Understanding your trade treaty obligations

We’ve outlined some of the core principles of trade agreements that you need to be familiar with to ensure your procurement processes meet the treaty obligations.
Surety Association of Canada Introduces Updated Standard Bond Forms

This new set of forms includes updated 2021 versions of the SAC Bid Bond, Performance Bond, and Labour & Material Payment Bond.
Manage supplier performance for successful contracts

Adding supplier performance management to your procurement processes can be a powerful tool for any organization to mitigate risk and improve contract performance.
What are Surety or Performance Bonds? A Complete Guide

To protect against construction risk, you can use surety bonds, including performance bonds, and labour & material payment bonds. Here’s a summary you can refer to!
How bids&tenders supports our clients

An important part of bids&tenders’ commitment to bringing the entire procurement process online is ensuring that our clients and their suppliers are supported.
How to Write an Effective RFP

Writing a clear, professional RFP not only increases supplier uptake of your opportunity, but also results in more, compliant responses. Download this free resource for tips on writing an effective RFP.
How strategic procurement helps organizations achieve their goals

An organization that recognizes the importance of procurement in working towards its goals goals will be better placed to achieve them.
Calculating the ROI of an eProcurement Platform

An eProcurement system will often pay for itself – here’s how to calculate the ROI of an eProcurement platform in 5 easy steps.
The pitfalls of email bid submissions

Owners beware: receiving bid submissions over email may sound easy, but experts advise the practice could open the door to all kinds of risky outcomes.
5 tips for being more strategic in your procurements

Becoming more strategic in how you approach procurement ultimately saves time and money for both buyers and suppliers.