CAF Procurement

[MilEME09]

That is what I am referring to when I say us policies. The TB didn't restrict those, we did. Both of those policy documents are ours to manage. Military pattern spares is usually not allowed but those should be centrally bought and managed as they generally have rigorous specs attached to them, but for many fleets (green, blue or white) there are lots of LPO items that can (and are) bought via LPO.

my only issue with LPO is sometimes equipment isn't easy to maintain that we buy locally, we encountered an issue recently that the OEM suppliers in Canada for Dewalt don't want to work with DND's payment system (my LPO didn't give details) so we are now waiting on direction from higher on what to do with these generators that we have that are NS, hopefully we can find someone in the US to ship us parts but who knows.

 

[MJP]

my only issue with LPO is sometimes equipment isn't easy to maintain that we buy locally, we encountered an issue recently that the OEM suppliers in Canada for Dewalt don't want to work with DND's payment system (my LPO didn't give details) so we are now waiting on direction from higher on what to do with these generators that we have that are NS, hopefully we can find someone in the US to ship us parts but who knows.

Most LPO is paid via credit card. It is highly unusual to see as business refuse credit card payment, but I suspect there is something else at play.

It is more likely that they don't want to be set up as a vendor and paid for ongoing orders via a contract. While not common, we are a pain to deal with so I can see some vendors refusing to do business in that way.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Most LPO is paid via credit card. It is highly unusual to see as business refuse credit card payment, but I suspect there is something else at play.

It is more likely that they don't want to be set up as a vendor and paid for ongoing orders via a contract. While not common, we are a pain to deal with so I can see some vendors refusing to do business in that way.

I've experienced that but it was always for services vice goods.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Most LPO is paid via credit card. It is highly unusual to see as business refuse credit card payment, but I suspect there is something else at play.

It is more likely that they don't want to be set up as a vendor and paid for ongoing orders via a contract. While not common, we are a pain to deal with so I can see some vendors refusing to do business in that way.

It was far worse when we used just Purchase Orders, venders either refused to deal with us or charged up to 25% more due to us taking 6 months to pay out.

 

[MysticMango]

It could even be because they’re nervous about how their billing or fulfilment practices might hold up under scrutiny. Government contract fraud is a real thing, and some vendors play it safe by steering clear of anything that might trigger compliance checks or audits. If you’re curious how messy it can get, this breakdown explains it well: Government Contract Fraud Lawyers - The Criminal Defense Firm

 

[CountDC]

Nah - most likely been burned by someone not processing their invoices on time and then making them wait the extra 30 days when they did finally process it. Too often the invoices are received by bloggins and not passed to the accounts payable people until the vendor raises a stink. Then accounts payable uses the date they receive the invoice for the entry so the vendor waits another 30 days after that. Dealt with too many that sat on someone's desk for several months. Unless there is a contract providing invoice delivery details the vendor ignored the date used should be when bloggins received it, not accounts payable, so the payment gets issued right away. Bloggins should also apologize to the vendor.