Development of National and Provincial Macroeconomic and Industrial Scenarios for the Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS) and the 3-year Employment Outlooks.

Solicitation number 100030701

Publication date

Closing date and time 2025/12/03 14:00 EST

Last amendment date


    Description

    Amendment 3 to answer industry question 3: see attached document.
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    Amendment 2 to answer industry question 2: see attached document.
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    Amendment 1 to answer industry question 1: see attached document.
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    Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requires the services of a private sector economic forecasting supplier to develop customized macroeconomic and industrial scenarios over a 10-year horizon at the national and provincial levels.

    The objectives of the project are to:

    1.2.1. Develop customized detailed macroeconomic and industrial forecasts that support the specific needs of the Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS) projections and the 3-year Employment Outlooks.
    1.2.2. Provide expertise on historical, current and future macroeconomic and industrial trends at national and provincial levels.
    The period of the Contract is from March 01st, 2026 to February 28th, 2027, inclusive, with the possibility of 4 additional option years under the same conditions, as this is a yearly requirement.

    1.2.1 This procurement is conditionally set aside under the federal government Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business. For more information on Indigenous business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Indigenous Business, refer to Annex 9.4 of the Supply Manual.

    This procurement is set aside from the international trade agreements under the provision each has for measures with respect to Indigenous peoples or for set-asides for small and minority businesses, only if two or more responsive bids are received from Indigenous businesses.

    Further to Article 800 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), CFTA does not apply to this procurement, only if two or more responsive bids are received from Indigenous businesses.

    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 12 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2026/03/01.

    Trade agreements

    • Please refer to tender description or tender documents

    Reason for limited tendering

    A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

    • None

    Businesses interested in partnering for this tender opportunity:
    Note: Information may not be available in both English and French. This is because the Official Languages Act does not apply.

    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Department of Employment and Social Development (ESDC)
    Address

    140 Promenade du Portage

    Gatineau, Qc, K1A 0J9
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Patrick Blais
    Email
    nc-solicitations-gd@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
    Bidding details
    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
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    Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
    001 EN 9 2025/11/27
    001 FR 1 2025/11/27
    001 EN 10 2025/11/21
    001 FR 1 2025/11/21
    001 EN 13 2025/10/31
    001 FR 5 2025/10/31
    001 EN 54 2025/10/22
    001 FR 10 2025/10/22
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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Canada
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Contract duration
    12 month(s)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding
    Selection criteria
    Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price
    Commodity - UNSPSC
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