Indigenous Procurement

Indigenous Procurement

As part of our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation, we are working to reduce barriers and improve the capability for Indigenous-owned businesses to sell their products and services to us.

Right now, we are creating a program called the Indigenous Procurement Program. This program:

  • will contribute to social and economic reconciliation for Indigenous peoples; 
  • will follow the public procurement law about how we buy goods and services;
  • is being developed by our Supply Management team, with guidance from the Indigenous Relations Office; and our Indigenous Knowledge Keeper; and
  • will be shaped by input from Indigenous communities.

  • The City of Calgary was awarded on The Indigenomics Institute's 2024 "10 to Watch list"

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Program approach

Program goal:

To reduce barriers and improve the capability of Indigenous-owned businesses to participate in our procurement process.

Current steps

We are creating an Indigenous Procurement strategy, based on what we’ve learned from the engagements and the Indigenous Procurement Working Group. This strategy will explain where we stand and the steps we need to take to support economic reconciliation.

Program Approach -Step 1: Baseline, Analyze, Engage, Step 2: Strategize pilot, Step 3: Communicate, Inform, Collaboration, Step 4: Action

Baseline, Analyze, Engage

Understanding where we are today by engaging with Indigenous businesses to learn about their lived experiences with public procurement. 

You can find more details in the "What We Heard" reports below.

Strategize and Pilot (We are currently in this phase)

Strategize and Pilot:

Building the Indigenous Procurement Strategies to reflect where we are today, incorporate what were heard through engagement and show where we need to go on our journey. 

Communicate, Inform, Collaborate

Sharing information, raising awareness and working together with potential suppliers on the strategies to progress our journey.

Action

Implementing the strategies with internal and external parties to increase the capacity of Indigenous-owned businesses to participate in The City’s Procurement process, and in turn benefit Indigenous business-owners, their families and communities.

Looking for opportunities?

Visit our Purchasing Process page to learn more about our purchasing opportunities.  

Many of these contracts will include our Social Procurement Questionnaire as part of the evaluation criteria. This questionnaire will give a competitive edge to small and medium-sized businesses and equity-deserving groups, such as certified Indigenous-owned businesses. You can learn more about Social Procurement at calgary.ca/SocialProcurement. 

 

Kawa'pomahkaiks (2020) by Adrian Stimson. Stimson is a member of the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation in southern Alberta.

Contact Us

The Indigenous Procurement Program is the current priority initiative of the Social Procurement Program.

If you have any questions or feedback about our Indigenous Procurement Program or want to learn more, feel free to email IndigenousProcurement@calgary.ca

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