Publications of new substances risk assessment summaries

Under the guidance of the Contract Authority, the contractor is required to prepare short (i.e. 2-3 page) summaries of risk assessment reports on chemical and polymer substances new to Canada for public dissemination that are sanitized of confidential business information. The summaries must communicate scientific and technical information in a clear, relevant, objective, and easy to understand way for the general public. Approximately 130 summaries will need to be produced each year, for three consecutive years. While this contract does not require the provision of legal advice, the contractor shall: (i) summarize final Health Canada and/or Environment Canada risk assessment reports on selected new substances and draft the plain language summaries using established templates; (ii) facilitate and assist the Scientific Authority’s consultations with appropriate industry member(s) to ensure CBI is respected; consult and seek approval of the draft summary with designated scientific authority; (iii) finalize the summaries by facilitating the approvals process and addressing the comments received during consultations and at each stage of approvals; (iv) submit the final approved summaries to the Contract Authority.