Medical Device Maintenance Program

Medical Device Maintenance ProgramThis requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, Prairie RegionTrade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), World Trade Organisation-Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), Canada Ukraine Free-Trade Agreement (CUFTA), Canada Korea Trade Agreement (CKTA), Canada free trade agreements with Chile/Colombia/Honduras/Panama, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.Competitive Procurement Strategy: lowest priced compliant bid,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 does not include security requirements.Nature of Requirements: The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement.The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to contract a qualified firm to provide qualified inspection services for the medical equipment located at Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) federal correctional facilities in the Prairie Region (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba).Objectives: As part of it’s mandate, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) has built and maintains a large number of secure sites with a diverse security profile. In order to provide the requisite health services to the inmate population within these sites, each institution and regional pharmacy has a wide variety of medical systems and components that, in all aspects, constitutes a mission critical infrastructure that must be maintained.Deliverables: The Contractor must provide the following services with regards to medical devices listed in the excel spreadsheet (excel sheet supplied via email request to 501Contracts@csc-scc.gc.ca)The Contractor must conduct on-site Inspections on an annual basis. Time of inspection will be determined after contract award between the Manager Integrated Health Services, Chief, Health services or the Regional Pharmacist and the contractor. Each inspection must include industry standard verifications for each piece of equipment listed in the excel spreadsheet. The Contractor must provide, inspect, manage and control all required test equipment. The Contractor must submit a complete list of required testing equipment to the Manager, Integrated Health Services, the Chief, Health Services or the regional, Pharmacist at least 10 working days prior to each site visit. The contractor must ensure that the target institution or Regional Headquarters receives prior notification of the planned inspection activities at least ten days working days prior to the one site visit.The Contractor must test equipment that undergoes inspection to ensure it meets quality control standards as per the manufacturer’s guidelines.The Contractor’s technician will be accompanied by an individual assigned by the Institution or Regional Headquarters to escort the Technician throughout. The Contractor must ensure that the Technician will abide by the Instructions regarding the escort given by the Institutional Head or its delegate to the Technician.The Contractor must provide annual performance testing, inspection and calibration of electro medical devices in order to comply with standards set forth by the respective provinces.During inspection, the Contractor must assist the CSC site authority in identifying requirements. This will be in regards to replacing existing equipment or purchasing new equipment.During inspection, the Contractor must repair all issues or problems with equipment being inspected which does not require any parts.The Contractor must submit an inspection report in writing to the Manager, Integrated Health Services, Chief Health services or the Regional pharmacist within 30 days of the on site inspection. The report must detail all pieces of equipment inspected, any concerns identified and / or repairs recommended and or completed. CSC will have the final approval of all proposed test equipment before it is deployed on site. This is due to a possible situation where some forms of equipment qualify as contraband within the precincts of an Institution and are therefore not permitted on site.List of CSC Equipment Requiring Inspection:From time to time, CSC may add or remove equipment from the lists of equipment when required during the period of the contract. The CSC site authority will be responsible for deletions from or additions to the lists of equipment.Term of ContractPeriod of the Contract: The Work is to be performed during the period of February 15th, 2022 to February 14, 2027File Number: 50100-21-3751504Contracting Authority: Jill PelrineTelephone number: 306-659-9300E-mail: 501Contracts@csc-scc.gc.caNOTE TO BIDDERS: Bidders can obtain the complete statement of work and evaluation criteria by downloading the solicitation document and associated documents from Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders.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.The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) 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).