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Our Supplier Partners
Who are our supplier partners?
Our supplier partners consist of a broad cross-section of companies, ranging from local, family-run businesses to global brands, all of which provide high quality, competitively priced products and services. All our supplier partners have passed our rigorous, open, fair and transparent procurement process. All current supplier partners are showcased in our Marketplace.
There are numerous benefits to doing business with OECM and clear advantages to becoming a supplier partner. These include:
Access
Expand your market by providing your OECM contracted products and services to Ontario’s education sector and other BPS organizations.
Collaboration
Take advantage of OECM’s collaborative sourcing process and get support in promoting your products and services to the sector. OECM will be your partner in managing contracts with our customers to ensure effective collaboration amongst customers and suppliers.
Innovation
Showcase your expertise with leading edge and emerging technologies, products, services and practices.
Savings
Reduce your costs by responding to fewer sourcing competitions (e.g. one RFP accessed by all of our customers versus multiple individual RFPs).
Service
Showcase your commitment to service excellence by providing a high value customer experience to Ontario’s BPS.
How it Works
Get Started as a Supplier Partner
OECM’s sourcing process is rigorous, open, fair and transparent to ensure compliance with the Broader Public Sector (BPS) Procurement Directive and the trade agreements.
OECM posts all RFx on the Ontario Tenders Portal (OTP) Jaggaer with notices of opportunities posted on MERX™ and Biddingo. In order to be considered as an OECM Supplier Partner, you must be a successful proponent resulting from the RFx process. More information on the OECM RFx Process can be found here.
1Submit Your RFx Response
Submit your response to OECM’s RFx through Ontario Tender Portal (OTP) Jaggaer.
For upcoming projects, please monitor MERX™ and Biddingo for supplier consultation requests by OECM. To be considered in the RFP process, all suppliers must submit their proposal before the closing date/time as posted in OTP Jaggaer. At the RFP closing time, OTP will close supplier access to the RFP.
2Review of your RFx Response
Once the RFx closes, all responses are rigorously reviewed and evaluated to determine which suppliers can provide the best product and service, competitive pricing, customer service and overall value to OECM customers.
3Sign a Master Agreement
Successful supplier partners are invited to sign a Master Agreement with OECM to facilitate the provision of their products and services to our customers.
OECM’s Supplier Recognition Program (SRP) is one of the first recognition programs in Ontario’s public sector. Piloted in 2019 as an integral first step in strengthening OECM’s relationships with Supplier Partners and driving greater performance, the SRP aims to drive long-term performance improvements by recognizing and motivating Supplier Partners to deliver continued savings, value, choice, and service to our Customers.
Now entering its fifth year, the SRP continues to recognize exceptional Supplier Partner performance and their invaluable contributions to delivering outstanding value and service to our customers.
Evaluation Methodology
The evaluation methodology remains unchanged from last year, ensuring a consistent and transparent framework for recognizing your achievements. Supplier Partner performance will continue to be evaluated based on the following five key criteria:
Spend/Savings
Customer Excellence (updated for 2025)
Business Growth
Strategic Alignment (updated for 2025)
Compliance
Customer Excellence: For 2025, the Customer Excellence criterion has been updated to offer greater flexibility. In addition to the Customer Satisfaction Surveys, Supplier Partners now have the option to submit testimonials from OECM Customers who have made purchases during 2025. This addition allows Supplier Partners to meet the criterion through either surveys or testimonials, supporting a broader range of feedback while recognizing outstanding service delivery.
Details on submitting customer testimonials can be found in the Customer Testimonial Guideline.
Strategic Alignment: For 2025, the Strategic Alignment criterion will focus on ESGI (Environmental, Social, Governance, and Indigenous). This builds on last year’s emphasis on ESG by incorporating Indigenous engagement as a key component. This update reflects OECM’s ongoing commitment to fostering sustainable procurement practices and promoting inclusivity, including meaningful collaboration with Indigenous communities, in partnership with our Supplier Partners.
The detailed evaluation framework for ESGI can be found in the 2025 SRP Guidebook.
The 2025 SRP will continue to award Supplier Partner performance in the following Recognition Levels:
Diamond: Met all five Evaluation Criteria
Platinum: Met any four Evaluation Criteria
Gold: Met any three Evaluation Criteria
Silver: Met any two Evaluation CriteriaSupplier Partners with multiple awarded agreements will continue to receive a single recognition level based on their overall performance across all agreements.
Eligibility
All Supplier Partners with an active OECM agreement in 2025 are automatically enrolled in the SRP.
Evaluation Period
The 2025 SRP evaluation period runs from January 1 to December 31, 2025. Results will be published in April 2026.
Ongoing customer feedback and evaluation
SRP Guidebook
OECM has developed a comprehensive Supplier Recognition Program Guidebook that provides detailed information on the evaluation methodology, ESGI framework, timeline, and recognition levels.
Customer feedback is a significant Evaluation Criteria in the SRP evaluation methodology. To assist capturing feedback, Supplier Partners can share the following Supplier Performance Satisfaction Survey link with Customers.
Customer Testimonials: Customers can reach out to your supplier(s) or email srp@oecm.ca for more information on how to submit a testimonial.
2024 Supplier Recognition Program Results
Congratulations to the awarded Supplier Partners who received recognition in the 2024 Supplier Recognition Program, including 16 Diamond, 19 Platinum, 34 Gold, and 69 Silver award recipients.
Thank you for your dedication to providing our customers with savings, value, choice, and exceptional service.
OECM’s Marketplace of products and services is constantly growing, and so too, are our partnerships with a broad cross-section of supplier partners. To build upon these partnerships, OECM has introduced a Supplier Code of Conduct (SCC). Based on OECM’s core values, the SCC has been developed to ensure that all supplier partners adhere to a set standard when conducting business in the OECM Marketplace.
By promoting these standards and applying measures to ensure compliance, OECM demonstrates its intention to partner with suppliers that operate in a manner that is congruent with its core values.
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