Make Buy Ontario a natural part of your procurement workflow
The Municipal Buy Ontario Procurement Directive is here. bids&tenders makes it simple to apply, track, and prove Buy Ontario — right inside the platform your team already uses, without the administrative headache.
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The moment
Ontario’s new procurement directive asks municipalities and public buyers to give preference to Ontario and Canadian suppliers. For procurement teams, that means new rules to apply, new decisions to document, and new reporting to produce — often by hand.
We built Buy Ontario support so your team doesn’t have to figure it out alone.
Why bids&tenders
Built in
Works inside the platform you already use. Nothing new to learn, no separate system to manage.
Defensible by design
Every decision documented and reportable.
Less manual work
The platform captures the data and does the math, with no extra data entry.
Ready today
Buy Ontario support is live now.
The promise
Apply with confidence
Add Buy Ontario to any project in a few clicks, with the right policy built in.
Track every decision
Capture how Buy Ontario affected each award, automatically kept for the record.
Prove your compliance
Report across every project to show where Buy Ontario applied and the impact it had.
Automate the heavy lifting (Advanced)
When you’re ready for full support, Advanced collects domestic content from suppliers and calculates the Buy Ontario advantage for you.
How it works
Enable
Switch Buy Ontario on for a project and choose the policy.
Capture
Record exceptions, award impact, and cost impact as you go.
Report
Filter, list, and export your Buy Ontario activity anytime.
With Advanced, the Capture step is automated — suppliers submit their domestic content and the platform does the calculation.
Two ways to get there
- Apply Buy Ontario policies to your projects
- Record exceptions and award impact for a defensible trail
- Report and export across all your projects
For teams that want to stay compliant and organized from day one.
Everything in Standard, plus:
- Pre-built Domestic Supply Chain Plan (DSCP) submission forms, added automatically
- Domestic content collected from suppliers through the DSCP, not chased by hand
- The Buy Ontario advantage calculated for you — no spreadsheets, no data entry or math errors
For teams that want to automate the heavy lifting and remove risk.
See Buy Ontario in action
Book a 30-minute walkthrough with our team and we’ll show you how it fits your process.
Book my meetingFrequently asked questions
Is Buy Ontario available now?
Yes. Support is live in bids&tenders today.
Do I need Advanced to comply?
No. Standard covers applying, tracking, and reporting Buy Ontario.
What’s the difference between Standard and Advanced?
Advanced automates supplier domestic-content collection and calculates the Buy Ontario advantage for you.
Help shape what’s next
Buy Ontario is brand new, and early adopters have the strongest voice in where it goes.
Explore the Buy Ontario help centre for guides and to share your feedback.
Book a demo to see it in action.