CITY PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND SOCIAL VALUE Saskatoon, SK Policy declaring for example that the city will work with suppliers “to advance corporate social For the City of Saskatoon, we analyzed the Pur- responsibility in the business community by chasing Policy (City of Saskatoon Council promoting the policy and encouraging suppliers 2018a), the subsequent and companion Indige- and subcontractors t. [...] For example, the Social Procurement Strategy maintains as its priority the immediate Calgary’s approach to procurement takes this cost to the city, stating in bold font that the kind of resistance to integrating social value into community-benefit component of its strategy account—in some cases, proactively anticipating “does not increase the cost of procurement or and responding to it. [...] Despite one of the 7 CANADIAN CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF CO-OPERATIVES city’s goals being to support social enterprises, Policy (City of Winnipeg Council 2022) as well as the policy does not create a pathway for the city the Sustainable Procurement Action Plan (City to invest in suppliers whose activities produce of Winnipeg 2022), approved by council in July cost savings for the government through t. [...] and social enterprises (City of Winnipeg 2022 The action plan further acknowledges the “work already being done by suppliers” to create posi- The plan also includes rewards for suppliers who tive benefits in their communities is “not formal- contribute to social impacts in the community: ly recognized in the current procurement prac- “Suppliers are recognized for and increase their tices of the ci. [...] Its Social Value Pro- environmental, and economic needs of the curement Framework is reflected in the city’s present without compromising the ability of Procurement Policy (City of Vancouver 2022) future generations to meet their needs” (City of and the accompanying “Backgrounder, FAQ and Vancouver 2022, 6).
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