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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 sixth 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 2026)
Business Growth
Strategic Alignment (updated for 2026)
Compliance
Customer Excellence: For 2026, the Customer Excellence criterion continues to offer flexibility allowing Supplier Partners to submit either Customer surveys or testimonials.
Customer submissions will now require averaging 80% or higher to meet the criterion, up from 70% or higher in 2025 program.
Details on submitting customer testimonials can be found in the Testimonial Guidelines.
Strategic Alignment: For 2026, Innovation has been introduced as a new component of the Strategic Alignment criteria. This builds on last year’s focus on ESGI (Environmental, Social, Governance, and Indigenous) by incorporating Innovation as a key component.
Innovation recognizes supplier-led innovative procurement practices, products, services, and technologies that deliver measurable value and improved outcomes for OECM customers.
Details of the Evaluation Methodology and framework are available in the 2026 SRP Guidebook.
ESGI + Innovation Application Deadline: December 31, 2026
Recognition Levels
The 2026 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 2026 are automatically enrolled in the SRP.
Evaluation Period
The 2026 SRP evaluation period runs from January 1 to December 31, 2026. Results will be published in April 2027.
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 + Innovation 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.
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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