the Shepody Healing Centre via the Basic Skills’ Education Workshop.

Deliverables

The Contractor must provide the following resource

One (1) Basic Skills’ Education Workshop Teacher/Instructor: i. Must deliver teaching services to students with learning challenges and difficulties - 35 hours per week at 7 hours per day - Monday to Friday ii. Must be able to deliver teaching services in English.

The contractor must deliver the following educational services

a. Adult Basic Education programs (ABE); b. Adapted Adult Basic Education programs,; c. Other education programs, pilot programs, digital education and any other curriculum requested by the Project Authority; d. Provide appropriate provincially recognized certificates, following course and level completions,.

The Contractor’s Basic Skills’ Education Workshop Teacher/Instructor must:

a. Take attendance and keep records, in real time, of any changes in inmate presence during an education session. At any given time, the Project Authority or delegate may request accurate attendance information. b. Establish program assignment objectives for every student enrolled based on their individual correctional plan and enter the objectives into the Offender Management System (OMS); c. Complete interim reports every 180 days and complete final reports when assignments end in OMS; d. Enter all course and level completions in OMS; e. Adhere to CSC’s guidelines and policies when writing reports, including Indigenous Social History factors, when applicable; f. Upon request by the Project Authority, provide a data report with information on education results; g. Complete and enter various reports in OMS; h. Complete education reports in OMS, respect the timeframes as per CD 730 “Offender Program Assignments and Payments” and notify the Chief of Education for quality reviewing purposes and locking; i. Maintain records of inmate educational progress. The records must be kept at the institution and available to the inmates, upon request; j. Follow CSC guidelines in terms of inmate pay as indicated in CD 730; k. All work performed in this contract is subject to the inspection and authorization by the Project Authority.

Any conditions for participation of suppliers not specified in solicitation documentation: none.

Estimated quantity of commodity: see solicitation document statement of work and basis of payment.

Duration of Contract and Time Frame for Delivery

Period of the Contract: The Work is to be performed during the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 with the option to renew for two (2) additional one-year periods.

File Number: 21208-24-4441679

Contracting Authority: Jolaine Amos Telephone number: 506-269-3787 E-mail: jolaine.amos@csc-scc.gc.ca

NOTE TO BIDDERS: Bidders can obtain the complete statement of work and evaluation criteria by downloading the solicitation document and associated documents from the Canada buys / tender opportunities website.

The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada (English or French).

After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.

Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC) offers seminars to businesses interested in learning how to sell goods and services to the Government of Canada. The seminars are FREE.

Topics include: ? Overview of the federal government contracting process; ? Searching for opportunities on the Buy and Sell - Tenders website; ? Bidding on opportunities; ? Registering in supplier databases.

The full schedule of seminars can be found on the Buyandsell.gc.ca website, under Event Calendar (https://buyandsell.gc.ca/event-calendar).

Procurement

Category
Services
Jurisdiction
Federal

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Requirements and qualifications

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Security requirement
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Classification

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Amendments

The source reports 5 amendments. CanPursue observed 1 of them with dates.

  • Amendment 5Oct 23, 2023
  • Original noticeSep 7, 2023

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