Consulting
Supporting you to design and implement your social procurement.
Consulting services include
- Strategic assistance in the development of a social procurement policy
- Supply chain analysis
- Stakeholder engagement and change management
- Implementation support: Staff training, networking, and tools for measuring outcomes
- Procurement strategy consulting
- Community Benefit Agreements
You will have access to
- A trusted network of social enterprises including Buy Social Canada Certified Social Enterprises
- Best practice social procurement tools and resources
- A team with decades of proven experience in social procurement
- A network of diverse experts located throughout Canada
What to expect
Our Approach
Working in collaboration with your organization and our industry-leading strategic partners, we will design a package that meets your social procurement goals.
Procurement Analysis
A review of current spending to find social value opportunities in your supply chain, from social enterprises to local small- and medium-sized business
Strategic Planning
Guide the direction of your social procurement with a selection of objectives that are aligned with your organizational goals.
Implementation
Putting a social procurement policy into practice is key to creating impact. This includes integrating processes, reporting tools, communications and guiding change management.
Continual Support
As your social procurement activities change and grow over time we can continue to work together to help achieve your goals.
Project Portfolio
Our project expertise and delivery is founded on working with a diverse group of clients to achieve community goals.
City of Vancouver
As the Community Benefit Agreement Implementation Partner we designed the social value outcome definitions, community and industry engagement process, data collection tools, standards for metrics, and the evaluation and reporting protocols.
Government of British Columbia
We are working with Citizens Services to create a new government-wide Social Value Menu and set of tools to support with social procurement implementation that can help to achieve government mandates and goals.
City of Lethbridge
We are working with the City of Lethbridge to design their Benefits-Driven Procurement Strategy.
British Columbia Social Procurement Initiative
We are a partner in supporting over 30 local governments and institutions across British Columbia to work collaboratively to design and implement social procurement for rural and remote municipalities.
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
We are working to develop and implement the Social Procurement Program. We are also supporting the municipality to develop an Indigenous Procurement Strategy.
City of Peterborough
We are supporting the City of Peterborough to develop their social procurement policy and implementation plan.
Chandos Construction
We are collaborating with Chandos to integrate social enterprises into the construction industry supply chain.
City of Calgary
We designed the benefit driven procurement policy and supported the implementation of the policy to enhance the local social enterprise, diversity, and SME sector.
PCL Construction
We are the Independent Third Party Monitor on the New St. Paul’s Hospital. Our work includes monitoring and measuring outcomes and supporting connections to create community benefits.
United Way GTA
We are collaborating with United Way of Greater Toronto area to enhance social procurement opportunities for social enterprises across the region.
City of Surrey
We designed the social procurement guide and implementation framework for the Infrastructure Canada Community Employment Benefits for the Coastal Floodplain Adaptation Projects
Simon Fraser University
We supported the inclusion of social enterprise and Indigenous owned suppliers into their catering contract opportunities.
Our Consulting Network
We collaborate with our trusted consultants across Canada bringing local, community based knowledge and specialized expertise to support the delivery of our work.
