Nurse-to-Nurse Hostility & Creating Healthy Relationships
An advanced contract award notice (ACAN) is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meet the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date and time stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.
1. Definition of requirement:
The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to conduct a training session on nurse to nurse hostility and improving professionalism in the workplace. The work will involve the following:
1.1 Objectives:
Identify the nurse to nurse hostility and how it affects professional relationships, personal resiliency and patient care
Identify the root cause of nurse hostility
Identification and education on best practices to eliminate horizontal nursing hostility
Framework for organizational change to eliminate horizontal hostility
1.2 Tasks:
The contractor will identify any pre-work expected out of the management team prior to the delivery of a 2.5 education session. The education session will be divided into a half day session for managers followed by two one day sessions for nurses repeated between two groups. The education sessions will have various activities to engage the adult learners to meet the objectives as outlined above.
1.3 Expected results:
Managers will be aware of the signs of nurse hostility and provided with the tools to increase professionalism among the regulated nursing group
Nurses will be aware of the signs of lateral violence, commit themselves to a professional work environment and establish benchmarks for implementation of strategies to improve the overall work environment.
1.4 Performance standards:
Provide advance training material 2 months in advance of the in session material for implementation by the management team.
Delivery of a 2.5 day in person session on lateral nurse hostility within a 3 day period – week of November 6th at Millhaven RTC.
1.5 Deliverables:
1.5.1 All training is provided in English within the working hours of 0830-1600. The contractor must provide all materials required for use within the training session such as learning tools, exercises, activities etc.
1.5.2 Paper consumption:
a. Should printed material be required, double sided printing in black and white format is the default unless otherwise specified by the Project Authority.
b. The Contractor must ensure printed material is on paper with a minimum recycled content of 30% and/or certified as originating from a sustainably managed forest.
c. The Contractor must recycle unneeded printed documents (in accordance with Security Requirements).
1.6 Constraints:
1.6.1 Location of work:
The Contractor must perform the work at:Regional Treatment Centre
Millhaven Institution
5775 Bath Road
Bath Ontario K0H 1G0
b. Travel
ii. Travel to the following location will be required for performance of the work under this contract: Regional Treatment Centre Millhaven Institution 5775 Bath Road Bath Ontario K0H 1G0. All costs related to travel have been calculated within the noted contract ceiling.
1.6.2 Language of Work:
The contractor must perform all work in English.
1.6.3 Security Requirements:
There is no security requirement associated to this contract.
2. Minimum essential requirements:
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that it meets the following requirements:
Experience: must possess a minimum of 5 years of experience in the past 10 years conducting training and education sessions to managers and front line nurses with regard to lateral violence, creating a healthy, respectful and professional healthcare centres. The contractor must have completed a minimum of 3 projects in the past year delivering on the above noted topic. The main contractor must be a registered nurse holding a minimum of a Bachelor level degree.
You must indicate a minimum of 5 years of experience, obtained within the last 10 years educating and coaching managers and front line staff in how to build a culture of healthy relationships and/or decrease horizontal hostility in the workplace within a health care setting.
Academic qualifications:
The degree must have been obtained from a recognized university, college or high school, or the equivalent as established by a recognized Canadian academic credentials assessment service, if obtained outside Canada.
Professional designation, accreditation and/or certification:
Registered Nurse
3. Applicability of the trade agreement (s) to the procurement
This procurement is not subject to any trade agreement.
4. Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business
This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers.
5. Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (s)
This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement.
6. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
This supplier is a recognized author in this field. She has provided previous training on this topic within CSC Ontario Region over the past several years. She has many videos and training tools on this subject matter. She recently published a new book which is often quoted by nursess. There are no other known suppliers in this field as health care do not generally facilitate investment in this type of learning in the private sector. This type of learning and development is very common in sales and development however the mechanics of the behavior is not transferrable and actually discouraged.
The pre-identified supplier meets all of the minimum essential requirements described in this ACAN.
7. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection:
estimated expenditure does not exceed $25,000.00
8. Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusion (s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the section of the trade agreement (s) specified
This procurement is not subject to any trade agreement.
9. Ownership of Intellectual Property
There are no intellectual property terms in the contract.
10. The period of the proposed contract or the delivery date(s)
The proposed contract is for a period of 3 days sometime between1 November 2017 to 30 November 2017
11. A cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract, including option (s), is $ 14,520.00 USD (GST/HST extra)
12. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
Kathleen Bartholomew, RN, MN418 Cessna AveFriday Harbor, WA 98250
13. Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the goods, services or construction services described in the ACAN, may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this notice on or before the closing date and time of this notice. This statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.
14. The closing date and time for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is July 28, 2017 @ 2pm EDT
15. Enquiries and submission of statement of capabilities
Enquiries and statement of capabilities are to be directed to:
Shane Collins
Regional Contract Administrator
Correctional Service Canada
P. O. Box 1174443 Union St. WestKingston, ON K7L 4Y8
Telephone: 613-536-4570
Facsimile: 613-536-4571
E-mail address: S••••••••@•••••••.••.ca
