Summit magazine contents
2008 - Volume 11

September 2008
Volume 11, Issue 4

COVER

Face to face
with Larry Berglund, University of British Columbia procurement director and green procurement advocate

e-bonding: you complete me
Municipal matters
E-bonding: the final piece to the e-procurement process
Intro by Steve Bauld and Kevin McGuinness
Guest columnist: Joann Brnjas

Interviewing the federal Procurement Ombudsman
The chatroom
Shahid Minto describes his mandate
hosted by Dave Newman

Choose the right professional for the right job
Knowing the difference between one professional classification and another can help you contract the right person for the job
by Chris Jones

Focus on IT
Procurement and IT: a blooming relationship
Comments and cases on procurement’s positive impact on IT
by Anne Phillips

Who you gonna call… SISA Alliance
Multiple vendor partnership helps make information useable and meet legal compliance issues
by Sam Chun

Where’s that mail?
Legal discovery impels intelligent email archiving
by Michael Murphy

Preservation by digitization
Custodians of information and history use digitization to preserve yesterday, today and tomorrow
by Mike Sharun

opinions

Design Services case
legal notes
Supreme Court decision to say no to suppliers is cause to celebrate
by Anne McNeely

Does familiarity erode deference?
CITTing in
The Federal Court and the CITT do not always agree
by David Attwater

May-June 2008
Volume 11, Issue 3

COVER

 Face to face with
Leslie Stewart, first to be certified under the new federal procurement training program

  Sustainability through procurement
The EU’s Procura+ Campaigne highlights guidelines/policy performance
by Mark Hidson

 The tipping point to career success
Professional organizations support personal performance
by Brent Maas [w11_3_03.pdf linked here

 Totally “on” game
The Ottawa Senators NHL organization performs as well off-ice as on-ice
by Ron Higgins

Too much lawyering
 Municipal matters
Lawyers exercising too much control can cause contract prices to rise
by Steve Bauld and Kevin McGuinness

 e-procurement; e-performance
It is all systems go when process, technology and legal framework perform together
by George Takach

 Pulse – conference reports
Public-private partnerships (The Canadian Institute), Ontario General Contractors Association annual symposium, Purchasing Management Association of Canada annual meeting, Ken Cochrane, CIO Canada at the OCRI Government Opportunities session, GeoTech (geographic information systems conference)
by Summit staff

opinions

 paradigm shift
“Greener” procurement – real or not?
by Jon Hansen

 Legal notes
The tender trap – a tender may or may not get you what you want, an RFP might
by Denis Chamberland

 In our opinion
Buck the trend; apply trust to procurement and see what happens
by Howard Grant

 

March-April 2008
Volume 11, Issue 2

COVER

 Face to face with
Kathleen Muretti, City of Airdrie procurement officer and Canadian Public Procurement Council president

Mean what you say; say what you mean
Municipal matters

 Draft your RFPs and tenders to get the best price
by Steve Bauld and Kevin McGuinness

 Life cycle view
Are your buildings costing more than they should?
by Michel Theriault

 Federal IT shared services
Ready to do business with contractors
by Summit staff

3^rd annual “green” procurement special 

 Furniture goes “green”
Government programs and demand move Steelcase to green production
by Mary Ellen Mika

 Buying district energy
The case for life cycle analysis
by Richard Damecour

 Pick your policy; take aim; go “green”
NAGPI revamps green purchasing assessment tool
by José Carlos Fernandez Ugalde

 “Green” your IT…
Trim your data centre power consumption
by Norman Lecouvie

 Blueprint for “green” buildings
Focusing on eco-efficiency
by Vicky J. Sharpe

opinions

 Legal notes
Preventative law is good medicine for public purchasers
by Paul Emanuelli

 Letters to the editor
Larry Berglund, CPP, talks green procurement
Virginia McEwen, proud Summit award winner

CITTing in

 The CITT broadens access to the AIT
by David Attwater

 In our opinion
Let procurement add value
by Howard Grant and Ben Sorensen

Website only specials

 How to hire PR services
 BC Hydro hires and fires “fairness” commissioner

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January-February 2008
Volume 11, Issue 1

COVER

FOCUS on IT

 eHealth: technology tools
Patient-centric care drives technology purchases
by Gary Folker

 Getting “best value” from eprocurement
Analytics software digs out business intelligence
by Richard Bray

 All aboard
New fleet software systems and procurement propel Ottawa’s OCTranspo “smart” buses
by Anne Phillips

 Yours, mine, ours
Municipal Matters: allocating risks in construction contracting
by Steve Bauld and Kevin McGuinness

 New Body of Knowledge for CPPO/CPPB
The UPPCC has revamped its testing specifications
by Ann Peshoff

 OntarioBuys
An interview with Dan Wright reveals new purchasing organization
by David Newman

 Partnering to renew infrastructure
Pick and adapt a P3 to meet your construction procurement needs
by William Eggers [w11_1_07.pdf linked here

opinions

Legal notes

 Tercon sends tendering law into tailspin
by Paul Emanuelli

In our opinion

 Extracting value from the “fairness” role
by Howard Grant and Louise Panneton

Website specials @ www.summitconnects.com

 2008 UPPCC Body of Knowledge (CPPO & CPPB)
Test specs for CPPO & CPPB

 Looking through a dirty window
Michael Asner says vendors can determine if tender is fair

Summit Magazine: Celebrating 10 years

Thank you for your support

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