Doing Business with the Region

Overview

Halton Region’s Supply Chain Management division handles the purchase of goods, services and construction projects:

• for all Regional departments
• with a total purchase value over $10,000

All purchasing activities comply with our Purchasing By-law (PDF file).

Supply Chain Management provides suppliers with fair and equal opportunities to bid on Regional business. We are also a member of the following associations:

• Halton Co-operative Purchasing Group allows for co-operative purchasing of resources and services across several community organizations to improve value for residents.
• National Institute of Government Purchasing  and Ontario Public Buyers Association  promote best practices, help establish simplified standards/specification and provide useful information (such as market conditions) for government purchasing teams.

Bids and Tenders

You can view bid opportunities and documents on Halton's Bid Opportunities website for the following commodities:

• Goods
• Services
• Construction projects

Vendor Code of Conduct

Bid documents for competitive procurements (requests for tenders, proposals, quotations) now include Halton’s Vendor Code of Conduct (PDF file). This agreement requires service providers to demonstrate:

• solid business integrity
• alignment with our core values
• high standards of ethical behaviour

To be eligible for selection, bidders must confirm that they will comply with the vendor code.

When submitting your bid, please include the signed vendor code acknowledgement form.

Frequently Asked Questions: Online Bids