Library Of The Canadian Department Of National Defence
Odina Conkright
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In Canada, defence procurement is a complex process involving several federal departments and agencies, notably the Department of National Defence; Public Services and Procurement Canada; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. This decentralized, multi departmental approach to defence procurement is unique to Canada.
Other industrialized countries have used different defence procurement models, with procurement undertaken by individual armed services, defence departments, centralized defence organizations, separate government organizations or independent civilian corporations.
The surge in military spending that has occurred since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 in response to an unpredictable and volatile international security environment has led governments around the world to increase their focus on the issue of defence procurement.
Several models of defence procurement exist around the world, as shown in the appendix to this paper. Each country operates a military acquisition process that is tailored to the specific needs and requirements of its armed services but that also reflects its economy and defence industrial base. In recent years, several governments have implemented measures designed to reform and streamline their national defence procurement organizations and processes to accelerate the acquisition and improve the management of defence materiel.
In Canada, defence procurement is a complex process involving several federal departments and agencies, notably the Department of National Defence (DND), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.6 This multi-departmental approach to defence procurement, whereby each department and agency is responsible for a particular stage in the process, is unique to Canada.
These activities are usually undertaken through a dedicated materiel, procurement or contracting unit within the defence department, which typically comprises both civilian and military personnel. The units generally work in close cooperation with the armed forces. India, Mexico and New Zealand are examples of countries where defence departments are responsible for defence procurement.
In Mexico, responsibility for national defence and the armed forces rests with two separate defence departments, each of which administers relevant defence procurement programs: the Secretariat of National Defence (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, or SEDENA) for the army and the air force; and the Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaría de Marina, or SEMAR) for the navy.34
Centralizing defence procurement under a single government organization would represent a significant shift in the way that defence procurement occurs in Canada, and would end 50 years of decentralized, multi-departmental defence procurement.84
With its decentralized, multi-departmental model, Canada is unique in its approach to defence procurement. Industrialized countries worldwide have adopted other models, with procurement undertaken by individual armed services, defence departments, centralized defence organizations, separate government organizations or independent civilian corporations.
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