Request for Proposals For Matchmaking and Organizational Services
Request for Proposals
For Matchmaking and Organizational Services
Atlantic Canadian Trade Mission to Costa Rica and Panama
Deadline: May 19th, 2022, 5:00pm AST
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Project Background
Atlantic Canada has been successfully leading trade missions to the Caribbean and Latin America over the last number of years. In fall of 2020 a virtual trade mission was organized to Costa Rica and Panama with 13 companies participating. In an effort to maintain the business relationships forged during this mission, the Nova Scotia Association of Community Business Development Corporations (the Association), in partnership with The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), will host an in-person trade mission to Costa Rica and Panama in November 2022 (pending COVID-19 travel restrictions). In past trade missions, delegates represented a variety of sectors including: education, energy, paper, seafood, tourism, oil & gas, engineering, construction, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. We are expecting that among the delegates a variety of sectors will be represented again.
The objective of this request for proposals is to retain qualified consultants to provide the services outlined below. The selected consultant will provide each participating Atlantic Canadian delegate with the opportunity to meet with pre-qualified contacts in Costa Rica and Panama while benefiting from the exposure of participating as a part of a Pan-Atlantic group.
The contracted project will include matchmaking services, language translation, logistic support and market briefings.
The Association and ACOA will serve as the project committee. They will oversee this project and work with the successful consultant in the recruitment of company delegates, approve applicants and determine the best fit for the companies. The project will comprise of a rigorous recruitment strategy that will target between 10 to 12 delegate participants. Companies may choose to participate in both markets or may focus in only one. The successful consultant will have demonstrated business experience in the Costa Rican and Panamanian market and extensive experience organizing one-on-one meetings for business delegates, event management expertise and a proven roster of contacts in Costa Rica and Panama. The successful consultant will also provide information on what they feel would be their value add to ensure the success of the project. The project committee may choose to re-engage the successful consultant for a follow up mission in 2023, based on the satisfactory execution of the events in 2022.