Making Canada a destination of choice for travelers seeking world-class culinary experiences

Summary It is intended to result in the award of one contract for approximately six (6) months for the services of a Contractor to prepare an analysis of the culinary tourism industry in Canada, and to provide options for developing a strategy to grow the industry, by making Canada a destination of choice for international travelers seeking world-class culinary experiences. Objective Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada requires the services of a Contractor to prepare an analysis of the culinary tourism industry in Canada, and to provide options for developing a strategy to grow the industry, by making Canada a destination of choice for international travelers seeking world-class culinary experiences. Statement of Work The Work will be carried out in three phases: 1. Diagnostic: Inventory, global best practices and gap analysis 2. Outreach to stakeholders  3. Options for a culinary tourism strategy  Constraints The Contractor could face challenges in gathering a large enough number of stakeholders to provide an adequate cross-section of culinary tourism industry perspectives. Information on global examples of culinary tourism approaches could be limited in access to the Contractor for linguistic reasons. Official Languages The Department has an obligation to respect the spirit and the letter of the Official Languages Act. It is therefore, imperative that the bidder’s team includes individuals fluent in both official languages in order to communicate verbally and in writing in the preferred official language of ISED employees and stakeholders. Travel The Contractor will be required to attend meetings which will include roundtables in at least four (4) of the following regions: the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairie Provinces, the North, and British Columbia.