A Year in Review of Federal Procurement 2024-2025
| Date: | Jan 14, 2026 - Jan 14, 2026 | |
| Time: | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST) | |
| Location: | Online Webinar |
The Office of the Procurement Ombud will be presenting on the key takeaways and findings from their 2024-2025 Annual Report.
Notably, the session will highlight the top 10 issues found in federal procurement, the work of the office over the past year and the findings from their new research report entitled “Time for Solutions: Top 5 Foundational Changes Needed in Federal Procurement”.
Key Takeaways:
From this session procurement professionals will:
- Understand the Top 10 issues in federal procurement in 2024–2025, including recurring challenges and systemic trends.
- Explore the findings of OPO’s reviews of suppliers complaints, including the number of complaints received and key data insights that reveal supplier concerns and systemic issues.
- Dive into the Knowledge Deepening and Sharing Report, which outlines the Top 5 changes needed to modernize and improve federal procurement practices.
- Discover the potential impact of proposed changes, including how they can improve efficiency, transparency, and fairness.
Speakers:
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1. Alexander Jeglic- Procurement Ombud Mr. Alexander Jeglic has been re-appointed as Procurement Ombud for a five-year term. Alex is a lawyer by background and previously served as General Counsel for Private-Public Partnerships Canada Inc., a federal Crown Corporation, where he was involved in the procurement processes for large infrastructure projects. He also held positions of increased responsibility in the United States and Canada including at the Canadian Commercial Corporation as Senior Legal Counsel and the Australian Trade Commission as Business Development Manager and International Trade Advisor in Washington (DC). Throughout Alex’s legal and professional career, he has focused primarily on procurement, contracting and dispute resolution which has served him well as Procurement Ombud. Alex graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa with a Bachelor of Arts (Law), with a concentration in Business Law, in 2000. In 2001, he completed the Cornell Law School Paris Summer Institute program in international and comparative law and in 2003 completed a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in Chicago, Illinois with a certificate in International Law. Alex has also taught procurement law at Carleton University for several years. Alex and his wife Shelley have four children, Xavier, Gabriella, Julianna and Oliver. |
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2. Meliss Snowdon - Senior Risk Advivsor Melissa Snowdon has served as Senior Risk Advisor at the Office of the Procurement Ombud (OPO) since 2019 and has held various other roles within the federal government since 2016. She is an alumna of the University of Ottawa with an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Master’s degree in Public Administration. |
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