The Supply Chain Management site is the window for Corporate Contracts and Vendor of Record Arrangements for information and information technology (hardware, software and services) and non-IT goods & services available to public sector buyers. While the types of public sector buyers that can access specific contracts and arrangements are determined in accordance with business conditions and are set out in the related contract or arrangement user guide, most Corporate Contracts and Vendor of Record Arrangements are open to the Ontario Public Sector (OPS) and the Broader Public Sector (BPS) as defined below. Corporate Contracts and Vendor of Record Arrangements will indicate coverage by these major categories with any restrictions within them indicated.


THE ONTARIO PUBLIC SECTOR (OPS) INCLUDES:

Ministries;
Former Schedule I and IV agencies (as of Feb 01, 2000) ;
Advisory, Regulatory and Adjudicative Agencies;
Any agency which, under the terms of its Memorandum of Understanding with its responsible Minister, is required to satisfy the mandatory requirements set out in any of the Management Board of Cabinet Directives pertaining to procurement.


THE BROADER PUBLIC SECTOR (BPS) INCLUDES:

Municipalities

• Every municipality in Ontario as defined in the Municipal Affairs Act and the Municipal Act;
• Every regional municipality in Ontario as defined in the Regional Municipalities Act;
• The District Municipality of Muskoka as described in the District Municipality of Muskoka Act; and,
• Every local board in Ontario as defined in the Municipal Affairs Act and the Municipal Act.
• Information regarding municipalities can be found at:
• Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing;
• Association of Municipalities of Ontario
• MISA Directory;

• Every university in Ontario;
• Every college of applied art and technology in Ontario;;
• and, Every post secondary institution in Ontario.
  The enrollments of which are used to calculate annual operating grant entitlements.
• Information regarding academic institutions can be found at:
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

• Every school board in Ontario as defined in the Education Act.

• Every hospitallisted in the Schedule to the Classification of Hospitals Regulations made under the Public Hospitals Act; and,
• Every private hospital operated under the authority of a licence issued under the Private Hospitals Act. including:
  • Community Health Centres;
  • District Health Councils
  • Public Health Units;
  • OHIP Offices;and,
  • Community Care Access Locations
• Information regarding health care providers can be found at:
• Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• HospitalWeb

Major Transfer Payment Recipients

• Any organization which receives operational funding from an Ontario Government ministry and is determined to be a major transfer payment recipient by that ministry.
• May include Ontario Government agencies that are not included in the Ontario Public Sector.