Personal Support Workers

This Statistics Canada office provides procurement services to the public in their official languages. Statistics Canada requires the services of Personal Support Workers (PSWs)* to attend to the needs of its employees with disabilities, five days a week (Monday through Friday) in order to fulfill our obligation to accommodate persons with disabilities in the workplace, in compliance with the Employment Equity Act. *Personal Support Worker (PSW) services refer to the provision of basic care services to persons with disabilities who require assistance with daily living activities during work hours. It is anticipated that one (1) contract will result from this solicitation. The contract period will be from April 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018 with ten (10) additional one-year option periods. The requirement is not subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT). Due to the nature of the bid solicitation, bids transmitted by facsimile to Statistics Canada will not be accepted. All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority no later than three (3) calendar days before the bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered. Contracting Authority: Tanya Lavergne Email: tanya.lavergne@canada.ca Address: 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0T6 The Mandatory criteria are: M1:The Bidder must demonstrate a minimum of five (5) consecutive years of experience providing Personal Support Worker (PSW) services in the last five (5) years. M2:The Bidder must propose a resource with a minimum of three (3) years of experience working as a Personnel Support Worker (PSW) using the template provided in Table 1 - Bidder & Proposed Resources Information. To demonstrate the three (3) years of experience, the Bidder must provide the résumé, for the proposed resource, clearly outlining where and when the experience was accumulated. The Bidder must demonstrate that the proposed resource has successfully completed the Personnel Support Worker (PSW) Certification Program at the time of the submission. A copy of the Certificate must be provided with the proposal. Note: The resource to be assigned to the contract must be listed in Part 3 (1); in Table 1- Bidder & Proposed Resources Information M3: The Bidder must identify in their proposal the name of the resource who will act as a liaison between the administrator of the Contract on the part of the Contractor and the Project Authority of Statistics Canada. Bidder must complete Part 2 of Table 1 – Bidder & Proposed Resource Information.