Indigenous-owned Exporters Studies and Surveys

The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) requires the professional services of a qualified Contractor to design a survey of Indigenous-owned businesses with a focus on those participating in international trade and exporting. All information collected through the survey will be of a factual nature and no opinions will be collected.

The proposed work will consist of the following:

• Design a survey questionnaire of Indigenous-owned businesses with a focus on participation in international trade as well as the barriers that these firms face when conducting business abroad. This survey must include certain questions selected by DFATD.

• Conduct a national survey of Indigenous-owned businesses

• Undertake in-depth census-like surveys of a minimum of three reserves including attempt to identify all active businesses on those reserves

• Produce two joint studies, with the Office of the Chief Economist at DFATD, first updating the characteristics of Indigenous-owned exporters, and second on the barriers encountered when exporting by Indigenous-owned exporters

• Communication of results including a launch event

There is no security requirement associated with this bid solicitation.

This procurement is subject to the following Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement(s):

Québec

• James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement

• Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement

• Eeyou Marine Region Land Claims Agreement

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement

Northwest Territories

• Inuvialuit Final Agreement

• Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement

• Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement

• Tlicho Land Claims Agreement

British Columbia

• Nisga’a Final Agreement

• Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement

• Maa-Nulth First Nations Final Agreement

• Tla’amin Nation Final Agreement

Yukon

• First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Final Agreement

• Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Final Agreement

• Teslin Tlingit Council Final Agreement

• Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement

• Selkirk First Nation Final Agreement

• Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nations Final Agreement

• Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Final Agreement

• Ta'an Kwach'an Council Final Agreement

• Kluane First Nation Final Agreement

• Kwanlin Dun First Nation Final Agreement

• Carcross/Tagish First Nations Final Agreement

Locations not subject to Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements will be set-aside under the Government of Canada’s Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) if two or more bids have been received by Aboriginal businesses who are certified under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) criteria and who may be listed in the Government of Canada’s Indigenous Business Directory at https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100033057/1100100033058.

If your Aboriginal business is not yet registered in the Indigenous Business Directory, please do so at the link provided above. If bids from two or more Aboriginal businesses are compliant with the terms of the Request for Proposal, the contracting authority will limit the competition to those Aboriginal businesses and will not consider bids from any non-Aboriginal businesses that may have been submitted. If the bids from the Aboriginal businesses are found to be non-compliant or non-responsive or are withdrawn, such that fewer than two compliant bids from Aboriginal businesses remain, the contracting authority will then consider bids from all of the non-Aboriginal businesses that have submitted bids.

For more information on Aboriginal business requirements of the Set-aside Program for Aboriginal 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 Aboriginal peoples or for set-asides for small and minority businesses.

Further to Article 800 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), CFTA does not apply to this procurement.