Request for Proposals (RFP) – Special Credit Solicitor List About FCC FCC is Canada’s leading agriculture and food lender, with a healthy loan portfolio of more than $44 billion. Our employees are dedicated to the future of Canadian agriculture and food. We provide flexible, competitively priced financing, management software, information and knowledge specifically designed for the agriculture and food industry. As a self-sustaining Crown corporation, we provide an appropriate return to our shareholder, and reinvest our profits back into the industry and communities we serve. For more information, visit fcc.ca. RFP Scope: The purpose of this RFP is to select experienced Law Firms to represent FCC and provide legal services on FCC’s special credit Collection and recovery files as set out in detail below. The objective of this RFP is to acquire expertise and capacity in all 10 major Canadian provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan) focused on special credit collections and recovery files. FCC intends to establish its list of preferred Law Firms that FCC can engage with to assign Solicitors to a FCC recovery file, which we do not currently have a process for. FCC intends to establish its list based on the geographical area(s) that the selected Law Firms can service (the final number of Solicitors selected per region will be determined by FCC, in its sole discretion). RFP Schedule: RFP issue date: September 7, 2022 Vendor questions accepted until: September 21, 2022 at 2:00PM* RFP closing date and time: October 24,2022 at 2:00 PM * *Note: All times are CST, Saskatchewan RFP Process Considerations Vendors should note that: this opportunity notice references a non-binding, competitive RFP, not a call for tenders. FCC is not obligated to proceed with the work described in the RFP scope, and may cancel the RFP at any time. FCC’s procurement process allows for negotiation between FCC and one or more vendors, prior to awarding a contract. Requesting the RFP Document: Capable vendors who are interested in receiving a copy of the RFP document are to contact: Dhruv Bhatt Procurement and Vendor Manager Farm Credit Canada p••••••••@•••.ca Note: Vendors do not receive the RFP document by registering for the list of interested suppliers (“LIS”) on buyandsell.ca. Vendors must request the RFP document through FCC’s designated RFP contact.
