16 York Street, Cannington, Ontario
705-432-2444

Contract: $4,500.00, includes $300.00 for stakeholder engagement. 
Submission date: November 18, 2022 at 5:00PM

Sera Community Ventures Ltd. (SERA) invites proposals from professionally qualified consultants or contractors to provide services to SERA for a community assessment in the form of an evaluation report to determine the need and readiness for a planned digitization of SERA services to rural social entrepreneurs. The evaluation is intended to identify factors from both inside and outside the organization that may impact the long-term viability of the organization’s service offerings and the need to adopt digital assets and channels to offer SERA’s services in a changing landscape.

SCOPE

The outcomes of this project will be to utilize collected information to develop recommendations that will inform SERA’s direction to pivot to an enhanced online presence and a new suite of digital educational and support services. The research collected, will lay the groundwork needed to develop of a framework that will allow SERA to reimagine its services, digitally and virtually, to support rural entrepreneurs and the growth of the social economy.

Deadline for submissions is  Friday, November 18, 2022 at 5:00PM

Proposals must be submitted electronically only to SERA at:

info@seracommunityventures.ca

Release of RFP                                               October 26, 2022

Letter of Interest                                               November 14, 2022    

Deadline for Submission of Proposal               November 18, 2022

Review & Selection Process                            November 21-28, 2022

Projected Start Date                                        November 30, 2022

Final Report                                                     45 days from start date