SO Vocational Rehabilitation

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SO Vocational Rehabilitation

G9292-214643/A Lacey (XAQ), Rhonda Telephone No. - (709) 730-1597 ( ) Fax No. - (709) 772-4603 ( ) Email: rhonda.lacey@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

Provision / Coordination of Vocational Rehabilitation Services to Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPPD) Beneficiaries.

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) on behalf of Employment and Social Development Canada, has a requirement to establish Regional Individual Standing Offers for the provision of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the province of Ontario and Atlantic and Western Canada. Services are to be provided and coordinated with the goal of assisting CPPD beneficiaries who are approved to participate in VR, in becoming job ready to seek, obtain and sustain gainful employment. The responsibilities are shared between the participant, service provider and Service Canada’s VR Case Manager (VRCM).

The regions are broken into specific service areas (as per the list below), which enables the bidder to bid on as many service areas as they deem viable. Public Works and Government Services Canada, on behalf of ESDC, will award multiple Regional Individual Standing Offers for this purpose.

This is a one (1) year Standing Offer in effect from date of award with an option to extend for two separate and additional one year periods. Please refer the Statement of Work at Annex A for complete details of work requirements.

The requirement is limited to Canadian goods and/or services.

Area 1

•Essex •Lambton •Middlesex •Perth •Chatham-Kent •Elgin •Norfolk •Oxford

Area 2

•Bruce •Grey •Huron

Area 3

•Simcoe •Parry Sound •Muskoka •Haliburton •Kawartha Lakes •Nippissing •Timiskaming •Northumberland •Peterborough

Area 4

•Halton •Dufferin •Wellington •Waterloo •Brant •Hamilton •Niagara •Haldimand

Area 5

•Peel •York •Toronto •Durham

Area 6

•Renfrew •Ottawa •Prescott and Russell •Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry •Leeds and Grenville •Lanark •Lennox and Addington •Frontenac •Hastings •Prince Edward

Area 7

•Cochrane •Sudbury •Greater Sudbury •Manitoulin •Algoma

Area 8

•Kenora •Rainy River •Thunder Bay

ATLANTIC

Area 9

•Newfoundland (entire Province)

Area 10

•Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island (entire Province)

Area 11

•New Brunswick (entire Province)

WESTERN

Area 12

•Manitoba (entire Province)

Area 13

•Saskatchewan (entire Province)

Area 14

•Alberta

14.1 - Medecine Hat, Lethbridge, Calgary, Lake Louise, Banff, Drumheller, Red Deer, Rocky Mountain House and surrounding areas, as well as, East Kootenays in BC.

14.2 - Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Peace River, High Level, Jasper, Edson, Fort McMurray and surrounding area

Area 15

•British Columbia

15.1 - Greater Vancouver / Fraser Valley (east to Surrey and Port Coquitlam, north to Sechelt and Pemberton and from Maple Ridge/Langley to Hope)

15.1b- additional points will be awarded if the bidder indicates willingness to travel to 7.1b : Caribou / Northern BC (Williams Lake area North)

15.2-Vancouver Island (including Powell River and the Gulf Islands)

15.3-Okanagan (including Kamloops in the west as well as West Kootenays)

Mandatory Requirements

Mandatory Minimum Criteria

- The bidder is required to provide services in both official languages for Area 3 and Area 7.

All proposed staff/consultants must meet the following education requirements and work experience to be eligible for further evaluation: Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants:

-University degree or a diploma in Social Sciences, Health Sciences, or Human Services; AND

-Minimum of two of the last three years of experience in the provision of Vocational Rehabilitation services.

-Bidders are instructed to provide their top five (5) proposed staff only.If additional CV’s are provided by the bidder, the first 5 will be evaluated and all others discarded.

- Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants

All proposed staff/consultants must meet the following education requirements and work experience to be eligible for further evaluation:

University degree or a diploma in Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Human Services AND; Minimum of two of the last three years experience* in the provision of Vocational Rehabilitation services.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO BIDDERS

Itis the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that all amendments issued prior to tender closing have been obtained and addressed in the submitted tender.

Standard terms and conditions for this procurement are incorporated by reference into, and formpart of, the tender and contract documents. The standard Public Works and Government Services Canada documents may be viewed at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/policy-and-guidelines/standard-acquisition-clauses-and-conditions-manual/all.

Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through the Government Electronic Tendering System (GETS) at https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders. Amendments, when issued, willbe available on GETS.

Firms that elect to base their bids on tender documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the tender authority of their intention to bid.

Bids will be received in English or French at: Public Works and Government Services Canada, Bid Receiving Unit, 10 Barter's Hill, P.O. Box 4600, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5T2. 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.