REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce is requesting expressions of interest from service providers in the areas of advertising, marketing, design, copywriting, translation, PR, government relations, public affairs, project management & data analysis.Date of Solicitation: May 18, 2021
Closing: June 4, 2021
Please review the submission requirements below or download the document here: Request for Expressions of Interest.
About the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce Inc. (ACC) is the largest accredited business organization of influence in Atlantic Canada, representing more than 16,000 businesses and their 300,000 employees in the four Atlantic Provinces through its network of 94 Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade, and 30 corporate partners throughout the region.For more than 125 years, ACC has served as the voice of Atlantic Canadian business, and actively partners with its members and other organizations to help create a strong, vibrant, and growing Atlantic Canada.
ACC does this through:
- strategic advocacy that shapes policy issues that impact business;
- the delivery of high-value programs and services to support business;
- the facilitation and promotion of initiatives for business that contribute to sustainable economic growth in the region.
Background
To ensure the continued excellence of service that ACC provides to its members, stakeholders and the Atlantic business community at large, ACC is putting together two standing lists of service providers that it can rely upon to support their team in the areas of:- Advertising
- Marketing
- Creative design
- Copywriting
- Translation
- Public relations
- Government relations
- Public affairs
- Project and campaign management
- Data analysis
One of the lists will include agencies, and another one will include independent individual consultants.
The companies and individuals included in those lists may be asked to provide their services to ACC as and when such a need arises.
The agencies will most likely be asked for services related to larger scale campaigns, while independent consultants will most likely be asked for more specialised services, staff and/or one-off support assignments.
The details of each service request, as well as the terms and conditions of service delivery, will be agreed upon individually in each case prior to work/project commencement.
Having a pre-selected list of candidate companies and individuals will speed up the process of identifying the best potential service provider for each request, and thus increase the efficiency of ACC’s work.
Request for the Expressions of Interest
The companies and individuals wishing to be considered for inclusion into the ACC’s List of Service Providers should submit their Expressions of Interest to ACC.Each Expression of Interest should include the following:
- Brief profile information (one page or less). This should include:
- background and areas of specialization,
- length of time in business or professional practice,
- the current number of staff (for agencies),
- location(s) of office(s),
- correct legal name and legal status of the proposing entity,
- correct mailing address,
- the name, title, telephone number and email address of a representative who may be contacted for clarification or other matters relating to the Expression of Interest.
- Up to three examples of completed projects, products or services in each area of specialization you wish to be considered for listing.
- Fee structure and standard rates per hour or per type of task/project.
- Terms of payment.
- Memberships held at or affiliations with Atlantic Canadian based Chambers of Commerce or Boards of Trade.
- Any other terms, conditions or information that should be taken into account when considering the company or individual for inclusion into the ACC’s List of Corporate Service Providers.
Submission process
The Expressions of Interest should be submitted electronically to Patti Colson.Text files and slides (if any) should be submitted in PDF format.
Deadline for submissions: June 4, 2021 before 5:00 p.m. (ADT)
Acknowledgement of receipt will be sent in response to each submission.
Please send your submissions to:
Patti Colson
Manager, Communications & PR
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
Other terms & conditions
Verbal information will not be binding. Only written information will be binding.The service provider submitting the Expression of Interest must be licensed to conduct business in their jurisdiction and may be required to produce a certificate of good standing for that jurisdiction.
All costs and expenses incurred by services providers related to the preparation of the Expression of Interest will be borne by the services providers. ACC is not liable to pay such costs and expenses or to reimburse or to compensate the service providers under any circumstance.
