Procurement Policy Updates - Implementation of New Requirements under the Buy Ontario Act (Public Sector Procurement), 2025

This report provides an overview of the Act and its associated Municipal Buy Ontario Procurement Directive ("the Directive"), and outlines policy amendments and plans to bring the Toronto Parking Authority ("TPA") into compliance. For Fleet Vehicles, the Directive includes a requirement to purchase Made-in-Ontario Vehicles, followed by vehicles from Ontario Vehicle Producers (those with at least 1,500 Ontario jobs), subject to availability and operational feasibility. For Capital Infrastructure, which includes Construction as defined in the Directive, the Directive introduces a new obligation for suppliers to disclose whether Major Goods and Services are from Ontario or Canada through the required submission of Domestic Supply Chain Plans as part of the procurement process, along with prescribed bid evaluation approaches that either prefer Ontario-Made Goods and Services and Canadian-Made Goods and Services or a commitment approach to achieving the same. At its meeting on May 20 and 21, 2026, the City Council adopted measures towards this purpose. Toronto Parking Authority Management is proposing to adopt similar measures, as adopted by the City of Toronto in its Schedule B to Chapter 195 - Procurement.