By Juli Smyth and Debby Shapero Propp Is your organization confronted with large complex projects and not sure which way to proceed to procure? Have you wanted to seek the expertise of the suppliers in the market and have an open discussion in an exploratory and transparent way? And is senior management at your organization […]
Each New Year is a time to reflect. In 2017 at least two changes occurred that affect supply chain practices. On July 1 the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and on September 21 the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) came into force. Both trade agreements have a significant impact on procurement in […]
Background In February 2014, the City of Toronto (“the City”) issued a Request for Quotations for diving services at its water treatment facilities (RFQ#1). ASI Group Ltd. (“ASI”) was the lowest compliant bidder at the public opening for RFQ#1, but the City elected to cancel that process and re-issued the RFQ in April 2014 for […]
By Gordon White, the conflictjourney.com Think of your BATNA (Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement) as your plan B. If everything you try through working on a troubling relationship doesn’t bear fruit, where will you turn, what will you do? Your answer to these questions is your BATNA. Having a BATNA means thinking ahead, and it […]
By Lise Patry BA | Sc | LLB | ICD.D | NECI Instructor As part of our NECI courses we teach the importance of planning ahead, as all contracts inevitably come to an end one day. Well, as recently confirmed by the SCC, that may not always be true. The Supreme Court of Canada Confirms […]
By Lindsay Parcells LLM, LLB, MBA As procurement professionals know, Canadian courts have established a clear duty on the part of owners and respondents to respect the terms of ‘Contract A,’ which includes a duty by owners to reject non-compliant bids and proposals. This included duty is based on the notion that it would make […]
By Lise Patry, BA | Sc | LLB | ICD.D | NECI Instructor| Patry Law A group purchasing organization, or ‘GPO’, is an entity whose fundamental purpose is to allow its members to combine their purchasing power to benefit from volume pricing for goods and services. In addition to reduced prices, buying through a GPO […]
Sandra Hamilton is Canada’s First Social MBA and a Public Sector Social Procurement Advisor. Hamilton works with all three levels of government and with public owners to modernize procurement processes and achieve more social value through public sector supply chains. She is the former Business Manager to Vancouver 2010 Olympics CEO John Furlong and has […]