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Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Communications Coordinator for the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers

Name: Communications Coordinator for the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers
Creator: Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

August 26, 2025

Published

July 16, 2025

Type

Services

Awarded

This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.

Winning supplier

ParriagGroup & Atlantic Evaluation Group in Joint Venture

Contract value

CAD $58K

Award date

2026-01-21

Supplier location

Ottawa, On

Request for Proposal

Full description

The position would include both external and internal communications work. Externally, the objective is to more effectively communicate the work
of the CCFM in an efficient manner to a wider audience, including but not limited to media, stakeholders, and the public. Internally, the Coordinator would help streamline and coordinate communication/communication projects between the CCFM’s various working groups, task teams
and the CCFM secretariat as needed.

Selection criteria

Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price

AI Summary

By means of the RFP, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is seeking proposals from bidders to retain a bilingual Strategic Communications Coordinator (Coordinator) to support the Co...

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Basic information

Reference

cb-618-15132554

Solicitation no.

5000089593

Buyer

Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Method

Competitive - Open bidding

Procurement category

*SRV

Trade agreements

*Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA) *North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) *Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) *Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) *Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) *Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA) *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) *Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 80000000 — Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services

Delivery & regions

Regions of opportunity

*Canada

Regions of delivery

*Canada *National Capital Region (NCR)

Key dates

Published

July 16, 2025

Closes

August 26, 2025

Amendment no.

004

Amendment date

August 26, 2025

Contact

Contact

Mathew Star

Email

mathew.star@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

Phone

(613) 222-9067

Address

K1A0E4

Likely incumbents

(1)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
COFOMO Inc.
1 contract won· latest October 8, 2025
CAD $204.9K
total awarded

COFOMO Inc. is the most likely incumbent, based on how often and how recently they have won this buyer’s work in this category. To displace them, expect to need a clearly stronger proposition or price.

Documents

(1)

↓ 187202---rfp-ddp5000089593---question-and-answer-document---document-de-questions-et-reponses-003.pdf

Complete source record(29)

Title

Communications Coordinator for the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers

Reference number

cb-618-15132554

Amendment number

004

Solicitation number

5000089593

Publication date

2025-07-16

Tender closing date

2025-08-26T14:00:00

Amendment date

2025-08-26

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*80170000

Unspsc description

*Public relations and professional communications services

Procurement category

*SRV

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Procurement method

Competitive - Open bidding

Selection criteria

Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price

Trade agreements

Regions of opportunity

*Canada

Regions of delivery

*Canada *National Capital Region (NCR)

Contracting entity name

Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Contracting entity address line

580 Booth Street

Contracting entity address city

Ottawa

Contracting entity address province

Contracting entity address postal code

K1A0E4

Contracting entity address country

Canada

Contact info name

Mathew Star

Contact info email

mathew.star@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

Contact info phone

(613) 222-9067

Contact info postalcode

K1A0E4

Attachment

https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/69839/187202---rfp-ddp5000089593---question-and-answer-document---document-de-questions-et-reponses-002.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/69839/187202---rfp5000089593---amendment-001.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/69839/187202---rfp5000089593_0.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/69839/187202---rfp-ddp5000089593---question-and-answer-document---document-de-questions-et-reponses.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/69839/187202---rfp-ddp5000089593---question-and-answer-document---document-de-questions-et-reponses-003.pdf

Tender description

By means of the RFP, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is seeking proposals from bidders to retain a bilingual Strategic Communications Coordinator (Coordinator) to support the Council and its Working Groups and Task Teams. The position would include both external and internal communications work. Externally, the objective is to more effectively communicate the work of the CCFM in an efficient manner to a wider audience, including but not limited to media, stakeholders, and the public. Internally, the Coordinator would help streamline and coordinate communication/communication projects between the CCFM’s various working groups, task teams and the CCFM secretariat as needed.