Question Period Note: Procurement modernization

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is working to modernize and simplify procurement.

• As part of my mandate commitment, Public Services and Procurement Canada is modernizing procurement practices in order to streamline contracting processes and make procurement easier, faster, and more accessible for suppliers, particularly those from underrepresented groups
  • As part of these larger modernization efforts, we are leveraging procurement to increase supplier diversity and help address important socio-economic and environmental issues
  • Budget 2021 proposed $87.4 million over 5 years, and $18.6 million ongoing, to modernize federal procurement and to create opportunities for specific communities such as Indigenous Peoples, women, LGBTQ2+ Canadians, racialized Canadians, and young people

More specifically, procurement modernization includes some of the following initiatives:

• The Contract Modernization initiative aims to streamline contracting policies and directives by modernizing the structure of government contracts and by simplifying the contracting process
• The Vendor Performance Management Policy will establish a standardized approach for assessing vendor performance and informing future bid evaluations
• This policy will strengthen Canada’s relationship with its suppliers, which will result in an enhanced stewardship of resources for Canadians
• The Electronic Procurement Solution provides easy, web-based access to procurement services that, once fully deployed, will make procurement simpler, faster and easier for suppliers to find and bid on opportunities
• This solution will also improve the management of procurement spending, increase efficiency and allow access to better procurement data

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