Lakehead District School Board is a member of Lakehead Purchasing Consortium (LPC), a co-operative purchasing group dedicated to providing optimum value and resources to its member agencies.

The following entities are participating members of LPC:

City of Thunder Bay (Lead), Confederation College of Applied Arts, Lakehead District School Board, Lakehead University, Northwestern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, Thunder Bay District Health Unit, Thunder Bay Public Library, Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales, Contact North, The District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board.

LPC Bid Schedule

*LDSB Bid Participation

In addition, LDSB collaborates with Ontario Educational Collaborative marketplace “OECM” as a strategic sourcing partner.

With OECM’s Marketplace of Products and Services constantly growing, we actively review OECM’s offerings taking part in new and existing tenders that we believe will achieve significant savings and efficiencies for LDSB.