SERVICES DE COLLECTION DE DONNÉES: Étude canadienne sur l’incidence des signalements de cas de violence et de négligence envers les enfants, dorénavant référé ECI-2018

Background:
The CIS was first implemented in 1998 to enhance the understanding of reported child maltreatment; it is currently one of the key child health surveillance activities at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The CIS is directed from within the Family Violence Surveillance Section, a part of the Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch of PHAC. The CIS is a multi-cycle child-welfare-based study that examines reports of child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional maltreatment, neglect, and exposure to intimate-partner violence) or risk thereof, explores key characteristics of children and their families in which maltreatment or maltreatment risk has been reported, and monitors short-term outcomes of investigations (e.g., placement in kinship foster care). Under the terms of agreements between PHAC and provincial and territorial authorities, CIS data are provided by child protection workers with regard to their recently-opened investigations. Data bases from previous CIS cycles are housed at the Government of Canada, which reviews data-use applications and makes data available to qualified individuals and organizations, free of charge. Reports can be accessed at the web address: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cm-vee/csca-ecve/2008/inde…
Scope:
A multi-disciplinary Contractor team (henceforth, “Contractor”) is needed to conduct the next cycle of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS), herein referred to as CIS-2018. This cycle will involve data collection from approximately 55 provincial and territorial child welfare agencies/offices throughout Canada.
Objectives of the Requirement:
The overall goal of the CIS is to meet PHAC’s mandate for public health surveillance of child maltreatment. The specific objectives of CIS-2018 are:

to develop baseline information on reported child abuse and neglect;
to produce the most accurate possible national estimates of the number of children investigated for child maltreatment in Canada;
to enhance understanding of the types and severity of reported child maltreatment;

to produce evidence to assist in the targeting of resources for children at risk of abuse and neglect;
to collect information that could help inform programs and policies for children and youth at risk due to maltreatment;
to collect in-depth information on factors associated with reported child maltreatment including:
the child who is the subject of an investigation;
the investigated child’s family;
the household in which the investigated child resides;
the nature of the alleged or substantiated maltreatment;
the services involved, including the education, training, and experience of the investigating child protection workers.

to collect data that can be used to better understand the correlation of selected determinants of health (e.g., income, physical and social environment, social status, social support network, child development and personal coping abilities [including mental illness and substance abuse]) with reported child abuse and neglect.
to collect data to allow exploration of how reported child abuse and neglect functions as a long-term risk factor for negative health and social outcomes.

Ownership of Intellectual Property:
Canada will retain IP ownership.
Security Requirement:
1. The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS) with approved Document Safeguarding at the level of PROTECTED B, issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
2. The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to PROTECTED information, assets or work site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by the CISD/PWGSC.
3. The Contractor MUST NOT utilize its Information Technology systems to electronically process, produce or store PROTECTED information until the CISD/PWGSC has issued written approval. After approval has been granted or approved, these tasks may be performed at the level of PROTECTED B.
4. Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC.
5. The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the:
(a) Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if applicable), attached at Annex C;
(b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition)
Selection Methodology
Basis of Selection – Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit 70 % and Price 30%
Enquiries regarding this Request for Proposals requirement are to be submitted in writing to: Name of the Contracting Authority: Arif Hussain
E-mail address: a••••••••@•••••.••.ca
Background:
The CIS was first implemented in 1998 to enhance the understanding of reported child maltreatment; it is currently one of the key child health surveillance activities at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The CIS is directed from within the Family Violence Surveillance Section, a part of the Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch of PHAC. The CIS is a multi-cycle child-welfare-based study that examines reports of child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional maltreatment, neglect, and exposure to intimate-partner violence) or risk thereof, explores key characteristics of children and their families in which maltreatment or maltreatment risk has been reported, and monitors short-term outcomes of investigations (e.g., placement in kinship foster care). Under the terms of agreements between PHAC and provincial and territorial authorities, CIS data are provided by child protection workers with regard to their recently-opened investigations. Data bases from previous CIS cycles are housed at the Government of Canada, which reviews data-use applications and makes data available to qualified individuals and organizations, free of charge. Reports can be accessed at the web address: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cm-vee/csca-ecve/2008/inde…
Scope:
A multi-disciplinary Contractor team (henceforth, “Contractor”) is needed to conduct the next cycle of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS), herein referred to as CIS-2018. This cycle will involve data collection from approximately 55 provincial and territorial child welfare agencies/offices throughout Canada.
Objectives of the Requirement:
The overall goal of the CIS is to meet PHAC’s mandate for public health surveillance of child maltreatment. The specific objectives of CIS-2018 are:

to develop baseline information on reported child abuse and neglect;
to produce the most accurate possible national estimates of the number of children investigated for child maltreatment in Canada;
to enhance understanding of the types and severity of reported child maltreatment;

to produce evidence to assist in the targeting of resources for children at risk of abuse and neglect;
to collect information that could help inform programs and policies for children and youth at risk due to maltreatment;
to collect in-depth information on factors associated with reported child maltreatment including:
the child who is the subject of an investigation;
the investigated child’s family;
the household in which the investigated child resides;
the nature of the alleged or substantiated maltreatment;
the services involved, including the education, training, and experience of the investigating child protection workers.

to collect data that can be used to better understand the correlation of selected determinants of health (e.g., income, physical and social environment, social status, social support network, child development and personal coping abilities [including mental illness and substance abuse]) with reported child abuse and neglect.
to collect data to allow exploration of how reported child abuse and neglect functions as a long-term risk factor for negative health and social outcomes.

Ownership of Intellectual Property:
Canada will retain IP ownership.
Security Requirement:
1. The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid Designated Organization Screening (DOS) with approved Document Safeguarding at the level of PROTECTED B, issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
2. The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to PROTECTED information, assets or work site(s) must EACH hold a valid RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by the CISD/PWGSC.
3. The Contractor MUST NOT utilize its Information Technology systems to electronically process, produce or store PROTECTED information until the CISD/PWGSC has issued written approval. After approval has been granted or approved, these tasks may be performed at the level of PROTECTED B.
4. Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC.
5. The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the:
(a) Security Requirements Check List and security guide (if applicable), attached at Annex C;
(b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition)
Selection Methodology
Basis of Selection – Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit 70 % and Price 30%
Enquiries regarding this Request for Proposals requirement are to be submitted in writing to: Name of the Contracting Authority: Arif Hussain
E-mail address: a••••••••@•••••.••.ca