Outreach and engagement events—by date

We offer seminars to individuals and groups at our Regional Office in Toronto. We cover a range of subjects from the fundamentals of the procurement process, obtaining security clearance, bidding on opportunities, supplying professional services to defence and security procurement.

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2024

May

Toronto – Bidding on Opportunities (virtual)

May 08, 2024 | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Toronto, Ontario - Would you like to learn more about how to bid? This two-hour webinar is designed for participants who are ready for a more detailed overview of the bidding process and provides key information to help you bid on opportunities, including:

  • The different types of solicitation documents
  • The main elements of a solicitation document and how to respond to them
  • How bids are evaluated and suppliers are selected
  • How to follow-up after receipt of the bidding process results
  • Best practices, tips and suggestions
Toronto – Supplying Professional Services (virtual)

May 15, 2024 | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Toronto, Ontario - This two-hour webinar provides key information to help you bid on Professional Services opportunities, including:

The procurement tools a Government of Canada buyer may use for purchasing professional services, including:

  • ProServices
  • Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS)
  • Task and Solutions-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS/SBIPS)
  • Learning Services
  • How to register your business in Centralized Professional Services System (CPSS) ePortal and SELECT
  • Key contacts
Mississauga – 15th Annual Conference on Eastern Indigenous Consultation & Engagement
May 21, 2024 | 7:30 am to 4:30 pm | Mississauga — Sandman Signature Mississauga Hotel | Partnered Event
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Mississauga, ON - Join Procurement Assistance Canada - Ontario Region (PAC-OR) at the 15th Annual Conference on Eastern Indigenous Consultation & Engagement presented by the Canadian Institute on May 21-22, 2024. PAC will be there to present information on how businesses can get involved with federal procurement.

About the conference: This event will involve cutting-edge knowledge and networking opportunities with consultation professionals from across Eastern Canada, as they share lessons learnt and continue to build strategies to carry into the next year of consultation in Canada.

Location:
Sandman Signature Mississauga Hotel
5400 Dixie Rd
Mississauga, ON L4W 4T4

Registration: Eastern Indigenous Consultation & Engagement (canadianinstitute.com)

Toronto – CanadaBuys and SAP Ariba – Registration support & finding opportunities (virtual)
May 22, 2024 | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Toronto, Ontario - Procurement Assistance Canada, Ontario Region will be hosting a virtual walk through session for CanadaBuys and SAP Ariba. The session will demonstrate how to search and find tender opportunities, resources and guides available on CanadaBuys and how to register your business in SAP Ariba. Procurement Assistance Canada will be available to answer any questions you have regarding CanadaBuys and SAP Ariba.

Toronto – Federal Procurement Virtual Drop–in Café (virtual)
May 28, 2024 | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Toronto, Ontario – Procurement Assistance Canada Ontario Region is hosting a virtual drop-in session on the federal procurement process. Drop in to ask us your questions on any part of the federal process, including:

  • Doing Business with the Government of Canada
  • Finding Opportunities on the Government Electronic Tendering Service;
  • Bidding on Opportunities;
  • Supplying Professional Services, and
  • Obtaining Security Clearance
Toronto – Mythbusting Federal Government Procurement and Overview of Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS)
May 28, 2024 | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Toronto, ON - Join Procurement Assistance Canada - Ontario Region for a special webinar session on Mythbusting Federal Government Procurement and the Innovation for Defence, Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program.

 

Did you know that the Government of Canada buys $15-20 billion worth of goods and services each year? Do you think they only buy from big companies? Would you be surprised to learn that many of these contracts are awarded to small businesses in Canada? Let us help you decide if selling to the Government of Canada is appropriate for you.

 

Canada’s defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged commits to $1.6 billion of investment in innovations for defence and security over the next 20 years. The Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program is looking for your solutions to help resolve defence and security challenges. IDEaS will support the development of solutions from their conceptual stage, through prototype testing and capability development.


 
Toronto – Bidder Masterclass – Goods (virtual)

May 29, 2024 | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — virtual | PAC Hosted Seminar
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Procurement Assistance Canada - Ontario Region  gets you a “glimpse behind the curtain” in this interactive workshop on the process used by federal government procurement officers to evaluate bids, award contracts, and purchase services.

In this session you will act as a Government of Canada Contracting Officer/Technical Authority. The exercise will be to evaluate sample bids against criteria from a fictitious tender, or RFP document. Improve your bidding strategies by learning:

  • some common mistakes bidders make, and how to avoid them;
  • how and when to ask questions; and
  • best practices for creating your own bids.

This session is designed for SME owners/representatives with bidding experience or those who have attended PAC Seminars in the past.

