Did you know that the Government of Canada buys approximately $22 billion worth of goods and services each year? Would you be surprised to learn that many of these contracts are awarded to small businesses in Canada?
On February 17th, Join Marine Renewables Canada and PAC to dispel some myths about selling to the federal government.
Let Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC) guide you through the procurement process so you can decide if selling to the Government of Canada is the right strategy for your business. You will learn:
how the government buys goods and services;
about the range of opportunities for marine, ocean and ocean-tech industries;
some tips and tricks to make it easier to find and bid on contracts; and
how to access resources, tools and free support available to small businesses.
Seaworthy Collective (SC), a Miami-based BlueTech startup community and venture studio empowering current and aspiring entrepreneurs in the regenerative ocean and climate impact, is now accepting applications for its second Sea Change Maker Cohort launching in April 2022. The application deadline is January 30, 2022, and entrepreneurs can find out more and apply here:
Join us for a deep dive into methane decomposition & hydrogen needs in the Canadian oil and gas industry. Topics include:
Industry needs: The Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) will welcome attendees, provide an overview of the webinar, and discuss how CRIN addresses industry needs related to methane decomposition and hydrogen.
Panel Discussion: CSV Midstream and Nu:ionic will discuss their collaborative project that is providing hydrogen for bitumen upgrading and methane reforming.
Venture showcase: Listen to pitches and Q&A from leading cleantech solution providers in methane decomposition and hydrogen including:
Ekona Power
NewWave H2
Hydrogen in Motion
Proton Energy
Aurora Hydrogen
This is the second webinar in a series of three events hosted by CRIN and carbonNEXT, an initiative of Foresight and Carbon Management Canada. Through three innovation showcase events in November, 2021, February, and March, 2022, CRIN and carbonNEXT will connect oil and gas producers and energy service companies with pre-commercial carbon capture, conversion, hydrogen, and methane decomposition ventures to accelerate cleantech adoption.
For more information, contact events@foresightcac.com
Host: Embassy of Canada, Washington DC – Trade Commissioner Service
Agenda
Please join the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC, and The Pulse of GovCon for a webinar designed to help Canadian companies develop more business with U.S. federal civilian agencies.
Topics include:
Understanding federal business development processes, tools, and resources
Leveraging industry best practices
Tackling common obstacles for success in the market
The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session. All attendees will receive an online copy of our complimentary new guide, “U.S. Federal Business Development 101 for Canadian Companies.”
Who should attend: This webinar is for Canadian companies who are interested in selling or expanding their sales to U.S. federal government agencies. This program will be of particular interest to companies in the clean tech, information technology, and infrastructure sectors.
Host: Embassy of Canada, Washington DC – Trade Commissioner Service
Agenda
Please join the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC, and Actuparo’s Joseph Jordan for a webinar discussing the basics of U.S. federal civilian procurement as well as special considerations for Canadian companies looking to succeed in this market.
Topics include:
Overview of the US$650 billion U.S. federal marketplace
Rules and regulations governing U.S. federal procurement
What Canadian companies need to do to compete effectively for U.S. federal contracts
The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session. All attendees will receive an online copy of our complimentary new guide, “U.S. Public Procurement 101 for Canadian Companies.”
Who should attend: This webinar is for Canadian companies who are either interested in or currently selling to the U.S. federal procurement market. This program will be of particular interest to companies in the clean tech, information technology, and infrastructure sectors.
In collaboration with the Canadian Embassy in Norway and the Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa, we are hosting a Virtual Energy Symposium with focus on the Hydrogen (H2) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chains. The Symposium will include keynote speakers from Canada and Norway and showcase Norwegian technology and solutions providers.
15 February
09:00 – 12:00 (MST)
17:00 – 20:00 (CET)
16 February
09:00 – 11:55(MST)
17:00 – 19:55 (CET)
Norwegian and Canadian companies, research institutions and universities have over the last decades developed strong competence and experience in H2 and CCS technologies. These sectors are important parts of Norway’s decarbonization strategy.
