Canoe Procurement Group

Easily buy the products and services you use everyday.

Group buying is a powerful tool that helps municipalities purchase products and services they regularly use. By combining forces under the Canoe Procurement Group, municipalities can access high-quality, competitively-priced goods and services, and free up staff time. LAS is a founding partner in Canoe.

Program Benefits

• Completed competitive bid process for suppliers saves the time of doing your own RFP or tender.
• Fully compliant with trade agreements.
• No minimum purchases, membership fees or binding contracts.
• Work with local retailers for service and support.

Program Information

• With the buying power of over 5000 organizations across Canada, LAS brings the leading local government buying group to Ontario.
• Access hundreds of vendors across a wide range of supply categories, everything from paper clips to fire trucks.

Program Process

• Contact the vendor, your local retailer, or your Canoe representative.
• Be sure to let the vendor know you want to use LAS Canoe Procurement Group contract.
• Post your Notice of Participation to keep purchases compliant with trade agreements.
• Vendors may require an ID number from organizations purchasing through Canoe. Contact your Canoe representative for more information.

Testimonial

“This program lets you leverage the buying power of thousands of municipalities, through your own local retailers. There’s nothing to lose by checking out the pricing, and everything to gain in terms of cost savings.”
Gary McNamara, Mayor, Town of Tecumseh

Contact

Sarah Hubble, Client Relations Manager (Ontario), Canoe Procurement Group of Canada 
613.888.2868   |   sarah@canoeprocurement.ca

Tanner Watt, Municipal Program Specialist 
416.971.9856 ext. 451   |   tswatt@amo.on.ca