Printer suppliers protest Shared Services’ new procurement plan

'This decision by SSC will definitely hurt us, it will impact our business,' says the owner of a Yukon-based office systems provider. But Shared Services Canada says it's needed to streamline buying and get better deals.

Shared Services Canada, overseen by Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough, pictured, is planning to consolidate the number of standing offers it has for printers and printing services. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

March 7, 2018

A new Shared Services Canada procurement program consolidating the number of pre-approved suppliers for printers and printing services will completely shut out small- and medium-sized suppliers, leaving a handful of deep-pocketed multinationals competing for $60- to $100-million worth of contracts ...

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