The County of Essex has an open, transparent and competitive procurement process. Below you will find the information you need to do business with the County of Essex.
Bidding Opportunities:
View our Bids and Tenders page!
Purchasing By-law and Procedures
Tenders and proposals will be called, received, evaluated, accepted and processed in accordance with the County's Procurement By-law and policy.
Vendors of Record:
County of Essex 2020 Vendors of Record Roster Categories
County of Essex Buying Groups
- Ontario Public Buyers Association (OPBA)
- Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace (OECM)
- Southern Ontario Library Services (SOLA)
- Public Services Procurement Canada (PSPC)
- Local Authority Services (LAS)
- Canadian Collaborative Procurement Initiative (CCPI)
- Supply Chain Ontario (SCO)
- Consolidated Fleet Solutions
- Ministry of Government Services (MGS)
- Kinetic GPO Ltd.
Meeting Accessibility Standards
The County of Essex is committed to providing equal treatment to people with disabilities with respect to the use and benefit of County services, programs, and goods in a manner that respects their dignity and that is equitable in relation to the broader public. All contractors with the County must comply with all laws applicable to the performance of the work.
Third party Contractors who deal with the public or other third parties on behalf of the County, as well as contractors who participate in developing County policies, practices or procedures governing the provision of goods and services to members of the public or other third parties, must conform with the Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act, 2005 (“AODA”), in particular the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, O. Reg. 429/07 as well as the Integrated Accessibility Standards, O. Reg. 191/11.
Pursuant to section 6 of Ontario Regulation 429/07, Accessibility Standards for Customer Service (the "Customer Service Regulation"), made under the AODA, Contractors who deal with the public or other third parties on behalf of the County, as well as Contractors who participate in developing County policies, practices or procedures governing the provision of goods and services to members of the public or other third parties shall ensure that all of its employees, agents, volunteers, or others for whom it is responsible, receive training about the provision of goods and services provided to people with disabilities. The Accessible Customer Service Training shall be provided in accordance with section 6 of the Customer Service Regulation and shall include, without limitation, a review of the purposes of the AODA and the requirements of the Customer Service Regulation, as well as instruction regarding all matters set out in section 6 of the Customer Service Regulation.
Pursuant to section 7 of Ontario Regulation 191/11, Integrated Accessibility Standard (the "Integrated Regulation"), made under the AODA, Contractors who provide goods, services or facilities on behalf of the County shall ensure that all of its employees, agents, volunteers, or others for whom it is responsible, receive training on the requirements of the accessibility standards referred to in the Integrated Regulation and on the Human Rights Code as it pertains to persons with disabilities.
The Contractor shall submit to the County or Ministry, if requested, documentation describing its accessibility training policies, practices and procedures, and a summary of the contents of training, together with a record of the dates on which training is provided and the number of attendees. The County reserves the right to require the Contractor, at the Contractor’s expense, to amend its accessibility policies, practices and procedures if the County deems them not to be in compliance with the requirements of the Customer Service Regulation and/or the Integrated Regulation. The Contractor shall only assign those employees who have successfully completed training in accordance with such Regulations to provide services to, or on behalf of, the County.
The Contractor shall ensure that any information, products, deliverables and/or communication (as defined in the Integrated Regulation) produced pursuant to the Contract shall be in conformity with World Wide Web Consortium Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA and shall be provided in accessible Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF/UA, etc.
The County of Essex has a Vendor of Record (VOR) for its own accessible document remediation needs, AbleDocs. Interested parties may procure their services via AbleDocs.com for an accessibility assessment, provision of a quote or for document remediation at their own expense.
The PAC3 PDF Document Checker Tool (Free to Download) will check PDF documents for accessibility compliance with PDF/UA Standards (Formerly ISO 14289). A compliance report is also available through this tool.
Please see the County's accessibility policies for more information.
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