Question Period Note: Office of Supplier Integrity and Compliance

The recent establishment of the Office of Supplier Integrity and Compliance supports the Government of Canada’s ability to identify suppliers of concern, take appropriate action to mitigate the risk they pose, and promote ethical business practices in an evolving marketplace.

• The Government of Canada is committed to taking action against improper and unethical business practices, and to holding companies accountable for their misconduct while safeguarding federal expenditures
• On May 31, 2024, the Government of Canada established the new Office of Supplier Integrity and Compliance within Public Services and Procurement Canada and a revised Ineligibility and Suspension Policy came into effect
• The new Office improves the government’s ability to respond to emerging risks of misconduct and fraud while protecting the integrity of the federal procurement and real property systems
• The Office provides new tools to address corporate misconduct on a government-wide basis, and supports federal efforts to eradicate forced labour, in addition to targeting financing of terrorism, human trafficking and offences under federal environmental laws. The new Office also further strengthens the department data analytics capacity to help detect fraudulent schemes
• My department continues to engage with key stakeholder groups, and we are working with them to ensure that industry partners understand the program changes and requirements

The Office of Supplier Integrity and Compliance replaces the Government of Canada’s Integrity Regime which was in place since 2015 as a government-wide policy-based debarment system designed to further protect the integrity of federal contracts and real property transactions.

The new Office will continue to play a significant role in safeguarding the federal procurement and real property systems, which encompasses approximately $20 billion annually for procurement contracts, real property agreements, the management of Crown-owned properties, and rental payments on 1,690 lease contracts across Canada.

The new Office provides an opportunity to modernize the Government of Canada’s debarment and suspension program and further strengthen its use of data analytics to identify potential instances of fraud and wrongdoing and better leverage intelligence relevant to assessing the integrity of vendors within government contracts and real property agreements. 

Additional information about the new Office and the revised Ineligibility and Suspension Policy is available on the Office of Supplier Integrity and Compliance website.

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