Indigenous Procurement Policy Dialogue

In collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Institute convened a virtual ‘workshop’ on Indigenous procurement opportunities and challenges in the DFO–CCG portfolio.

The workshop was held over four sessions to target specific topics related to procurement and to include different expert panelists, officials and Indigenous business managers and entrepreneurs.

As a result of the workshop, we gained a greater understanding of:

• the current state of DFO–CCG procurement of Indigenous-owned and -operated businesses
• current and future Indigenous procurement opportunities at DFO–CCG
• Indigenous capacity, expertise and gaps with regards to the procurement process and successful delivery of contracts
• administrative and/or policy constraints and opportunities based on lessons learned and best-case examples

The results of our workshop sessions are presented below. A final report on the project, including recommendations, is also available.

Final Report

Workshop Session Materials

December 2: Current and Future Opportunities

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Current State and Future Opportunities (Institute)
  • CCAB Efforts to Increase Federal Procurement from Indigenous Businesses
• Graphic Recording

December 7: Indigenous Capacity, Expertise and Gaps

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • National Indigenous Economic Development Board Sub-committee on Procurement
  • A-Tlegay Fisheries Society (Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management Department)
  • Path to Procurement Discussion, Recap of Previous Session Discussions and Upcoming Sessions (Institute)
• Graphic Recording

December 9: Administrative and Policy Constraints and Opportunities

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Federal Indigenous Procurement: Presentation to Business (PSPC/ISC)
  • Mythbusting Government Procurement (PSPC’s OSME)
  • Procurement DFO-CCG
  • Administrative and Policy Constraints and Opportunities, Proposed Opportunities into Pilots (Institute)
• Graphic Recordings
  • Learning from Indigenous Suppliers (Institute) and Indigenous Services Canada (Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business)
  • Mythbusting Government Procurement (Office of Small and Medium Enterprises, Public Services and Procurement Canada)
  • DFO-CCG Procurement
  • Opportunities and Challenges (Institute)

December 14: Capacity Path to Procurement

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Indigenous Procurement Pathway (NACCA)
  • Project Recap, Training and Skills Development project, Path to Procurement, Advancing Pilots, Advancing Opportunities (Institute)
• Graphic Recording
• Whiteboarding Exercises
  • Path to Procurement
  • Advancing Pilots and Opportunities