Call for Proposals under the Canadian Safety and Security Program
3.3 Who May Submit a Proposal
3.3.1 Lead Bidder
A Lead Bidder must be identified in the proposal – and they will assume the responsibility of submitting the proposal and serving as the point of contact for the duration of the CFP process. The Lead Bidder must be a Canadian Bidder and can be a representative of any Canadian partner organization as defined in Section 3.3.2.
3.3.2 Partnership Requirements
All proposals must have a minimum of two partner organizations and must satisfy the following:
1. One partner must be recognized as a Canadian Government Department (at the federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal level) – and this partner will assume the role of Lead Government Department, if the proposal is selected from the finalized pool of pre-qualified proposals for funding, including:
i. Acting as the Project Champion; and,
ii. Overseeing project management – which includes ensuring that the project meets its objectives within the agreed schedule and budget.
a) If one of the partners is a federal government department, that department must assume the role of Lead Government Department.
b) If there is no partner from a federal government department, then a provincial, territorial, or municipal government entity must serve as the Lead Government Department.
2) The second mandatory partner can be from the public or private sector.
Additional Canadian or international partners in the public or private sector are permitted as long as the above two requirements are satisfied.
Established in 2012, the Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP) is a federally-funded program that enhances Canada's public safety and security through investments in science and technology (S&T). More specifically, the CSSP strengthens Canada’s ability to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters, serious accidents, crime and terrorism through the convergence of S&T with policy, operations and intelligence. The CCSP is is led by Defence Research and Development Canada’s Centre for Security Science (DRDC CSS), in partnership with Public Safety Canada.
Defence Research and Development Canada’s Centre for Security Science activities address a broad range of public safety and security domains that cross multiple areas of S&T interest, which are not limited to the presentation included in this guidebook. The areas of S&T research include:
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
o Critical Infrastructure
o E-Security
Seamless Border
o Border Security
o Transportation Security
o Surveillance, Intelligence and Interdiction
Threats and Hazards Mitigation
o Chemical
o Biological
o Radiological-Nuclear
o Explosives
o Natural Hazards
Safer Communities
o Emergency Management Systems and Interoperability
o Communications Interoperability
o Wireless Technologies
o Fire Services
o Paramedic Services
o Police and Law Enforcement
o Psycho-Social Wellbeing
The types of projects that will be considered for funding are:
Studies;
Research and Development;
Technology Demonstrations; and
Technology Pilots.