Federal Procurement Diversity Expo for Persons with Disabilities
May 30, 2024 | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Partnered Event
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Toronto, ON - Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC) - Ontario Region will host a collaborative webinar to support the growth and inclusion of businesses owned or led by persons with disabilities in partnership with CNIB Foundation, Canadian Hearing Services, RISEEmployment and Social Development Canada, the City of Toronto, and other partners. The expo will highlight socio-economic resources and information to support persons with disabilities and small businesses in the accessibility community.

This event will provide information about the basics of selling to the government of Canada and accessibility in federal procurement. Additionally, our government and community partners will provide information on the services offered by their organizations for persons with disabilities. 

June

Toronto – Doing Business with the Government of Canada (virtual)
June 05, 2024 | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Only in English.

Toronto, Ontario - The Government of Canada purchases $22 billion of goods and services each year. This two-hour webinar provides key information about how to sell to the Government of Canada that will help you learn how to:

  • Find out whether the Government of Canada buys your goods or service
  • Understand the contracting process
  • Register in supplier databases
  • Build networks and promote your business
  • Search for opportunities
  • Take advantage of the procurement information on Buyandsell.gc.ca and Canadabuys
  • Understand the security clearance process
  • Bid on opportunities
Toronto – Bidding on Opportunities (virtual)

June 12, 2024 | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Only in English.

Toronto, Ontario - Would you like to learn more about how to bid? This two-hour webinar is designed for participants who are ready for a more detailed overview of the bidding process and provides key information to help you bid on opportunities, including:

  • The different types of solicitation documents
  • The main elements of a solicitation document and how to respond to them
  • How bids are evaluated and suppliers are selected
  • How to follow-up after receipt of the bidding process results
  • Best practices, tips and suggestions
Toronto – Supplying Professional Services (virtual)

June 19, 2024 | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Only in English.

Toronto, Ontario - This two-hour webinar provides key information to help you bid on Professional Services opportunities, including:

The procurement tools a Government of Canada buyer may use for purchasing professional services, including:

  • ProServices
  • Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS)
  • Task and Solutions-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS/SBIPS)
  • Learning Services
  • How to register your business in Centralized Professional Services System (CPSS) ePortal and SELECT
  • Key contacts
Toronto – Mythbusting Federal Government Procurement and Overview of Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS)
June 25, 2024 | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Toronto, ON - Join Procurement Assistance Canada - Ontario Region for a special webinar session on Mythbusting Federal Government Procurement and the Innovation for Defence, Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program.

 

Did you know that the Government of Canada buys $15-20 billion worth of goods and services each year? Do you think they only buy from big companies? Would you be surprised to learn that many of these contracts are awarded to small businesses in Canada? Let us help you decide if selling to the Government of Canada is appropriate for you.

 

Canada’s defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged commits to $1.6 billion of investment in innovations for defence and security over the next 20 years. The Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program is looking for your solutions to help resolve defence and security challenges. IDEaS will support the development of solutions from their conceptual stage, through prototype testing and capability development.


 
Toronto – CanadaBuys and SAP Ariba – Registration support & finding opportunities (virtual)
June 26, 2024 | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
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Toronto, Ontario - Procurement Assistance Canada, Ontario Region will be hosting a virtual walk through session for CanadaBuys and SAP Ariba. The session will demonstrate how to search and find tender opportunities, resources and guides available on CanadaBuys and how to register your business in SAP Ariba. Procurement Assistance Canada will be available to answer any questions you have regarding CanadaBuys and SAP Ariba.

July

Toronto – Mythbusting Federal Government Procurement and Overview of Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS)
July 30, 2024 | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | Toronto — Virtual | Webinar
More Information

Toronto, ON - Join Procurement Assistance Canada - Ontario Region for a special webinar session on Mythbusting Federal Government Procurement and the Innovation for Defence, Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program.

 

Did you know that the Government of Canada buys $15-20 billion worth of goods and services each year? Do you think they only buy from big companies? Would you be surprised to learn that many of these contracts are awarded to small businesses in Canada? Let us help you decide if selling to the Government of Canada is appropriate for you.

 

Canada’s defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged commits to $1.6 billion of investment in innovations for defence and security over the next 20 years. The Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program is looking for your solutions to help resolve defence and security challenges. IDEaS will support the development of solutions from their conceptual stage, through prototype testing and capability development.


 

Contact PAC

For more information on our programs and services, you may reach us by using one of the following methods:


  1. Email: tpsgc.pasacontario-appacontario.pwgsc@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
  2. Toll-Free: 1 800-668-5378
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