Medical Laboratoy Services

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: The Emergency Preparedness and Occupational Health Directorate (EPOHD) is part of the Regions and Programs Branch of Health Canada. EPOHD is responsible for helping Canadian private and public sector employers maintain and improve the health of their workers by providing leadership and policy development in the areas that affect workplace health. EPOHD is the principal occupational health and safety advisor to the Treasury Board Secretariat and provides a wide range of occupational health services to federal employees. A major component of EPOHD's portfolio is the Public Service Health Program. The Public Service Health Program, on behalf of Treasury Board Secretariat, promotes the health and safety of Government of Canada employees by providing medical advice, guidance and services related to occupational health evaluations and communicable diseases. Part of EPOHD's mandate from Treasury Board is to provide occupational health assessments for Public Service employees in high-risk jobs such as health care workers, firefighters, lighthouse keepers, divers, accident investigators and federal government employees posted overseas. Following medical assessment, the health professional sends the client to the EPOHD medical laboratory for venepuncture, urinalysis and additional testing (audiogram, pulmonary function test, ECG and vision testing).

EPOHD requires the services of a medical laboratory facility to provide: a Phlebotomist Laboratory Technician to collect blood, stool, urine and other specimen samples taken from the human body, and process the samples for shipment to the appropriate laboratory for medical testing. The work of the Phlebotomist Laboratory Technician is to be performed on-site at the EPOHD lab of Health Canada located at 171 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario. medical laboratory services for the testing of blood, stool, urine and other specimen samples taken from the human body. The medical laboratory tests are identified in Appendix I.

The Phlebotomist Laboratory Technician must have and maintain throughout the Contract period certification: under the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act 1 in accordance with Section 3 of Ontario Regulation 854 from the Ministry of Health; for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG); for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHIMS)

In accordance with the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act, the Laboratory performing the testing must maintain a Laboratory License from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC). The Laboratory must also maintain accreditation to ISO 15189:2007, entitled "Medical laboratories - particular requirements for quality and competence", either by the Ontario Laboratory Association (OLA) or the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). The medical laboratory tests performed must be included under the scope of accreditation of the Laboratory performing the testing.

Services are required for three (3) years from contract award, with an irrevocable option on the part of Canada to extend the contract period by up to two (2) additional periods of one (1) year each. The requirement is exempted from the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), and is limited to Canadian services.

There is a security requirement associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security and Insurance Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. Bidders should consult the "Security Requirements for PWGSC Bid Solicitations - Instructions for Bidders" (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/lc-pl/lc-pl-eng.html#a31) document on the Departmental Standard Procurement Documents Web site. 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.