Inmate Purchasing Plan

Organization

Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)

Closes

December 31, 2100 at 1:00 p.m.

Category

goods

Notice type

Advance Contract Award Notice

Delivery

Canada

Estimated value

Not stated

Reference

21120-22-3929935

Trade agreements

None

Closing time as published by the source; time zone assumed: America/Toronto.

This is a republication of this notice and not an amendment. Access the original notice at https://canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-opportunities/tender-notice/pw-21-00974352. If you are currently subscribed to notifications about this tender, you need to re-subscribe by following this new notice. This is a public notice to advise the supplier community that the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) intends to enter into a business account agreement with a pre-identified supplier for the goods and services described in this notice. CSC wishes to allow other suppliers to signal their interest in providing these goods and services, by submitting a statement of capabilities. CSC will not be awarding a contract as a result of this notice. CSC will be establishing a list of potential suppliers for the required goods and services. If another supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in this notice, on or before the closing date and time stated in this notice, CSC will include the supplier in the list of potential suppliers. 1. Definition of the requirement: Policy on Reciprocal Procurement: the Policy on Reciprocal Procurement does not apply to this procurement. 1.1 Background The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is the federal government agency responsible for administering court-imposed sentences of a term of two years or more. CSC is responsible for managing institutions of various security levels and supervising offenders under conditional release in the community. CSC is responsible for approximately 23,000 offenders, of which 15,000 are in federal custody and 8,000 are supervised in the community. When inmates arrive at an institution, they are provided with essential items and can have personal items sent in from the community during a specific time period at the beginning of their sentence. After this period, and throughout their sentence, inmates may purchase other items for personal use, as long as they are consistent with CSC internal directives, do not undermine rehabilitation efforts, do not pose a security or safety concern, and finally do not exceed the allowable property value for each inmate. Inmates purchase a variety of items over the course of their sentence. The largest volume of purchases is for electronics and associated items, followed by clothing and footwear. All items are purchased using Inmate funds and are at zero cost to Canada, or Canadian taxpayers. In May 2012, the Economic Action Plan int…

Source

CanadaBuys (Government of Canada) · Open Government Licence – Canada

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