Executive Search Services

The government authority in Edmonton, Alberta is seeking a Canadian organization to provide executive search services to support the recruitment and selection of its next President and Chief Executive Officer. The agency is structured to manage this engagement across six distinct phases to ensure clarity regarding activities, deliverables, and governance checkpoints. The selected vendor must perform all work offsite. The scope of work requires the development of a documented search strategy and the identification of target organizations and candidate pools. The agency requires direct outreach, confidential sourcing, structured screening interviews, and candidate evaluations using a standardized assessment framework aligned with the position profile. The provider must also complete preliminary due diligence, review credentials, facilitate shortlist development, support interview planning, and prepare comparative candidate analyses. Additional requirements include conducting final reference checks and background verifications with candidate consent, providing onboarding and transition advisory services as requested, and delivering a final search summary with lessons learned. Bidders must be onshore Canadian organizations to be eligible for this opportunity. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget, and all questions regarding this procurement must be submitted no later than June 22, 2026.