SMO - BP2019-002 - Supplier Performance Program/Management Support

RFI Purpose
To provide a managed task partnership that will supplement the current Bruce Power Supplier Management office to ensure supplier performance continues to improve and provide early detection of declining performance.
In addition, a supplier development function will be required to help suppliers with performance issues quickly recover and also be the conduit for sharing OPEX across suppliers. This team provides a balanced view of performance on Behalf of Bruce Power but must maintain strong relationships and have the ability to professional interface with Bruce Power stakeholders.

General Requirements

• Prior experience &  proven track record on improving supplier performance on large programs or capital projects.  
• Based locally (County of Grey, Bruce and Huron in Ontario) but have a large resource pool to drawn on dependent of the Supplier Development activities required.
• Ability to  efficiently collect, collate and provide indicators of Supplier performance and insights into improving or declining trends
• Have organizational depth in performance improvement methodologies and tools
• Familiar with Bruce Power Supply Chain process and Project Controls interfaces.
• Proven ability to Safely meet schedules, quality and cost
• Have behaviors that can provide collaborative and challenging (where appropriate) relationships
• Have a strong understanding of Projects & Contracts to ensure Parties compliance.
• Registration with the Construction Industry Institute  would be an advantage

1. Bidders to indicate through references and responses their ability to:
   1. provide the resources to design the managed task program for Supplier Performance assurance,
   2. provide the people to execute the day to day interface and monitoring of the vendors, and
   3. provide the software systems required for real-time monitoring and proactive response to any issues. 
2. Bidders should understand the Bruce Power current and future desired situations for supplier performance, and a familiarity with the current core supplier base through past and current contracts.  This should be evident through reference engagements with those suppliers.
3. Any proposed software systems must meet Bruce Power cybersecurity and user security requirements. (Please note:  for a system not already approved this could take months, with no guarantee of being able to meet those requirements).  The system must also have existing interfaces with Bruce Power systems to gather information from and feed results to.
4. Explain 3 top possible challenges in implementing the proposed solution(s) and the mitigation plans.

• 2019 – Complete a short baseline assessment  of the current state of the Supplier Management scorecard process and criteria against industry best practices
• Q1/Q2 2020 – Implement changes within Bruce Power and across the Key Strategic Supplier
• Q3 2020 – Provide ongoing maintenance and support of supplier’s performance and the performance monitoring process.