Emergency Trauma Care (ETC) Training

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)
Request for Proposal No. 21120-16-2074706

Requirement: 
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) requires the services of an Instructor(s) on an “as and when requested basis” to deliver the Emergency Trauma Care (ETC) Training.  The training will be delivered in the following regions; Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies and Pacific

Trade agreements: 
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), World Trade Organisation-Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCOFTA), Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) and Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPAFTA). 

Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy: lowest priced compliant bid

Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business: 
This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers.

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: 
This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement.

Security Requirements:
NIL security screening required as there is no access to sensitive information or assets.  Contractor personnel will be escorted in specific areas of the institution / site as and where required by Correctional Service Canada personnel or those authorized by CSC to do so on its behalf.

Contractor personnel shall submit to a Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) verification of identity / information by CSC, and must adhere to institutional requirement for the conduct of searches prior to admittance to the institution / site.  CSC reserves the right to deny access to any institution / site or part thereof of any Contractor personnel, at any time.

Nature of Requirements: 
The Learning and Development Branch requires the services of an Instructor (s) to deliver the two-day (15 hours) Emergency Trauma Care (ETC) training sessions: 
 
i.	Through the delivery of pre-hospital trauma care training that will allow CSC nurses to assess and manage trauma care patient in a unique environment through class-room teaching and hands-on skills. The instructor will provide up to twenty-four (24) sessions per year to a maximum of eight (8) participants. 

The training will be delivered in the following locations; Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies and Pacific.    


Objectives:
The objective of the training will be to certify CSC nurses in Emergency Trauma Care delivered in a pre-hospital setting based on a pre-hospital trauma care model.
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Deliverables:

•	Hard copy of the training manuals to each participant as well as any required training handouts.
•	A list of all successful and unsuccessful participants at the end of each training session to CSC’s Project Authority.
•	Certificate of completion to each successful participant.

Expected Contract period: 
The period of the Contract is from 01-April-2016 to 31-March-2017 with an irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year period (s) under the same conditions.

File Number: 21120-16-2074706

Contracting Authority: Guillaume Gagnon
340 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P9
Telephone number: 613-992-7988
Facsimile number: 613-992-1217
E-mail: guillaume.gagnon@csc-scc.gc.ca


NOTE TO BIDDERS: 

Please submit all questions in writing to guillaume.gagnon@csc-scc.gc.ca

Bidders can obtain copies of the solicitation documents by the Contracting Authority named in this notice.

The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada (English or French).

Given the nature of the requirements, proposals submitted by such means as facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted.

After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.

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