OFFICE MANAGEMENT SECTION 



PROCUREMENT AND PURCHASING 



With the demand continuing for the standardized items of 

 equipment and materials and the increase of new goods in the consumer 

 market, purchasing has increased considerably ever the preceding year. 

 The further expansion of the Department, with its resxiltant needs, has 

 brought extra procurement duties. 



In the established purchase and supply procedure, the efficiency 

 of which has been proven for many years now, all requisitions are 

 channelled to the Purchase and Supply Section for processing, in the 

 course of vrtiich they are examined and the eqviipment compared with 

 competitive or similar brands for quality and economy. New items in office 

 equipment and supplies are constantly being brought to this section's 

 attention, and these, along with new supply sources, must be checked and 

 investigated. 



Divisional and district offices are kept informed of new items 

 and their suppliers when the equipment or services warrant such action, 

 and, tdiereever possible, descriptive sheets, pamphlets, folders, etc., are 

 circulated to the aforementioned offices. 



The number of incoming requisitions- received in this fiscal year 

 period was 12,500. Each of these must be examined to see what must be 

 ordered, either by direct purchase order, by requisitions to the Queen's 

 Printer for stationery and printing orders, by Public Works requisition, 

 and in some instances by memoranda, and what can be supplied from stock. 

 Involved in this lengthy procedure are innumerable telephone calls, much 

 correspondence, and, ^ere warranted, the calling of tenders. Most orders 

 and requisitions can be processed within a day or two, but there are still 

 many which, requiring investigation and source of supply, may take several 

 days. 



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