News
- The new Procurement Ombudsman of Canada’s four priorities (October 3, 2018)
- Speaking notes for the Procurement Ombudsman’s appearance before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (April 17, 2018)
- The Procurement Ombudsman is now an executive fellow at the Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies at Bangor University in Wales (June 6, 2013)
- Revamped website: the Office of the Procurement Ombudsman providing better services to Canadian businesses (May 6, 2013)
- Office of the Procurement Ombudsman employee honored by a Queen Elizabeth II diamond jubilee medal (December 28, 2012)
- Office of the Procurement Ombudsman gets into the season of giving (December 19, 2012)
News releases
- Interim Procurement Ombudsman highlights issues with federal procurement (October 11, 2017)
- Interim Procurement Ombudsman releases his 2015 to 2016 Annual Report (August 18, 2016)
- Procurement Ombudsman continues to help Canadian businesses and federal departments resolve contracting issues (December 17, 2015)
- Procurement Ombudsman finds issues with the federal government standing offers and supply arrangements (December 8, 2015)
- Procurement Ombudsman highlights two new federal procurement issues in his latest annual report (August 26, 2014)
- Procurement Ombudsman continues his call for increased fairness, openness and transparency in public procurement (October 29, 2013)
- Procurement Ombudsman reports on perceived favouritism in federal contracts (March 12, 2013)
- Procurement Ombudsman finds concerns regarding the fairness, openness and transparency of federal procurement (June 28, 2012)
- Procurement Ombudsman finds improper use of Advance Contract Award Notice procurement instrument (July 25, 2011)
- Government of Canada appoints new Procurement Ombudsman (December 15, 2010)
- Lack of documentation hampers transparency in government procurement: Procurement Ombudsman calls for urgent implementation of government action plans to remedy situation (PDF, 44KB) (June 15, 2010)
Office of the Procurement Ombudsman in the news
- Liberals promised an infrastructure spending bonanza, but a year into their term the money is trickling out, Financial Post, 2017-01-13
- Automated hiring system for federal interpreters postponed for 5th time, CBC.ca, 2016-12-26
- Food inspection agency looks for investigators to probe contracting practices, Ottawa Citizen, 2014-12-24
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