Let’s Talk Procurement
Consultation has concluded
How the Government of the Northwest Territories buys and contracts goods and services (known as procurement) has a big impact on the NWT economy.
As much as possible, this investment (over $260 million a year) should benefit NWT businesses and residents.
But the last time our government reviewed its purchasing policies was in 2010 and a lot of things have changed since then.
It’s important that our policies reflect the needs of our businesses today – so we need to know what you think is working or what needs to be changed when it comes to our government’s procurement process.
How do I participate?
Online through this engagement platform:
- Open forums encouraging productive dialogue on key topics
- Virtually at one of our engagement webinars hosted by an independent panel
- Email Procurement_Review@gov.nt.ca to sign up for an engagement session
- tell us who you are and how we can contact you (providing both an e-mail address and phone number.)
- Give us the date of the public engagement session you would like to participate in.
- Email Procurement_Review@gov.nt.ca to sign up for an engagement session
What’s important to us
As much as possible, government procurement should benefit NWT businesses and residents.
Because government money is also ‘your’ money, it is important that our procurement policies:
- are transparent
- are fair
- are competitive;
- and maximize the value of the taxpayers’ dollars.
How will my contribution make a difference?
Any thoughts and observations – and especially experiences and ideas – that you can provide to us through this platform will be shared with the advisory panel as they consider their recommendations.
This is an opportunity for you to join the NWT-wide conversation – we want you to tell us what matters to you.
Where can I find more information?
- What policies are in place right now
- A collection of useful links and documents can be found in our libraries to the right.
How we’re reviewing these policies
We’ve hired a panel of independent procurement professionals with lots of experience to get the conversation started. They’ll be hosting online engagement sessions where you can discuss any topics related to procurement, ask questions and share your feedback.
We want to highlight that this is a conversation – we want you to tell us what matters to you.