There are many similarities between Norway and Canada, including an abundance of natural resources and closeness to the Artic. Both are fossil fuel rich countries committed to environmentally sustainable resource management and shifting to a net zero economy. There is a national push to further develop the CO2 value chains and CCUS as a solution to cutting GHG emissions. The Canadian government launched its Hydrogen Strategy in 2020 and a CCUS strategy is expected to be released this spring:
Since H2 and CCS are important focus areas for both Norway and Canada, with growing expertise and capabilities in both countries, collaboration in these areas would accelerate our respective decarbonization efforts.
Norwegian H2 & CCS brief
Norwegian industrial actors have produced and utilized hydrogen in large scale since 1927. Companies like Norsk Hydro developed their own electrolyser technologies that are today used all around the world.
Today, hydrogen technologies, solution providers and projects in Norway are emerging across the entire value chain, including;
Hydrogen/ammonia production
Industrial applications
Transport and Maritime
Hydrogen use in the energy system
CCS
Norway has extensive experience with CCS, both capture, transport, offshore storage and injection/monitoring with projects like Sleipner and Snøhvit having injected CO2 successfully for more than 2 decades.
In 2010 Norway established a large-scale carbon capture demonstration facility (Technology Centre Mongstad – TCM). Several new well-stream and post-combustion capture technologies have emerged from this facility.
In February 2021, Norway took FID on the Longship project capturing CO2 from industrial sources and transport and storage in Northern Lights project, the world’s first open-source CO2 transport and storage infrastructure. Through these initiative, a lot of technologies/solutions have emerged and ongoing R&D is high on the agenda.
This event will help policymakers and advocates design effective policy interventions for reforming public procurement.
About this event
Date: January 26, 2022 Time: 1-2pm ET Cost: Free, but registration is required Location: Virtual – Link will be emailed to you after registration.
Questions about this event? Contact events@smartprosperity.ca
Event description:
Public procurement of green goods and services has the power to send strong market signals, help environmentally preferable goods and services find their first customer, and ease their diffusion in the market. Despite procurement’s enormous potential to advance Canada’s environmental goals, and discussions over the last few decades around ways to reform public procurement, procurement remains an underused tool for growing Canada’s green economy.
This webinar from Smart Prosperity Institute will unearth where the real challenges lie when it comes to the federal government’s procurement of cleantech. The discussion will approach procurement decisions as the outcome of formal decision-making processes and systems, rather than the actions of individuals within these systems. This webinar will bring forth nuanced and contextualized understanding of how procurement takes place, how decisions are made, and what policy interventions could be most effective in the Canadian context.
This event will feature conversations with procurement experts, and the report’s authors will explore insights from Buying Better: Leveraging Federal Procurement to Drive Demand for Canadian Cleantech. The webinar will help policymakers and advocates design effective policy interventions for reforming public procurement.
The Multi-Materials Stewardship Board (MMSB) is a provincial Crown agency responsible for developing, implementing, and managing waste diversion programs in Newfoundland and Labrador, inclusive of a Used Tire Management Program.
MMSB has released a Request for Proposals (RFP), Reference RFP#202122UTP, in seeking to establish a contract with qualified parties for used tire management services that provides end of life management of the continuous supply of used tires generated in the province.
The closing date for submissions is 4 p.m., NST, Wednesday, February 2, 2022.
A copy of the RFP can be obtained by contacting Glenda Melvin by email, gmelvin@mmsb.nl.ca, or phone (709) 753-0955.
The NRC are seeking to hire the following positions: Technical Officer (Indoor Air Quality), Research Officer (Photometry), Administrative Assistant, Industrial Technology Advisor, Research Associate (Earthquake Engineering), Industrial Technology Advisor (Food Engineering), Industrial Technology Advisor (Info and Comm Tech), Health, Safety, and Environment Advisor and more.
