Psychological Services
This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, Atlantic Region at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s, Newfoundland
Trade agreement: This procurement is not subject to any trade agreement.
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: 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 provide the services of a psychologist for Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Objectives: Provide essential and non-essential mental health and/or psychological assessment or psychological risk assessment services to offenders, as requested by the Project Authority, at the Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in the St. John’s area in the Atlantic Region.
Deliverables:
The Contractor must provide mental health services to offenders, as requested by the Project Authority, in accordance with the National Essential Health Services Framework including any amendment to this Framework issued by CSC during the contract period and any optional period if and when exercised by CSC.
These services include, but are not limited to the following:
Participate in meetings as a consultant including case conferences, the Interdisciplinary Mental Health Team or the Correctional Intervention Board and other related activities as requested.
Participate in CSC training, including orientation to CSC and CSC’s risk assessment requirements as requested.
Provide consultation services for the resolution of CSC internal offender grievance and investigative processes as requested.
d. Prepare and submit psychological assessment and other reports as requested by the Project Authority.
The Contractor must provide all services in compliance with federal and provincial legislation and standards, provincial and national guidelines, practice standards and CSC Policy/Guidelines including the CSC Mental Health Policy and guidelines.
The Contractor must provide services in accordance with the ethical and professional practice standards of the applicable provincial regulatory body, the Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists and relevant legislation guiding the practice of Psychology within correctional settings.
The Contractor is expected to consult with the Project Authority to ensure that all psychological practices are consistent with the relevant and most current legislation, practice standards and policies.
On a yearly basis or as determined by the Project Authority, the Project Authority or designate will review a sample of reports to determine if they meet CSC and professional standards for psychological reports. If a report is judged to be substandard, the Contractor must amend the report as requested at no extra cost to the Crown. The amendment must be completed and the amended report submitted to the Project Authority within one (1) week following the date when the amendment was requested.
Timeliness of the submission of all reports will be monitored on an ongoing basis by the Project Authority. Timeliness will form part of the assessment of the Contractor's work.
Term of Contract:
Period of the Contract: The Work is to be performed during the period of February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2020.
File Number: 21210-17-2357417
Contracting Authority:
Andrea Nugent
Regional Contract Officer
Correctional Service Canada
1045 Main Street, 2nd Floor
Moncton, NB E1C 1H1
Telephone number: 506-851-6977
Facsimile number: 506-851-6327
E-mail: a••••••••@•••••••.••.ca
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