RFP – Office Ergonomic Assessments

Request for Proposal (RFP) – Office Ergonomic Assessments BACKGROUND The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for office ergonomic assessment services. REQUIREMENT The period of the contract, if awarded, will be from date of contract award to 31 March 2018 plus four (4) one-year options. Tasks and Deliverables are detailed in Annex “A” of the Request for Proposal. Mandatory Criteria include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. The Bidder must demonstrate that they have a minimum of three (3) years of experience prior to bid closing in providing office ergonomic assessment services to outside clients* from large organizations** in both official languages (English and French). The Bidder must provide the following background information:

Name of outside client organizations; Start and end date; Roles and responsibilities; and Language(s) of services provided.

*Outside client refers to a client that is external to the Bidder's own organization. Parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries are considered internal. **For the purposes of this solicitation, a large organization is defined as: An outside client with more than two (2) locations; and Requiring a minimum of 30 office ergonomic assessments per month. 2. The Bidder must demonstrate that they have a minimum of three (3) years of experience prior to bid closing in providing office ergonomic assessment services to outside clients* in the following resource domains or categories: The Bidder must demonstrate that have provided office ergonomic assessments by: 1. Registered Kinesiologists (R.KIN). Refer to the following link: http://www.coko.ca/en/home/apply/start-application 2. Registered Physiotherapists (PT Reg). A registration with any Canadian province is acceptable. Refer to the following link: http://www.physiotherapy.ca/Home *Outside client refers to a client that is external to the Bidder's own organization. Parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries are considered internal. 3. The Bidder must demonstrate that each proposed resource is registered in one (1) of the following groups. There must be at least (1) Registered Kinesiologist and at least (1) Registered Physiotherapist proposed amongst these resources: 1. Registered Kinesiologist (R.KIN). A registration with any Canadian province or territory is acceptable. Refer to the following link: http://www.coko.ca/en/home/apply/start-application 2. Registered Physiotherapists (PT Reg). A registration with any Canadian province or territory is acceptable. Refer to the following link: http://www.physiotherapy.ca/Home Additionally, the Bidder may also propose optional resources that are certified or a graduate in one (1) of the following groups: 1. Certified Ergonomist (CCPE in Canada). Refer to the following link: http://www.ace-ergocanada.ca/index.php?contentid=139 A valid Canadian Ergonomic Certification or any of the Ergonomic Certifications listed below are acceptable:

Canada: CCPE - Certified Canadian Professional Ergonomists (www.cccpe.ca) United States of America: BCPE - Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomists (www.bcpe.org) Europe: CREE - Centre for Registration of European Ergonomists (https://www.eurerg.eu/registration/) Australia: CPE - Certified Professional Ergonomists (http://www.ergonomics.org.au/membership/cpe) New Zealand: BCNZE - Board for Certification of New Zealand Ergonomists (http://www.ergonomics.org.nz/CertifiedProfessionals.aspx)

2. Masters specialization in Ergonomics and/or Physiotherapy and/or Kinesiology or equivalent Master’s degree from a recognized* Canadian university or the equivalent as established by a recognized* Canadian academic credentials assessment service, if obtained outside Canada. *The list of recognized organizations can be found under the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials website (http://www.cicic.ca/2/home.canada). 3. Registered Occupational Therapist (OT Reg). A registration with any Canadian province or territory is acceptable. Refer to the following link: http://www.coto.org/registration/ 4. The Bidder must demonstrate for each proposed resource(s) meeting MT3 that each have conducted, at minimum, 25 ergonomic assessments each within the past two years to outside clients*. *Outside client refers to a client that is external to the Bidder's own organization. Parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries are considered internal. The Mandatory Criteria and Rated Criteria are detailed in the Request for Proposal (RFP).  Where this notice and the RFP differ, the RFP will prevail. The Department of National Defence reserves the right not to award a Contract, regardless of the responses it receives.