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Note: The branch formerly known as Supply Operation Services Branch, SOSB, is now called the Acquisitions Branch. A process is underway to update documents, statements, web sites and other forms of communication.
Acquisition News
We want your comments on the new Request for Standing Offer template!
At Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), we are implementing a series of standard, plain-language documents to help make it easier for suppliers to understand the procurement process. These new documents include a Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) template, new standard instructions, and general conditions. PWGSC contracting officers are using the documents to put in place standing offers for goods or services (except for construction and architectural and engineering services).
We are inviting you to review the new RFSO template, and to provide us with any comments you have on its format. For more details, please visit our RFSO consultation page.
Acquisitions Today
PWGSC Acquisitions Branch provides the Government of Canada with relevant and timely value-added acquisition and related common services. We are a primary service provider offering our client departments a broad base of procurement and purchasing solutions aimed at securing best value for taxpayer procurement dollar.
To deliver the best value procurement and purchasing services, we work as a strategic partner with our customers, by:
- Helping client departments define their requirements and select effective procurement approaches
- Managing the bidding process to find the best possible solution for sourcing client departments' needs
- Supporting client departments by closely overseeing customer/supplier relationships after contract award to ensure strong accountability until close-out of the contract
The Acquisitions Branch also provides auxiliary services and expertise such as market research to identify what products are available from suppliers; product planning; method-of-supply studies; maintenance of a statistical data base and reporting capability; policy framework development; policy review and promulgation; and the technological infrastructure to support the electronic procurement function. In addition, the Branch encompasses responsibility for all procurement-related aspects of Major Crown Projects.
The Way Forward, is a wide-ranging strategy led by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) to find innovative ways to deliver services smarter, faster and at a reduced cost, and to improve how the Government of Canada does business.
There are two fundamental, interrelated objectives at the core of The Way Forward:
- Saving money by maximizing efficiencies, taking advantage of economies of scale and leveraging existing expertise; and
- Doing these things in an open, transparent way so as to preserve the confidence of Canadians in the integrity and fairness of the Government of Canada.
Our transformation agenda will mature over the next three years and will yield the following results, expected by March 2007:
- Cut the costs of goods and services by 10%;
- Reduce the time to process procurements by 50%; and
- Reduce the cost of purchasing by 10%.
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