Tender: Financial Consultant Services for Farm Debt Mediation Service (FDMS) – Saskatchewan

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The Programs Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is seeking a supplier for financial consultant services in Saskatchewan to support the Farm Debt Mediation Service (FDMS) on an “as and when requested” basis through task authorization contracts intended to result in the award of five contracts for five years. FDMS offers free financial counselling and mediation to farmers who are having difficulties meeting their financial obligations; it is a voluntary, private and confidential service that brings farmers and their creditors together with a mediator in a neutral forum to reach a mutually acceptable solution. The FDMS Administrator will assign a Financial Consultant and a Mediator to work with the farmer through the mediation process, with information used solely for mediation and shared only among the parties involved. The Financial Consultant will conduct site visits, inventory the farmer’s assets, prepare financial statements for the farming operation, develop a recovery plan to support reaching a financial arrangement between the farmer and their creditor(s), and attend mediation meeting(s); when the farmer and their creditor(s) agree upon a solution, the Mediator will draw up an arrangement.