Retail Food and Water Surveillance in British Columbia

Please Note: The Procurement Entity is “Health Canada” and the End user is “Public Health Agency Canada” . The Pubic Health Agencu of Canada (PHAC) requires the services of a Contractor to provide a team of qualified field staff/technicians, coordinated by an identified Project Lead, to perform and oversee the collection of samples of fresh retail food for the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) and water (e.g. surface water sources, irrigation ditches etc) samples for FoodNet Canada in British Columbia. Some of the tasks are to: 1) Plan and conduct collection of both retail meat samples according to the CIPARS Retail sampling schedule and water sampling according to FoodNet Canada water sampling protocols in British Columbia from date of contract award. 2) Submit all retail meat samples collected in British Columbia to the CIPARS laboratories in strict accordance with CIPARS Retail standard operating procedures for microbiological testing. 3) Collect all retail store and sample data from British Columbia in strict accordance with CIPARS Retail standard operating procedures, and submit these data to the CIPARS laboratories. 4) Collect water samples and accompanying sample (epidemiological) data from designated sites in British Columbia according to the provided FoodNet Canada water sampling schedule. These retail surveillance activities in British Columbia will compliment other retail activities currently underway in other areas across Canada as part of the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) as well as FoodNet Canada farm and