Basic Information

Reference Number

0000140900

Issuing Organization

BioTalent Canada

Solicitation Type

RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal)

Solicitation Number

2019-01-BIOTALENT

Title

HR Perspectives and LMI Study for the Bio-economy Sector

Source ID

PP.CO.ON.612033.C100832

Details

Location

Canada, All of Canada, All of Canada

Purchase Type

Term: 2019/02/22 12:00:00 AM EST - 2020/04/30 12:00:00 AM EDT

Description

Request for Proposal (RFP)

HR Perspectives and Labour Market Information Study for the Bio-economy Sector

Current independent and industry driven LMI is critical to better understand the sector’s HR landscape and to develop practical HR strategies to alleviate labour market challenges. BioTalent Canada plans to conduct a widespread census of the companies within the industry to get a full picture of the composition of the bio-economy. Through extensive surveying and interviewing, it will generate a detailed LMI report highlighting current conditions of the labour market. It will also examine the bio-economy by region providing granular details of the hiring needs, the supply of talent and the emerging HR trends of the industry across Canada enabling the organizations to respond accordingly.

BioTalent Canada is looking for consulting firms with expertise in economic analysis and/or qualitative research to conduct BioTalent Canada's bio-economy labour market information study. The project consists of two distinct components.

Component 1: Economic analysis of labour market demand and supply for the bio-economy in Canada.
Component 2: In-depth study on HR perspectives on issues, best practices, and solutions to labour market demand and supply misalignment in the bio-economy in Canada.

Consulting firms will be able to submit proposals for both or each component separately depending on their expertise. Each component will be evaluated on its own and must have an expert lead consultant acting as project manager and as the main researcher. Each consulting team must demonstrate in-depth expertise and experience in each component. It is expected that component one will be conducted by an economists’ team and component two will be conducted by a qualitative researchers’ team with at least one economist advisor.

It is expected that the consulting firm(s) contract out, if not available internally, a national bilingual surveying firm to undertake any surveys planned for the study and a job posting analytics firm to run that analysis. The cost of the survey and job posting analysis portions must be distinct from other project costings.

The overall project cost should be between $200,000 and $300,000 per component for a maximum of $600,000 (before taxes; excluding project travel; including survey and the job posting analysis cost) in professional fees for the total project.

The research for both components will occur in parallel starting middle of February 2019 to end of April 2020. Once contracts are signed, it is anticipated the two components' project managers will collaborate to align their research content and timelines.

Dates

Publication

2019/01/17 03:02:02 PM EST

Bid Intent

Optional

Bid Intent Deadline

2019/02/01 12:00:00 AM EST

Question Acceptance Deadline

2019/02/13 12:00:00 AM EST

Questions are submitted online

Closing DateA - Previous Amendment

2019/02/19 12:00:00 PM EST

Contact Information

Adriana Saenz

613-235-1402 ext. 228

asaenz@biotalent.ca

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Electronic Bid Submission

Pricing

Lump sum

Bid Documents List

Item Name	Description	Mandatory	Limited to 1 file
Bid Documents	Documents defining the proposal	No	No
No entries

Additional Bidding Instructions

To receive a copy of the RFP at no cost, please email your request to asaenz@biotalent.ca. Please direct all questions regarding RFP to same.

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