The purpose of this request for information (RFI) is to assist the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to gather information and to seek a cost estimate/model for the procurement of an Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Management Solution (requirements described in Annex_B) in order to better manage health, safety and environmental risks across the organization.
The NRC’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Branch is seeking a proven, “commercial off-the-shelf” (COTS) environmental, health and safety management solution that offers, in a cost-effective way, excellent features and usability from the business perspective. The solution is intended to support the implementation, across the NRC of the entire Hazard Prevention Program (HPP), including environmental protection components in the spirit of standards such as ISO 14000 and ISO 45000. Specifically, the sought solution would/should have:
- an extensive EHS risk assessment module specifically with respect to
o workspaces, projects, equipment and activities, as well as
o the assessment of EHS programs implementation,
- core EHS management modules such as objective and targets, incident management, and reporting, that can be configurable to NRC’s specific needs,
- pre-established and/or easily configurable modules to support the implementation of various EHS programs such as wastewater management, committees, ergonomics, etc.,
- the ability to access and integrate data from other NRC implemented solutions such as human resources or chemical management systems, and
- the necessary flexibility to evolve with the NRC organizational structure and footprint taking into consideration the double EHS management structure, one associated with line management of the CBIs (research centres, administrative branches, and IRAP [Industrial Research Assistance Program]) and the other with requirements associated with sites. (CBIs may be present on multiple sites and sites may host multiple CBIs.)
