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 flight services on requirement and when requested for various First Nations (FN) communities within Ontario during declared emergencies and/or evacuations.
The Contractor must have the capability to transport FN communities to host locations during emergencies ( and return after), including children and pets
The Contractor must be able to activate services within 24 hours
The Contractor must be able to accommodate for Medical, Cultural and Regilious requirements within 24 hrs of notification
The contractor must have adequate insurance
The Contractor will provide a Point of Contact, proficient in English to provide customer service on a twenty four hour basis, 7 days a week.
The contractor must describe their experience with FN communities/evacuations and/or experience with large projects
Duties:
The Contractor will:
- provide chartered flight services to and from evacuated community during emergency
- provide chartered flights to and from northern communities as directed by ISNM
Terms
Bids will be made by Stat milage rates, holding fee charges (with description), fees based on percentages of hard costs, and any other fees
Bids to include the rates for a cancelation fees.
Contractor must ensure that all costs associated with this service to be disclosed in the above bid. Bidders are to list any other anticpated costs.
Invoicing
For evacuations (less than 7 days), the contractor will raise invoices once the community is evacuated.
For repatratization (less than 7 days), the contractor will raise invoices everyone is returned to the community.
For all other situations, 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 - 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
