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PROCUREMENT STAFF [11 records]

Record 1 2025-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

Chief Procurement Officer.... Responsibilities include providing professional support and sound contractual advice to all stakeholders involving contractual services, consultants, equipment, supplies, construction, capital improvements and other applicable activities. Supervision is exercised over professional, technical and clerical staff engaged in procurement activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
CONT

Le rôle du CEC [Comité d'examen des contrats] était de fournir des conseils sur les contrats après leur mise en place.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contratos gubernamentales
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Record 2 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
DEF

A specification that unnecessarily limits competition by eliminating items capable of satisfactorily meeting actual needs.

CONT

Specifications must allow for reasonable competition(generally, this means at least two independent companies could satisfy the specifications).... If a procurement staff member identifies a lockout specification, the procurement staff member must make reasonable efforts to eliminate the lockout specification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Finances
  • Supply (Military)
DEF

The total national procurement funding required to support the environmental chief of staff operational capacity.

OBS

This demand is not constrained by availability of resources, personnel or industry capacity.

OBS

equipment programme manager demand; EPM demand: designations to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • equipment program manager demand

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances militaires
  • Approvisionnement (Militaire)
DEF

Financement total de l'approvisionnement national nécessaire pour soutenir la capacité opérationnelle des chefs d'état-major des armées.

OBS

La demande n'est pas restreinte par la disponibilité [de] ressources et de personnel ou la capacité de l'industrie.

OBS

demande de gestionnaire de programme d'équipement; demande du GPE : désignations d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Finances
  • Federal Administration
DEF

The overall shortfall or gap in national procurement funding required to meet environmental chief of staff operational capacity and equipment programme manager demand.

OBS

funding gap: term to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances militaires
  • Administration fédérale
DEF

Manque à gagner ou écart global quant aux fonds de l'approvisionnement national nécessaires pour atteindre la capacité opérationnelle des chefs d'état-major des armées et répondre à la demande des gestionnaires des programmes d'équipement.

OBS

écart de financement : terme d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Agricultural Engineering
CONT

In most developing countries dairy equipment is imported, spare parts procurement is troublesome and specialized dairy machinery servicing from outside the milk plant is either scarce or non-existent. Under such conditions the successful operation of the milk plant depends largely on the performance of the engineering staff employed. This publication attempts to provide the dairy engineers in milk plants in developing countries with information and guidelines on methods used and means required to successfully accomplish their difficult tasks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Génie agricole

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Software
  • National Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
OBS

AMS ADVANTAGE Procurement is integrated with AMS ADVANTAGE Financial yet powerful enough to operate as a stand-alone procurement solution.

OBS

AMS ADVANTAGE® is a registered trademark of AMS (American Management System).

OBS

AMS ADVANTAGE Procurement supports central purchasing authority, while providing autonomy for decentralized organizations and users. Authorized organizations may establish their own contracts. Approval paths may be setup differently according to entity specific requirements. And with its intuitive navigation, users can easily submit requisitions. Purchasing users are provided with one stop shopping-items not available via approved purchasing sources are automatically routed to procurement professionals for solicitation. The solicitation component provides the professional procurement staff with templates, libraries for terms and conditions and evaluation criteria, workload management tools, vendor performance tools, and bid tabulations.

Key term(s)
  • AMS ADVANTAGE Procurement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Logiciels
  • Comptabilité nationale
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

AMS ADVANTAGE® est une marque déposée de AMS (American Management System).

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Marketing Research
OBS

New position title at Public Works and Government Services Canada.

OBS

Manager, Market Analysis(Staff of 5) is responsible for : conducting market analysis research and studies of goods and services by detailed line item to determine what private sector vendors charge their customers; analysing spend cube information to determine what the Government of Canada(GofC) pays for these same common items; conducting analyses to develop a series of Price Indices comparing market prices to GofC prices for these common goods and services; and developing reports to present the findings of the comparisons and Price Indices, identifying areas for potential savings and efficiencies for application by AB Sectors and OGDs in their procurement of goods and services. Market analysis provides key information for commodity management and performance measurement, in terms of providing price comparisons and benchmarks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Étude du marché
OBS

Nouveau titre de poste à Travaux publics et Services gourvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Finance
OBS

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. This Guide is designed to help managers and staff make informed decisions for creating and managing transfer payment programs within the federal government. While the Guide is primarily aimed at those officials who manage transfer payments daily, it also targets those who must correctly choose between initiating procurement contracts and transfer payments, who design and seek approval for creating transfer payment programs, who ensure existing and new programs are communicated effectively to potential beneficiaries, who manage or ensure accountability for transfer payments, and who report to management and Parliament.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Finances
OBS

Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada. Le présent guide a pour but d'aider les gestionnaires et les employés à prendre des décisions éclairées en matière de création et de gestion de programmes de paiements de transfert au sein du gouvernement fédéral. Bien qu'il s'adresse principalement aux fonctionnaires qui gèrent quotidiennement les paiements de transfert, le guide vise également les employés qui doivent choisir entre l'adjudication de marchés et le versement de paiements de transfert, qui conçoivent des programmes de paiements de transfert et demandent leur approbation, qui voient à la communication efficace des programmes nouveaux et courants aux bénéficiaires éventuels, qui gèrent les paiements de transfert ou rendent des comptes à leur égard et qui présentent des rapports à la direction et au Parlement.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Software
OBS

AMMIS, v. 3. 0. Endorsed as a Shared System for use in federal departments by the [chief information officer] of TBS [Treasury Board Secretariat], the Automated Materiel Management Information System(also known as AMMIS or WinAMMIS) is a Crown owned, Windows based, fully integrated software tool for the complete materiel management lifecycle. The system is designed to automate centralized or decentralized processes. It allows departmental Responsibility Centre staff to electronically initiate procurement orders, commit funds, make payments, receive goods and services, and control assets and inventory.

Key term(s)
  • Automated Material Management Information System
  • Assets and Materiel Management Information System
  • Assets and Material Management Information System
  • Asset and Material Management Information System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Logiciels
OBS

AMMIS est un système partagé dont l'emploi dans les ministères fédéraux est approuvé par le dirigeant principal de l'information (DPI) du Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor. AMMIS, aussi connu sous le nom de SAIGM ou WinAMMIS, est un système intégré exécuté dans Windows, appartenant à l'État, qui sert à gérer le cycle de vie complet de la gestion du matériel. Le système est conçu pour automatiser les processus de gestion du matériel centralisés ou décentralisés. Il permet aux employés des centres de responsabilité des ministères de lancer électroniquement des commandes d'achat, d'engager des fonds, d'effectuer des paiements, de prendre livraison de biens et de services et de contrôler les biens et les stocks.

Key term(s)
  • Système d'information sur la gestion des biens et du matériel
  • SIGBM

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
OBS

Sistema de gestión descentralizada de bienes y materiales.

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Record 10 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Informatics
OBS

Introduction of a new network operating system, consolidation of servers, new desktop applications, service level agreement, procurement of PC, electronic glossaries and text-retrieval tools for translators and referencing staff, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Informática
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Record 11 1993-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
CONT

Contact an officer or clerk designated to procure material(procurement staff) to obtain information and systems relative to the procurement of office furniture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
DEF

Personnel chargé des fournitures dans une organisation.

Spanish

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