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ANNOUNCING A PRODUCT FROM MICHAEL ASNER CONSULTING THAT REINFORCES YOUR MESSAGE TO SR. MANAGEMENT:

An Elected Officials Guide to Public Procurement in Canada

This 56-page Guide, written to give elected officials and public sector managers clear and practical answers to the most commonly asked questions about public procurement.

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56 pages

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This guide provides clear and practical answers to the 25 most commonly asked questions:

Some fundamental issues

1.        What is procurement?

2.        Why is procurement important?

3.        Why do we have a procurement function or department?

4.        What is a procurement policy?

5.        Why is "fair and open competition" the backbone of procurement?

6.        I know it's English, but what do all those strange terms mean?

Ethics, Laws and Abuses

7.        What is the legal framework for procurement?

8.        What sorts of abuses occur?

9.        What values do our procurement people hold?

10.     What can be done to safeguard the procurement function?

11.     What information is available to the public?

12.     Why do suppliers complain?

Organization of the Procurement Function

13.     But what do procurement people do all day?

14.     What are the requirements for procurement personnel?

15.     How is the procurement function organized?

Competition

16.     What is a competitive procurement?

17.     Why are specifications so important?

18.     What are the different ways to acquire goods and services?

19.     Are bids and proposals different?

20.     Why is "sole sourcing" a problem?

Other Topics

21.     What is co-operative purchasing?

22.     What is e-purchasing?

23.     What is electronic tendering?

24.     Why do so many projects fail?

25.     Where can you get more information

 


 

We've just revised this Guide and added four new questions:

1. What have we learned from recent major scandals?
2. How do the courts view political interference?
3. What skills are needed to succeed in the 21st century?
4. What is a local preference policy?



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Here are some of the organizations that have purchased this valuable publication  


Government of the Northwest Territories   (2000)

Ontario Institute of PMAC (223)

Ontario Public Buyers Association (105)

Regional Municipality of Halton    (45)

City of St. John, NB (26)

Regional District of Central Kootenay, BC (25)

York Catholic District School Board, ON (20)

District School Board of Niagara, ON (22)

Municipality of Clarington (20)

City of Cambridge, ON (15)

City of Toronto (15)

Town of Banff, AB (10)

Norfolk County, ON (9)

WCB, AB          (8)

City of Grande Prairie, AB           (6)

Durham Region, ON       (5)

Heenan Blaikie (4)

City of Barrie, ON (3)

BC Buildings Corp., Victoria, BC (3)

City of Owen Sound (2)

Toronto District School Board (2)

Centre for Addiction and Mental Heath, Toronto, ON, (2)

District of Maple Ridge, BC (2)

City of Coquitlam, BC (2)

City of Brampton            1

BC Building Corp.          1

CMHC, Ottawa  1

Govt. of Nunavut 1

Halifax Regional Municipality       1

City of Edmonton           1

Town of Newmarket        1

Edmonton Airports         1

Town of Richmond Hill    1

Province of NB   1

Peace Country Health, AB          1

Region of York, ON        1

Agriculture Canada, ON 1

Town of Oakville, ON 1

College of the Rockies, BC 1

Hydro-Quebec, QU 1

Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa 1

City of Regina (1)

Simcoe County District School Board 1

Red River College 1

Simcoe Muskoka CDSB (1)

Delta School District – BC (1)

Regional District of Central Kootenay, BC (1)

Town of Ladysmith, BC (1)

City of Vancouver (1)

3M Canada, London, ON (1)

Municipality of Lunenburg, NS (1)

New Westminster Public Library, BC (1)

Strathcona County, ON (1)

Malaspina  University College, BC (1)

Douglas College, BC (1)

Burlington Public Library, ON (1)

York University, ON (1)

Regional District of Peel, ON (1)

Regional District of Comox-Strathcona, BC (1)

Capital Regional District, Victoria, BC (1)

Haldimand County, ON (1)

 

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