Subscription to Economic Data Service

Natural Resources Canada requires access to timely, accurate and reliable economic and financial data which focus primarily on historical macroeconomic data. 
2a) the data provider must:
•	Provide NRCan with five user licenses to access their economic data service electronically from a web-based platform.
•	have a Microsoft plug-in that will allow identified data to be searched, aggregated and retrieved directly from the service provider using Microsoft Excel
•	Build customized financial models in Microsoft Excel which will link directly to the service provider’s source data, and will update remotely through the plug-in as required.
•	Provide automated notifications to users for specified investment activity.
•	Fully capture all publically traded firms operating worldwide (i.e. over 99% of the world’s market capitalization).
•	Data must be supplemented to include privately held firms.
2b) the following detailed firm level financial data, for Canadian and internationally based firms, must be provided with the subscription:
•	Mergers and acquisitions (date, value, industry going back to 1980))
•	Firm ownership data, including minority ownership and shareholder transactions
•	Corporate financial data (e.g. assets, liabilities, debt, and capital expenditure) with links to the source documents (100,000 companies, going back to 1980, involving public and privately held firms.)
•	Credit ratings for corporate and sovereign debt following a reputable and consistent methodology
•	Consensus forecasts (firm level and macroeconomic level)