Pharmacy Workforce Wellness, Practice Environment and Patient Safety Regulatory Analysis Service
- Client
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- RFP Number
- DRA-11901
- Posted
- 10/16/2026
- Category
- Data Research and Analytics
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
- —
- Set-aside
- —
- Contact
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Description
AI GeneratedThe Manitoba government authority in Winnipeg seeks a consultant to provide a pharmacy workforce wellness, practice environment, and patient safety regulatory analysis service. The selected vendor must conduct a current-state and gap analysis, review research on staffing, workload, burnout, and patient outcomes, and deliver a final report assessing regulatory and policy options. Eligibility is restricted to Canadian onshore organizations. Vendors can perform the work onsite or offsite, and they must submit digital proposals by email or online while aligning with an open budget request. Interested parties must submit all questions by November 03, 2026. The resulting contract will have a one-year term.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from CPhM_RFP_004_2026_Pharmacy_Workforce_Wellness_(PDF) (1).pdf, CPhM_RFP_004_2026_Pharmacy_Workforce_Wellness_(PDF).pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The College of Pharmacists of Manitoba invites proposals from qualified consultants to undertake an independent analysis of pharmacy workforce wellness and practice-environment issues, identify regulatory and collaborative options, facilitate the Pharmacy Workforce Wellness Ad Hoc Committee, and prepare a work plan and final recommendations for CPhM Council consideration. Any individual, firm, partnership, consortium or other legal entity may submit a proposal.
- Issued by
- College of Pharmacists of Manitoba
- RFP published on MERX
- October 14, 2026
- Deadline for written questions
- November 3, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. CT
- Proposal submission deadline
- November 10, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. CT
- Compliance review and evaluation
- November 16, 2026
- Shortlist notification
- November 18, 2026
- Interviews, if required
- Week of November 23, 2026
- Preferred Proponent selected
- December 1, 2026
- Contract negotiation and execution
- December 1 to 11, 2026
- Project initiation
- Week of December 14, 2026
- Project completion
- December 31, 2027
- How to submit
- Electronic via email
- Submission details
- Submit as one PDF document to [email protected]. Subject and file name must include CPhM Pharmacy Workforce Wellness RFP.
- Contract term
- December 14, 2026 to December 31, 2027
How proposals are evaluated
| Regulatory, patient-safety and subject-matter expertise | 25% |
| Relevant experience and qualifications of proposed team | 20% |
| Understanding of CPhM's mandate, objectives and advocacy boundary | 15% |
| Quality, proportionality and feasibility of proposed methodology | 20% |
| Project management, schedule, facilitation and communication | 10% |
| Fees and overall value | 10% |
Scope of work
- Project goals, scope, and detailed work plan
- Evidence-review protocol and engagement plan
- Manitoba current-state, authority and gap analysis
- Engagement findings summary
- Regulatory options and responsibility map
- Committee working sessions and decision materials
- Draft final report and proposed Committee recommendations
- Final Council-ready report and Committee work plan
Minimum qualifications
- Inclusion of at least one senior individual with substantive experience working within, or directly for, a statutory professional regulatory body
- Knowledge of Canadian health-profession regulation and distinction between public-interest regulation, support, employer responsibility, and advocacy
- Experience in patient safety, health-quality improvement, human factors, workforce or practice-environment research, occupational health, or pharmacy practice
- Experience conducting defensible evidence reviews, environmental scans, policy analyses and options assessments
- Experience facilitating committees, boards or Councils and translating complex evidence into clear decisions and recommendations
- Experience designing and analyzing proportionate system partner engagement
- Ability to identify evidence limitations, avoid overstating causation and address implementation risks and unintended consequences
- Capacity to complete all work by December 31, 2027
Documents to include with the bid
- Cover letter and respondent information
- Understanding section (up to one page)
- Approach and work plan
- Team qualifications and roles
- Comparable experience (up to three assignments in past seven years)
- Schedule and availability confirmation
- Pricing proposal and budget (Appendix A)
- Conflict disclosure statement
Verify important details
Document checkConfirm submission instructions and amendments with the issuing agency before responding.
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