***This Request for Proposal is issued by Health Canada on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada***The Public Health Agency of Canada is convening a conference on Autism in November 2022, in Ottawa Ontario. The conference content will be delivered both in-person and virtually. The conference involves stakeholders including Autistic Canadians, representatives of Provincial and Territorial (PT) governments, autism researchers, caregivers, autism service and support professionals, Indigenous stakeholders, representatives from the advocacy sector (NGO’s and Civil Society Organizations); for the purpose of informing the development of a national autism strategy. The Public Health Agency requires a contractor who can support the Project Authority with pre-conference strategic planning, content development, conference delivery and a post conference report summarizing the various conference discussion topics. The contractor will work closely with the Project Authority at the Public Health Agency to deliver a successful conference that is accessible to all Canadians and responsive to the needs of the Autistic community. The work to be performed is details under the Annex “A” Statement of Work.There are security requirements associated with this requirement. For additional information, consult Part 6 - Security, Financial and Other Requirements, and Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses. For more information on personnel and organization security screening or security clauses, Bidders should refer to the Contract Security Program of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/introduction-eng…) website.
