The following Guidelines are available to Buyers and Tender Administrators in Manitoba Government departments to help meet the objective of the Aboriginal Procurement Initiative (API).
An Aboriginal Business must be at lest 51% owned and controlled and, if it has six or more full-time employees, at least one-third of its employees must be Aboriginal persons.
On all procurement, an assessment must be undertaken by the Administrator to determine if the requirement meets any of the following API Criteria:
Aboriginal Business Set-Asides may be used when API Criteria is met.
A Set-Aside must be supported by an assessment conducted by the Administrator of competition and capacity which must be sufficient to be able to reserve the entire requirement for competition amongst Aboriginal business only.
To qualify as an Aboriginal Business Set-Aside the prime contractor and any subcontractors must always be an Aboriginal business.
Aboriginal Business Mandatory Participation may be used when API Criteria is met but the Administrator believes that Aboriginal business capacity is unknown or is known to be insufficient to provide the entire requirement without the participation of non-Aboriginal business.
To achieve Aboriginal business participation, the use of partnerships, and/or contractors and subcontractors is expected and encouraged.
Voluntary Participation is used when the requirement does not meet API criteria but the Administrator believes that the requirement may provide an opportunity to encourage Aboriginal business participation.
Mark Freedman
Vendor Relations Coordinator
204-945-0826
email: Mark.Freedman@gov.mb.ca
Ruth Sawatzky
Business Consultant
204-945-2415
email: Ruth.Sawatzky@gov.mb.ca
Procurement Services Branch
2nd Floor, 270 Osborne Street North
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3C 1V7
Telephone: 204-945-6361
Fax: 204-945-1455
E-mail: procserv@gov.mb.ca