Recruitment of Participants for Qualitative Research

The Questionnaire Design Resource Centre (QDRC) of Statistics Canada requires various recruitment services to be conducted on their behalf across Canada. The work will be carried out at the Contractor’s premises and delivered to Statistics Canada.

This requirement has been broken down into five (5) Regions as defined below:

• The Atlantic Provinces (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick)
• Québec (except for the National Capital Region (NCR))
• The National Capital Region (NCR)
• Ontario (except for the NCR)
• The Western Provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia)

Bidders must submit one (1) separate bid per Region. Canada requests that the Bidder clearly identifies in the first pages of its bid which Region it is bidding on. 

Up to two (2) contracts will be awarded per Region. The amount of work per year per Region will be distributed between each resulting contracts as per Section E of 7.1.2.1 Task Authorization Process.

The period for each resulting contract will be from contract award to March 31, 2021, with two (2) additional two (2) year option periods.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

Bids must be submitted only to Statistics Canada by the date, time and place indicated on page 1 of the bid solicitation.

Due to the nature of the bid solicitation, bids transmitted by facsimile or epost will not be accepted.

All enquiries must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority no later than five (5) calendar days before the bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered.

Contracting Authority: Courtney Dauphinee

Email: statcan.macs-bids-smc-soumissions.statcan@canada.ca