If you’re a member of the Ontario Public Service or the broader public sector, your organization is eligible to access Ontario’s Vendor of Record (VOR) arrangements and Volume Licensing Agreements (VLAs), saving your organization valuable time and money.
Benefits of using these arrangements include:
- Ability to tap into the Province’s volume-based buying power
- Easy access to pre-qualified vendors offering a variety of goods and/or services
- Quick access to contract manager support and helpful user guides
- Streamlining the way you procure commonly used goods and services through a traditional Request for Bids (RFB) process
Register as a buyer
To find out if your organization is already a registered non-OPS buyer, please contact [email protected] or you may go to the List of successfully registered OPS Clients and Non-OPS Clients.
To learn how to become a registered non-OPS buyer, please access the Operational Guidelines for Use of Enterprise-wide Vendor of Record Arrangements and Volume Licensing Agreements by OPS Clients and Non-OPS Clients guide.
Once you know if you are eligible to become a registered buyer, you may register here.
Registered buyers can then access the list and details of Enterprise-wide Vendor of Record arrangements in the Vendor of Record Client Portal.
You can also learn more about our Vendor of Record arrangements in our procurement bulletins.
Procurement rationale form
For broader public sector organizations, your funding ministry may tell you to complete a Procurement Rationale Report Form for new, in-scope procurements that are:
- $121,200 and greater
- not leveraging a bulk buying agreement or
- two years or more in length including extensions
More information about the Procurement Rationale Report Form is available in the FAQs about Supply Chain Centralization.