Inmate Paid Cablevision Services – Saskatchewan Penitentiary

Inmate Paid Cablevision Services – Saskatchewan Penitentiary This requirement is for Correctional Service of Canada, Saskatchewan Penitentiary Trade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), 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 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 provide inmate paid cable vision at Saskatchewan Penitentiary. Objectives: The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to provide a viable and balanced CATV signal or equivalent throughout the Penitentiary to up to 698 CATV outlets at Saskatchewan Penitentiary Medium & Maximum Institutions, and up to 182 analog CATV outlets at Saskatchewan Penitentiary Minimum Institution. Deliverables: CSC’s Saskatchewan Penitentiary has 880 cable drops. CSC requires that all drops be active at all times. CSC will provide a quarterly occupancy report for billing purposes. The quarterly report will identify the number of users as well as the Common Area feeds (i.e. 500 inmates + 20 common areas = 520 billable drops.). The quarterly report will identify the number of drops that will be utilized and billed for the following three months. The Contractor must provide viable television service to the outlets at Saskatchewan Penitentiary with minimal interruptions of service. Term of Contract: Period of the Contract: The Work is to be performed during the period of June 16, 2018 to March 31, 2021 File Number: 52000-18-2696545 Contracting Authority: Elaine Eliason Telephone number: 306-659-9254 Facsimile number: 306-659-9317 E-mail: 501Contracts@csc-scc.gc.ca NOTE TO BIDDERS: Bidders can obtain copies of the solicitation documents by contacting the contracting authority named in this notice. 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). Given the nature of the requirements, proposals submitted by such means as facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted. 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).