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Greening Procurement

Part A: Green Procurement Capacity Building


Activity Target as % (as reported in 2010–11 RPP) Actual Results as % Description/Comments
Training for Procurement and Materiel Management Staff 95% by March 2014 65% as of
March 2011
  • Staff involved with contracting for goods or services received Green Procurement training in the form of C215 On-line Course (Canada School of Public Service) or Required Training Courses (Canada School of Public Service).
  • Corporate Services Contracting personnel who have not completed the C215 course as of December 2011 will be required to complete it by March 31, 2012.
Training for Acquisition Cardholders 50% by March 2014 This target will start in
2011-12
  • Training presently involves meeting with each new card holder and explaining the legislative responsibilities to them. Green procurement links are provided to them as well as our DFO Finance and Administration 101 Web information pertaining to various departmental procurement and contracting policies.
  • DFO allows the card holders to use Standing Offer Agreements (SOAs) up to the limit of the SOA. Activities against SOA firms where the GAC is used cannot be tracked by Oracle, but in 2011-12, tracking GAC transactions will be attempted.
  • DFO regional managers are exposed to Green Procurement requirements via the Delegated Authorities Training courses provided; completion of C215 is encouraged.
Performance Evaluations This target will start in
2011-12
  • As yet, full reporting requirements have not been identified for Oracle insofar as Green Procurement is concerned.
  • A team will be looking into the use of Line Objects and various flex fields in Oracle to allow DFO to access Green procurement activities more readily.
Procurement Processes and Controls This target will start in
2011-12
  • DFO is currently modifying our Green Procurement policy and other procurement policies to reflect the Sustainable Development strategies and targets to align Oracle to allow for better monitoring and reporting.
  • GAC Green procurement transactions will require dialogue between DFO and the Bank of Montreal to supply Vendors' names based on the Public Works and Government Services Canada's Green SOAs.

Part B: Use of Green Consolidated Procurement Instruments


Good/Service Target as %
(as reported in 2010–11 RPP)
Actual Results as % Description/Comments
Computer Equipment 100%
  • DFO has had in place for three years a complete Life Cycle Assets Management process for acquiring PCs, which have been ordered against specific standards, which include "greening" provisions and were purchased against SOAs put in place by PWGSC.
  • LCAM procurement activities up until November 30, 2009 were:
    • 2008-09 $4,765,000.00
    • 2009-10 $2,735,000.00
  • The ability to report from our Financials on service contracts against Green SOAs issued by PWGSC will not be available until 2010-11.
Photocopier Paper (Recycled) Percentage of recycled paper purchased that contains a minimum 30% recycled content. Target for 2011-12: 95%
Target for 2012-13: 10% of recycled paper with minimum 50% recycled content.
DFO has set its baseline for FTE's as 10,633 for the reduction of paper target.
  • Due to the inability to access detailed transactions for paper procurement/consumption, DFO can report on the amount of recycled paper purchased for the major centres using high volume photocopiers.
  • Discussions with our systems and financial group will allow us to design reporting abilities to report on recycled paper consumption in the new year.
  • The recycled paper purchased for 2008-09 and 2009-10 for four out of seven Regional HQs High Speed copiers is as follows:
    • 2008-09 $137,000.00
    • 2009-10 as of Nov. 30 $117,000.00

Part C: Reduction Initiatives for Specific Goods


Consumable/Asset Target as % Reduction or # per FTE Actual Results as % Reduction or # per FTE Description/Comments
Personal Computers: Life Cycle Assets Management (LCAM) 100%
  • LCAM of PCs is now at 100% for PCs connected to the Departmental Wide Area Network.
  • The PWGSC Departmental Individual Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements used by DFO to acquire PCs are environmentally friendly and DFO is further moving to bulk palletized wrapped deliveries to reduce the impact of surplus packaging.
Printers
  • Currently, leases call for double-sided print capacity.
  • Study to be performed to increase ratio of employees to printers.
Consumables [Inventory]
  • Currently, DFO is reviewing the inventory management of consumables. We have a number of systems that do not report on a national basis; none that track "green" consumables in particular.
  • The target date to have inventory systems reporting nationally is 2011-12. Green reporting will be factored into any further developments.

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