PS24-RN-019 - Indigenous Awareness Virtual Training

ABOUT FCC
FCC is Canada’s leading agriculture and food lender, dedicated to the industry that feeds the world. FCC employees are committed to the long-standing success of those who produce and process Canadian food by providing flexible financing, AgExpert business management software, information and knowledge. FCC provides a complement of expertise and services designed to support the complex and evolving needs of food businesses. As a financial Crown corporation, FCC is a stable partner that reinvests profits back into the industry and communities it serves. For more information, visit fcc.ca.

RFP CONTACT

Ronke Niagwan
Procurement Manager
Farm Credit Canada
procurement@fcc.ca

RFP SCOPE
FCC is committed to making meaningful progress on our reconciliation journey. As such, it’s essential for FCC to provide our employees with access to knowledge and information on Canada’s historical and ongoing treatment of and relationship with Indigenous peoples and nations, as well as relevant cultural and business insight and information needed to build trust, advance nation-to-nation relationships and enable economic reconciliation within the Canadian food and ag industry.
At present, FCC has a 3.5-hour mandatory learning that is included as part of onboarding – it was launched 4+ years ago. With a more robust strategy grounded deeply in impact and reconciliation, we know it is now time to revisit our overall knowledge offering.
In FCC’s desired future state, we will have:

• A new progressive foundational and formal learning solution (e.g. module) to ensure our employees understand FCC’s commitments and have a shared understanding of truth and reconciliation; and
• A three-year learning path for all employees to take that will deepen their understanding of key insights, knowledge and perspective that enable FCC’s work on truth and reconciliation.

• Co-creation of a three-year learning journey and curriculum
• Creation of a 2-hour foundational knowledge program employees will complete as part of onboarding that would be required learning for employees to complete within 6 months of start at FCC
• Creation of modules/learning solution for year 2 and year 3 of the learning journey – expiation of annual learning commitment would be between 1.5 hours and 2 hours per employees and this learning would be mandatory.

• Pre-contact life and initial contact
•  Treaty creation – and the concept of nation-to-nation partnership that was agreed to
• An understanding of colonial policies and their impacts on communities, individuals and the nation-to-nation relationship / impacts of Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop and the child welfare system
• Overview of reconciliation, with a focus on economic reconciliation
• The rights of Indigenous Peoples – Canadian and International contexts

• Indigenous people and agriculture: pre-contact / the result of colonial policies /emerging opportunities and interest
• Cultural awareness with a regional focus – dispelling the notion that customs, practices, etc. are consistent/same among Indigenous peoples
• Deeper level of knowledge on any topics contained in the ‘foundational/onboarding’ sessions
• Colonial impacts and Indigenous engagement with the financial services sector
• Indigenous engagement and allyship in the workplace
• Other topics that are relevant to our business, customer or community needs.

• Training or knowledge service that help fuel personal commitments to reconciliation – how each of us can step into reconciliation at work, home and in our communities
• Access to supplementary virtual, hybrid and/or in-person cultural awareness activities and learning
• The ability to curate and share knowledge content outside of FCC with our customer and industry stakeholders
• Other relevant information, education and awareness activities, service and solutions related to FCC and our employees building trusting partnerships with Indigenous customers, communities and nations.

• All conditions for Proponent participation are included in the RFP documents.
• Duration of Contract:  3years
• Options: Option to extend for 2 years on a yearly basis (1+1).
• Estimated Quantity of Goods or Services:  Not applicable.
• Timeframe of Delivery of Goods or Services:  Not applicable.

• RFP Release Date:  December 13, 2024
• Pre-bid Session (Optional): January 8, 2025*
• Proponent Questions Accepted Until:  January 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
• FCC Response to Proponent Questions Delivered Before:  January 22, 2025 at 5:00PM
• RFP Closing Date/Time:  January 31, 2025 at 2:00PM

• This opportunity is covered under the provisions of Chapter 5 (Government Procurement) of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and Chapter 19 (Government Procurement) of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
• FCC is subject to the Official Languages Act (Canada). Proponents may choose to respond to this RFP in their official language of choice (English or French).
• This opportunity notice references a non-binding, competitive RFP, and is 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 consecutive or concurrent negotiations between FCC and one (1) or multiple Proponents, prior to awarding a Contract.

• This Request for Proposals (RFP), including any attachments and amendments to such RFP, is available for download by the Proponent on MERX. MERX is a Canadian Public Tenders electronic bidding system accessible at https://www.merx.com. It is the sole responsibility of the Proponent to ensure its compatibility with MERX.
• Proponent proposals MUST be submitted electronically through MERX, preferably in a PDF or MS Word file, prior to the RFP Closing Date/Time specified in the RFP. Proposals submitted in other formats, by other methods or through any other means, or after the RFP Closing Date/Time specified in the RFP, may be rejected by FCC.