Government of Canada Award for Corporate Leadership in Women’s Advancement

Government of Canada Award for Corporate Leadership in Women’s Advancement DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: Background: Budget 2018 committed to supporting corporate inclusion by publicly recognizing corporations that are committed to promoting women, including minority women, to senior management positions and boards of directors. Budget 2018 underscored the Government’s commitment to support corporate diversity and inclusion by publicly recognizing corporations that are committed to promoting women, including minority women, irrespective of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and disabilities, to senior management positions and boards of directors. Budget 2018 committed as such to create an annual award for Canadian corporations demonstrating leadership in this area. While there has been increased representation of women in the work force since the 1950s, it is widely recognized that there has been limited progress towards gender equality at the senior management level across Canadian corporations. Gender diversity at senior management levels is important not only to women; it also has numerous benefits for organizations, including increased availability of skilled employees, stronger employee engagement and financial performance, higher productivity, increased innovation, and more effective decision-making at the board level. The Government of Canada has emphasized, through legislation and funding, that promoting gender equality in the workplace and encouraging greater diversity in Canada’s corporate leadership is a priority. The creation of the Government of Canada Award for Corporate Leadership in Women’s Advancement (award) builds on the Government’s aforementioned legislative and funding commitments aimed at enhancing gender equality and corporate inclusion. The award will be delivered in partnership with the private sector, and will build on existing initiatives to recognize diversity, inclusion, and women’s advancement in the workplace. The award will support the federal government’s priorities by:

Publicly recognizing corporations committed to promoting women, including minority women, to senior management positions and boards of directors. Supporting the adoption of best practices in diversity and inclusion by featuring award recipients’ key achievements in furthering women’s advancement on a publicly accessible website.

Project Requirement / Objective: The Contractor, by working in collaboration with other organizations promoting women’s advancement in the workplace, must launch and deliver an annual award to recognize corporations that are committed to promoting women, including minority women, to senior management positions and boards of directors. The Contractor will be expected to have:

Extensive background, experience and knowledge of women’s advancement in corporate settings and gender equality in the workplace; Significant experience in delivering awards at a national level; Established networks and experience working with a diverse set of partners (including corporations, non-profit organizations and other levels of government).

The overall objective of the award is to recognize Canadian corporations that are industry role models in supporting women’s advancement, and to share their best practices for enhancing gender diversity and inclusion. Corporations will be recognized for employment practices, programs and community outreach in support of women’s advancement. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: There is no security requirement applicable to the Contract. Contract Duration: Period of one (1) year plus four (4) one-year irrevocable options allowing Canada to extend the term of the contract. Number of Contracts:  1 The work is currently not being performed by a contractor. Inquiries: All enquiries regarding this bid solicitation must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority named below as early as possible within the solicitation period to allow sufficient time to provide a response. All enquiries must be submitted in writing no later than seven (7) working days before the bid closing date. Enquiries received after that time may not be answered. The Contracting Authority is: Name: Chantal Lafleur Title: Senior Contracts and Procurement Advisor Email address: chantal.lafleur2@canada.ca