# CanadaBuys #21280-26-5322937

CSC community correctional programming services in Nova Scotia

**Posted:** November 10, 2026
**Respond By:** November 25, 2026
**Identifier:** 21280-26-5322937
**NAICS:** 624190

Correctional Service of Canada seeks community-based correctional programming for referred offenders in Nova Scotia.
- **Government buyer:** Correctional Service of Canada (CSC); no sub-agency or office is specified.
- **Service requested:** Delivery of CSC’s Integrated Correctional Program Model (ICPM) Community Maintenance Program.
  - Run weekly, two-hour group sessions in English on weekday evenings, with continuous intake and cycles lasting 12 weeks.
  - Serve a maximum of 10 offenders per group.
- **Provider responsibilities:** Supply classroom space, program equipment, supplies, and administrative support; conduct participant file reviews, interviews, assessments, and testing; and complete consent documents, progress reports, and casework records in CSC’s Offender Management System (OMS).
- **Key requirements:** Meet CSC correctional-program standards, directives, and manuals; comply with applicable PROTECTED B safeguards; and ensure facilitators meet the required experience and education criteria, obtain CSC certification, and attend required training.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No product manufacturers, OEMs, or service vendors are named. No products, part numbers, or product quantities are specified.
- **Estimated contract value:** $303,500, excluding GST/HST and including options.

### Description

Correctional Service of Canada requires delivery of the Integrated Correctional Program Model (ICPM) to referred offenders in Nova Scotia. The contractor will deliver weekly community maintenance program sessions, provide facilities and supplies, and complete participant assessments, reports, and required casework records. Work includes facilitator certification and training requirements, and programs are to be delivered in English on weekday evenings. This is an Advance Contract Award Notice naming The John Howard Society of Nova Scotia as the pre-identified supplier; other qualified suppliers may submit statements of capabilities.

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