Education Services

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, Dorchester Penitentiary, in Dorchester, New Brunswick.

Trade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and Canada free trade agreements with Chile/Colombia/Honduras/Panama.

Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy: compliant bid with the highest combined score of technical merit and price.

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

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

Security Requirements: This contract includes security requirements.

Nature of Requirements:

The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement.

The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to offer educational services to inmates with learning difficulties at the Basic Skills’ Education Workshop at Dorchester Penitentiary, Medium Sector.

Objectives:

As per the Commissioner’s Directive 720 (Education Programs and Services for Inmates), when an inmate's grade level is below grade 12 or its provincial equivalent, education will be identified as a need in their Correctional Plan. Therefore, the specific objective related to this contract is to provide educational services to inmates with learning difficulties at the Basic Skills’ Education Workshop at Dorchester Penitentiary, Medium Sector.

Deliverables:

The Contract Basic Skills’ Workshop Teacher must provide the following services:

• Take attendance of offenders attending their courses or work location. In addition, they must provide an attendance count during class time and work time, if requested to do so by the Project Authority or an Officer of the Correctional Service of Canada.
• Maintain accurate records of inmate credits and achievements obtained through the delivery of the services. The Contractor must ensure these records are available on request for the inmate student. The Contractor must place hard copies of all documentation in the Offender’s education and training file.
• Establish program assignment objectives for every student enrolled in the program or work assignment utilizing the individual’s correctional plan as a guide and must enter the objectives into the Offender Management System (OMS).
• Assess the performance of students in the program at least once every 180 days and must enter the assessment in to OMS. Final assessments must also be completed when the assignment ends.
• Respect CSC’s guidelines and policies when writing reports (i.e. including Indigenous Social History factors when applicable).
• Upon request by the Project Authority, the contractor must provide a data report with information that includes, but is not limited to, the following:
  1. The identification of each course that was provided, the nature of the credit involved, and the name of the teacher;
  2. The number of inmates that initially registered to the workshop
  3. The number of inmates who started but did not complete courses;
  4. The number of inmates remaining in the workshop;
  5. The number of days the course operated;
  6. The reason for students discontinuing a course (including, but not limited to, transfer, parole, suspension, medical reasons, quit). 
• Complete and enter in OMS information that includes, but is not limited to education reports, casework records, officer statements, observation reports, for inmates under their supervision as indicated in the policy.
• Complete Collateral Feedback Reports on inmate students in their class that are simultaneously participating in Integrated Correctional Program Modules (ICPM).
• Ensure accurate data of educational courses completions is entered in the OMS immediately or before the end of the business day;

• Ensure these reports are completed when required in OMS, respecting established timeframes (CD 730) and must notify the Chief of Education for quality reviewing purposes and locking. 
• Maintain permanent records of inmate credits and achievements obtained through the delivery of the services and must make such records available on request by the inmate/student. These records must be kept onsite at the institution.
• Contribute to the pay evaluation for offenders in their program as indicated in their individual Correctional Plan and as outlined in CD 730 “Inmate Program Assignment and Pay”

All work performed in this contract is subject to the inspection and acceptance by the Project Authority. 

Term of Contract:

Period of the Contract: The Work is to be performed during the period of January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. With the option to renew for one (1) additional one-year periods.

File Number: 21208-22-3913176

Contracting Authority: Sylvie Gallant

Telephone number: 506-378-8724

Facsimile number: 506-851-6327

E-mail: [email protected]

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