Starter Guide: Working with the City of Toronto
Set your business up for success and become the next supplier to succeed from Etobicoke to East York with this helpful starter guide, courtesy of the Toronto team and IWSCC.
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Webinar: Using RFPs to Build Your Brand
Rather than a broad “tips for procurement” session, the webinar will focus on a single, concrete lesson: how Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can use the Request for Proposal (RFP) process as a strategic branding and positioning tool, regardless of outcome. Participants will be guided through how procurement processes signal values, credibility, and capability, and…
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What To Do When You Lose a Bid: A Useful Perspective for SMEs
For many Small and Medium-sized businesses (also called Small and Medium Enterprises or SMEs), losing a bid can feel like failing. They spend time, stretch their resources, and get their hopes up, only to be met with silence or a brief regret notice.
That reaction is understandable, but incomplete.
Procurement is more than just one transaction. It’s a process built on signals, relationships, and risk assessment. Seen this way, a lost bid isn’t the end of the conversation. Often, it’s the start of being noticed.
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Research: New Report Calls for Urgent Action to Remove Accessibility Barriers in Canadian Procurement
A groundbreaking report by Adaptability Canada, developed in collaboration with leading accessibility and procurement experts, reveals systemic barriers that prevent people with disabilities and disabled-owned businesses from fully participating in Canadian procurement processes. According to a Statistics Canada survey in early 2025, 2.5% of private sector businesses in Canada—more than 25,000 companies—are majority-owned by people…
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Office of Small and Medium Enterprises now Procurement Assistance Canada
The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) is now Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC). PAC, as part of Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), is here to make it easier for smaller and diverse businesses to bid on federal contracting opportunities. PAC is growing so that it can continue to help businesses access federal procurement…
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IWSCC RBC Media Release
MEDIA RELEASE September 10, 2018 Inclusive Workplace and Supply Council of Canada announces RBC as first Founding Member to support disabled owned and Veteran owned businesses in Canada Toronto, ON, September 10, 2018 – Deidre Guy, Founder of the Inclusive Workplace and Supply Council of Canada (IWSCC), is thrilled to announce the…
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City of Toronto’s second Social Procurement networking event
On May 17th, diverse suppliers, including IWSCC Certified Suppliers, were invited to the City of Toronto’s second Social Procurement networking event. Smiling and enthusiastic procurement staff from across the City of Toronto’s departments lined Metro Halls’ rotunda: from Parks, Forests and Recreation to IT services to Toronto Animal Services. Over the course of the…
