Procurement/Vendors

Purchasing Services is involved and focused on the strategic acquisition of goods and services in support of student success. It is the department's goal to achieve value for money through best practices that are supported by Board Policy 18: Purchasing and Administrative Procedure 515: Purchasing Procedure, the Government of Ontario's Broader Public Sector Procurement Directive, and the governing laws of procurement.

What we do:

• deliver first-class customer service and support;
• participate in strategic acquisition;
• facilitate and manage the competitive bid process;
• sourcing and market research;
• develop and manage vendor relationships; and
• risk management and risk mitigation strategies.

Tenders

The Board advertises Request for Quotation and Request for Proposal’s through Bids and Tenders which provides suppliers of goods and services exposure to a variety of buyers in not only the education sector, but provincial and municipal sectors as well. The Board's open competitive processes promote fairness and transparency to ensure equal treatment without preference to responsive and responsible vendors. Sign up to receive bid opportunity notifications by visiting the Bids and Tenders website.

At the discretion of the Board bidding opportunities will be requested outside of Bids & Tenders and will be posted on our board’s website.

Current bidding opportunities not posted through Bids and Tenders:

E-mail LDSB Purchasing to request a copy of the Request for Quotation package.

Collaborative Purchasing

Limestone District School Board is a member of several National and province-based collaborative strategic sourcing groups/marketplaces listed below that offer a wide range of collaboratively-sourced and competitively priced products and services:

• Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
• Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace
• Kinetic GPO

Potential vendors should review the following terms and conditions:

• Purchase Order Terms
• Standard Services Terms and Conditions

Procurement resources

• Purchasing Policy (Administrative Policy 18)
• Purchasing Procedure (Administrative Procedure 515)
• Purchase Order Terms
• Standard Services Terms and Conditions
• Broader Public Sector Procurement Initiative

Contact us

Lindsay Benjamin, Assistant Manager of Financial Services 

613-544-6925 ext. 31262 

1-800-267-0935 ext. 31262

Pauline Baker, Procurement Specialist

613-544-6925 ext.31347

1-800-267-0935 ext.31347

Jody Fitz, Procurement Specialist

613-544-6925 ext. 31216

1-800-267-0935 ext. 31216

General Purchasing Inquiries