Request for proposals for INAC's initiated education policy and program review
The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) has initiated an education policy and program review which includes a review of the Post Secondary Education (PSE) Program . Click here to view the material distributed for this review process (Word document).
The objective of the review for the PSE program is to develop a renewed policy and accountability framework for the Post-Secondary Education program. To this purpose, a joint Working Group has been established to undertake the review. The Working Group is composed of representatives from the Assembly of First Nations, the National Association of Indigenous Institutes of Higher Learning, the Labrador Inuit and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. In the course of the review the Working Group will examine a number of issues such as goals and objectives of the program, roles and responsibilities, the types of transitional preparatory programming are beneficial for student success at PSE, program funding and program management. The Working Group has agreed to undertake some of the work with the support of consultants.
We are inviting you to submit proposals for the review of the Goals & Objective of the program and/or the transitional / preparatory programming pieces. Your proposals should include information on your credentials and how you meet the requirements to carry out the work. Please provide relevant work done in the area for which you are submitting the proposal. Your proposals should also identify tasks, time assigned for each task as well as the costs associated with each task. The contractor is expected to deliver a written report that addresses all of the issues identified in the attached description of work for each of the two separate contracts. Only the successful candidate will be contacted. If the contract is awarded the GST number and/or your social insurance number will be required. Attached here for your reference are the research principles to guide the contractors work as well as a bibliography of relevant material.
If you are interested in being considered, please forward us your proposal by 5PM (eastern time) on Friday, August 30, 2005. Please e-mail your proposal to
Margaret Mitchell at jedburgh@primus.ca
Tiziana Carafa at carafat@ainc-inac.gc.ca
We look forward to receiving your proposals.
Marie Saint-Pierre Larose, INAC co-chair
Dawn Maracle, AFN Co-chair