Vendor needs to provide economic development strategy services.– Entrepreneurship and small business development.– Investment attraction and site readiness.– Tourism, culture, and recreation as economic drivers.– Regional and Indigenous partnerships.– Economic and demographic analysis.– Sector and cluster identification; comparative community benchmarking.– Review existing partnerships and recommend changes, if necessary.– Business retention, expansion, and attraction strategy.– Workforce development and talent attraction considerations including new Canadian attraction and development of settlement supports.