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Your Government Goals for 2020

January 28, 2020 | Filed under: Marion Soubliere

It’s 2020 and the year is still gleaming fresh. If you’re a business owner who would love to bolster your Government of Canada (GC) client revenues, the time is ripe for new goals and a motivational to-do list. (Or if you’ve never supplied services to the federal government and would …

Social Procurement to Woo Female-Led Firms, Among Others

May 28, 2019 | Filed under: Marion Soubliere

There’s a short paragraph in Budget 2018 that didn’t garner much buzz last year. But it holds hope for women-owned companies that want a bigger piece of the roughly $20 billion annual federal market. As part of boosting the overall number of female-run firms in this country, the Government of …

New Federal e-Commerce Site: Direct Sales, Clients Galore

September 25, 2018 | Filed under: Marion Soubliere

The Government of Canada is the first to admit that it’s not easy to do business with them. But change is on the horizon. The latest step toward simpler procurement involves replacing the buyandsell.gc.ca tendering site. In July 2018, the government awarded U.S.-based InfoSys Public Services a contract to build a …

Perks of Being a Federal Supplier Aboard ProServices

May 8, 2018 | Filed under: Marion Soubliere

The Government of Canada is eager to buy from small businesses. My 2017 post Winning Contracts With the Government of Canada explained how to register as a supplier to this annual $15-billion to $20-billion market. How to Market Your Services to the Feds, meanwhile, suggested ways to continually keep your small …

Attending Conferences at Home and Abroad? Aye!

July 11, 2017 | Filed under: Marion Soubliere

For editors, industry conferences are like chicken soup for the soul. Editing can be a lonely profession, but combining learning with camaraderie is a spirit-boosting elixir. Many of us are still brimming with ideas and newfound confidence following June’s 2017 Editors Canada conference in Gatineau. Such learning and networking need …

How to Market Your Services to the Feds

May 23, 2017 | Filed under: Marion Soubliere

The Government of Canada, one of this country’s biggest markets, is eager to do business with the tiniest of firms. Its Office of Small and Medium Enterprises launched in 2005 to help small companies land contracts. And, after many attempts to simplify procurement, a new e-commerce web portal is planned that …

Winning Contracts With the Government of Canada

February 14, 2017 | Filed under: Marion Soubliere

The federal government spends between $15 billion and $20 billion annually on goods and services, including editing and writing. Communication skills are in high demand. The government’s massive web renewal project faces much work ahead in streamlining 1,500 websites into one overarching website, Canada.ca. Small businesses across Canada, including solopreneurs, …

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