Investigative Solutions Network - Maskwa (ISNM) is a majority owned business by the Missanabie Cree (First Nation) Limited Partnership. It is an Indigeous company that employs mainly First Nation staff from across Ontario. ISNM specializes in supporting First Nation emergencies in an Indgenous Led wrap around service approach.
BIDS
Bids received by email will be accepted as official
Bids received in person or by courier will not be accepted
The only acceptable email address for responses to the bid solicitation is jzeppa@isn-maskwa.ca. Bids submitted to any other email address will not be accepted
The bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the tranmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size
Emails with links to bid documents will not be accpeted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachements.
REQUIREMENT
Investigative Solutions Network-Maskwa (ISNM) requires provision of catering services on requirement and when requested for various First Nations (FN) communities within Ontario during declared emergencies and/or evacuations.
The Contractor must be prepared to serve meals at a location agreed upon by the FN community and ISNM.
The Contractor must have the capability to serve up to 450 persons per meal within Val Rita and Kapuskasking with alternate sites along the highway 11 north corridor. Vendors with the ability to provide higher capacity in the geographical location will be given preference.
The Contractor must be able to activate within 24 hours
The Contractor must be able to accommodate for Medical, Cultural and Regilious requirements within 24 hrs of notification.
Meal timings will be agreed upon by the FN community and ISNM.
The contractor must have adequate insurance
The Contract will ensure that all food is served at the appropriate tempurates and have trained staff to serve.
The Contractor is responsible to clean serving area after every meal and dispose of any remaining food.
All menu's are to be provided to ISNM 48 hrs in advance for review by ISNM and FN community
The contractor must describe their experience with FN communities/evacuations and/or experience with large projects. Contractors with existing FN community relationships or being a FN owned/operated business is preferred.
Terms
Bids will be made by a full meal rate (breakfast,lunch,dinner) per person
Contractor must ensure that all costs associated with this service is to be included in the cost above (eg. Staff wages, delivery, serving utensils, serving table, glasses, plates, KFS etc). Bidders are to list any other anticpated costs.
Invoicing
The contractor must raise invoices twice monthly (1st - 15th and 16 - last day of every month) received within one week of each billing cycle
Awarding Contracts
Winning bids will be base on:
1. Value of Bid
2. Payment Terms - Must have ability to carry invoice cost for minimum of 120 days due to delay in payments received from federal funders.
3. Operational Readiness - ability to stand up operations quickly if a state of emergency has been delcared by a FN community
4. First Nations Support - ability to customize meals for FN activities and/or cerimonies and a demonstrated history of working with FN communities.
5. Financial patnerships - Willingness to enter into a Joint Venture agreement with ISNM. Bidders are to detail how such an agreement would benefit ISNM and MCLP.
Winning bids will be a one year contract with a possible one year extension
