Bruce Power follows an Indigenous Procurement Policy. It has also joined forces with many of its supplier partners to form the Indigenous Relations Supplier Network (IRSN).
BRUCE POWER'S
Indigenous Procurement Policy
The site is located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron near Tiverton, Ontario within the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) and the traditional harvesting territories of the Métis Nation of Ontario (Region 7) (MNO) and the Historic Saugeen Métis (HSM). The site includes 8 operating CANDU reactors as well as ancillary facilities. Nuclear power has been safely generated from the site for the past 50 years, initially through the Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station (1968-1982) and subsequently through the Bruce A and B Nuclear Generating Stations which were put into service from 1977 to 1979 and from 1984 to 1987 respectively.
Bruce Power is proud to be recognized as a Procurement Champion and awarded the PAR Gold certification through the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. We are committed to working with local Indigenous communities to define objectives and targets that will increase participation in contracting and procurement opportunities and developing concrete mechanisms in support of those objectives. This commitment will be achieved by the new Indigenous Procurement Policy to ensure a meaningful, measurable impact on contracting and procurement opportunities for local Indigenous companies as well as greater opportunities for regional and national Indigenous companies. Therefore we will;
- Utilize existing processes to solicit input from the local Indigenous communities, namely SON, MNO and HSM to collaboratively maximize the benefits of this policy.
- Implement an Indigenous modifier for the evaluation of proposals and support the inclusion of Indigenous businesses in awarding contracts. Ultimately the modifier will favour indigenous owned business in priority order of local, regional or national and where value added is performed by local Indigenous community members.
- Conduct annual pre-sourcing exercises to identify areas where Indigenous owned businesses can be involved in our Supply Chain.
- Enhance processes that identify Indigenous owned businesses within our approved supplier list to ensure inclusion in the Request for Proposals of new business opportunities.
- Conduct annual workshops to identify local Indigenous owned businesses and understand their current capacity and capability to meet our contracting and procurement requirements. Collaboratively work to develop their current capacity and capability and how to create potential opportunities with other Indigenous and non-Indigenous businesses.
- Conduct annual workshops for all local Indigenous businesses to enhance or share their services within the site.
- Leverage the Indigenous Relations Supplier Network (IRSN) to build relationships with the local Indigenous communities and businesses to identify opportunities and establish mentoring networks.
Date: May 22, 2018
Signed by:
Michael W. Rencheck, President and Chief Executive Officer
Michael W. Rencheck, President and Chief Executive Officer
