Market Research Services

Solicitation number 26-003

Publication date

Closing date and time 2026/07/20 13:00 EDT


    Description
    EDC relies on a strong market and customer research program to guide its strategy, brand, customer experience design, and business decisions. This program includes flagship initiatives such as: 
    • Trade Confidence Index (TCI): a biannual study tracking exporter sentiment and outlook. 
    • Brand Tracker ongoing monitoring of EDC’s reputation, relevance, and trust. 
    • Customer and Partner Journey Research: understanding experiences across awareness, onboarding, servicing, and renewal. Includes our annual relationship survey with customers which measures the Net Promoter Score (NPS) 
    • Employee and Partner Experience Studies: examining the internal and ecosystem factors that influence customer outcomes. 
    EDC manages most survey fieldwork internally using EDC’s enterprise research platform, and external sample providers for respondent recruitment. For these projects, EDC typically seeks analytical and insight support from research partners who specialize in data cleaning, weighting, analysis, interpretation, sample and results validation, ensuring privacy of personally identifiable information, and storytelling
    In other cases, particularly when qualitative research or complex quantitative studies are required, EDC may engage firms for full-service delivery, covering all phases of research from design through to reporting. 
    The insights generated through these activities support corporate reporting, Board reports, brand and communications decisions, product development, and performance measurement and external reporting & communications. 
    EDC relies on a strong market and customer research program to guide its strategy, brand, customer experience design, and business decisions. This program includes flagship initiatives such as: 
    • Trade Confidence Index (TCI): a biannual study tracking exporter sentiment and outlook. 
    • Brand Tracker ongoing monitoring of EDC’s reputation, relevance, and trust. 
    • Customer and Partner Journey Research: understanding experiences across awareness, onboarding, servicing, and renewal. Includes our annual relationship survey with customers which measures the Net Promoter Score (NPS) 
    • Employee and Partner Experience Studies: examining the internal and ecosystem factors that influence customer outcomes. 
    EDC manages most survey fieldwork internally using EDC’s enterprise research platform, and external sample providers for respondent recruitment. For these projects, EDC typically seeks analytical and insight support from research partners who specialize in data cleaning, weighting, analysis, interpretation, sample and results validation, ensuring privacy of personally identifiable information, and storytelling
    In other cases, particularly when qualitative research or complex quantitative studies are required, EDC may engage firms for full-service delivery, covering all phases of research from design through to reporting. 
    The insights generated through these activities support corporate reporting, Board reports, brand and communications decisions, product development, and performance measurement and external reporting & communications. 
     

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      Contract duration

      The estimated contract period will be 24 month(s).

      Trade agreements

      • Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
      • Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
      • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
      • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
      • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
      • Please refer to tender description or tender documents
      Contact information

      Contracting organization

      Organization
      Export Development Canada - EDC
      Address
      150 Slater
      Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 1K3
      Canada
      Contracting authority
      Jennifer LaFitte-Côté
      Email
      solicitations@edc.ca
      Bidding details

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      Summary information

      Language(s)
      French, English
      Contract duration
      24 month(s)
      Procurement method
      Competitive – Open Bidding