Service Description
An internal service offered to City of Winnipeg staff that provides contracts, training, consulting, policy formulation and methods/systems pertaining to materials management matters and provides bid opportunity to business owners.

Clients
Business owners and City of Winnipeg departments are the clients of this service.

Provisions of Service
The provisions of this service to business owners is fair and reasonable access to business opportunity.  The provisions to City of Winnipeg departments is proper provisions (e.g. Quality, suitability for intended use, cost, on-time delivery) for product or service provided.

Annual Volume
Providing the services to the fourteen departments of the City results in total annual expenditures for the acquisition of goods, services and construction of approximately $200 million.  Revenue received from the disposal of surplus of approximately $750,000 and processing of approximately $9.5 million in GST rebates, $5.2 million in input tax credits, and $10 million in payments of GST and PST.

Accountability
This division is accountable for providing the services as described.  Materials management incorporates procurement, transportation, receiving, inventory, disposal, contract administration, payment processes and commodity taxation.

Contracts Officer/Commodity Directory (pdf, 17kb)
For contract or product/service inquiries please contact the appropriate contracts officer in the attached Directory.

Divisional Organizational Chart (pdf, 14kb)
For those of you who would like to see the organizational chart please click on the link.