AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA has floated a tender for Mediation Services for the Farm Debt Mediation Service (Fdms) in Alberta. The project location is Canada and the tender is closing on 05 Apr 2023. The tender notice number is 01B68-22-0207, while the TOT Ref Number is 79403374. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Expired Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Canada

Summary : Mediation Services for the Farm Debt Mediation Service (Fdms) in Alberta

Deadline : 05 Apr 2023

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 79403374

Document Ref. No. : 01B68-22-0207

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA
1341 Baseline Road Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0C5 Canada
Contracting Authority : Harrington, Kyle
Canada
Email :kyle.harrington@agr.gc.ca

Tender Details

Please ensure that if the notice falls within the bounds of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), include the following requirements in the description:

Estimated quantity of commodity: 4

Duration of contract: (Contract award) to (2027-03-31)

Time frame of delivery: (Contract award) to (2027-03-31)

Any conditions for participation of suppliers not specified in solicitation documentation: NA

1.2.1 The Farm Debt Mediation Act (FDMA) received Royal Assent on April 25, 1997 and came into force on April 1, 1998. The Farm Debt Mediation Service (FDMS) was established to deliver the FDMA. The service provides a streamlined process of mediation to assist insolvent farmers and their creditors to negotiate settlement arrangements, rather than have those disputes result in costly legal proceedings for all parties.

A Mediator is assigned to assist the farmer and creditors explore options for the successful resolution of the case.

To apply for assistance under the FDMA, an individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative or other association of persons must be "engaged in farming for commercial purposes", meaning that the production from their crops, livestock, or other eligible commodities is commercially available for sale as opposed to being grown for the personal use of the farmer or for a person related to the farmer as defined in the regulations. The applicant must also be "insolvent”, which is defined in article 6 of the FDMA as follows:

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Summary information
Notice type : Request for Standing Offer
Language(s) : English, French
Region(s) of delivery : Alberta
Region of opportunity : World
Procurement method : Competitive – Open Bidding
GSIN : R199B
Procurement Mode : 2023/02/24
Closing date and time : 2023/04/05 14:00 EDT

Documents

 Tender Notice

01b68-22-0207_rfso_-_fdms_alberta_mediators_fre.pdf

01b68-22-0207_rfso_-_alberta_mediators_final.pdf