Business Access Canada

Business Access Canada (BAC) is a key component of the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). BAC was created to improve supplier and buyer awareness of federal business opportunities and of the Government of Canada procurement system.

Summary

Internet:
The Business Access Canada Web site provides online information on how to do business with the Government of Canada and how businesses can keep track of opportunities to bid on federal government purchases.
 

Seminars:
Seminars are held regularly on a variety of topics to assist companies and suppliers who want to do business with the federal government. These seminars are held across Canada. Topics include:

• Selling to the federal government:
  This seminar provides information on how to market to the federal government, how the government does its buying, and how to find opportunities to bid on Canadian government purchases.
• How to respond to bids:
  This seminar provides advice and guidance in preparing a proposal, gaining a better knowledge and understanding of the information contained in a Request for Proposal (RFP), how bids are evaluated and how you should respond to an RFP.

Supplier Registration Information (SRI):
Suppliers who want to do business with the federal government should register on Business Access Canada's (BAC) Web site. The SRI database is accessible to all federal government buyers who may use it to identify potential suppliers for purchases not subject to any of the trade agreements.

An important feature of SRI is the Procurement Business Number (PBN) created using a company's Canada Revenue Agency Business Number (BN) to uniquely identify a branch, division, or office of the company. PWGSC has adopted the PBN for its purchasing and payment systems as a supplier identifier code. Other federal government departments will gradually be adopting the PBN as part of their purchasing activities.

For further information, visit the BAC Web site.

Manitoba Contact(s):
See National Contact. 

National Contact(s):
Business Access Canada
Office of Small and Medium Enterprises
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Phase III, Place du Portage
11 Laurier Street
Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0S5
Fax: 819-956-6123
Toll-free (information): 1-800-811-1148
E-mail: ncr.contractscanada@pwgsc.gc.ca
Web site: http://contractscanada.gc.ca/en/index.html