Oral Health Participant Recruitment

REQUIREMENTThe Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) is a national survey conducted by Statistics Canada in partnership with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada. The purpose of the survey is to collect information regarding the general health and lifestyles of Canadians through interviews and direct physical health measures. The CHMS will conduct different physical health measures, including drawing blood, a bone density scan, assessing oral health status, and collecting urine samples.In advance of the survey collection, the CHMS will conduct a multi-day training and calibration session for dentists. The CHMS Oral Health component follows World Health Organization (WHO) methodology. A WHO Survey Methods trained calibrator is required to train, calibrate, and examine dentists in order to administer the CHMS Oral Health component according to WHO standards. Both the calibrator and dentist must perform an oral health assessment on multiple participants.The purpose of this contract is to obtain participants who wish to partake in these oral health assessments for the purpose of training and calibration for the dentists.Trade AgreementsThe requirement is not subject to any trade agreements. LanguageThe Contractor shall carry out all recruitment in English and/or French.CONDITIONS OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)There shall be no direct payment by Statistics Canada for costs incurred for the presentation and submission of proposals in response to this RFP.ESTIMATED CONTRACT PERIODThe period for the resulting contract will be from Contract award to September 9th 2022.OPTION TO EXTEND CONTRACTNo optional periods.SOLICITATION/BID CLOSING DATE AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALSInterested suppliers should express their interest in the procurement to the following;Name: Daniel BlanchardTitle: Contracting AdvisorOrganization: Statistics CanadaAddress: 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6Telephone: 343-998-2991E-Mail: statcan.macsbids-smcsoumissions.statcan@statcan.gc.caThe deadline for submissions of bids in response to this RFP is August 2nd 2022 @ 2:00pm EDT. Any and all bids received after this date and time will be returned unopened to the Bidder. As per Treasury Board Contracting Policy the onus is on the Bidder to ensure that all solicitation documents reach the stipulated destination before the closing date and time of the RFP.Bids must be submitted only to:MACS BIDSstatcan.macsbids-smcsoumissions.statcan@statcan.gc.caStatCan will not assume responsibility for proposals directed to any other location. Proposals not received in the Bid Receiving Unit by the closing time, will be returned to the Bidder unopened.ENQUIRIESAll enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority no later than four (4) calendar days before the bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.Bidders should reference as accurately as possible the numbered item of the bid solicitation to which the enquiry relates. Care should be taken by Bidders to explain each question in sufficient detail in order to enable Canada to provide an accurate answer. Technical enquiries that are of a proprietary nature must be clearly marked "proprietary" at each relevant item. Items identified as “proprietary” will be treated as such except where Canada determines that the enquiry is not of a proprietary nature. Canada may edit the question(s) or may request that the Bidder do so, so that the proprietary nature of the question(s) is eliminated and the enquiry can be answered to all Bidders. Enquiries not submitted in a form that can be distributed to all Bidders may not be answered by Canada.SECURITY REQUIREMENTS There are no security requirements associated with this requirement.