David Swift founded
RFPSOLUTIONS INC. in 1993 and served as the firm’s Managing Director for over eighteen years, until his passing in early January 2010. He was also a long-time member of the the
Canadian Institute for Procurement and Materiel Management (CIPMM) Board of Directors, a former member of the Editorial Advisory Board for
SUMMIT magazine, a member of the
Algonquin College e-Business Supply Chain Management Advisory Committee, author of the “Procurement Page” in
Canadian Government Executive magazine, a recipient of the Ottawa Business Journal’s
Top 40 Under 40 award, and a contributor to the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Science and Technology (Procurement). David was a leading specialist in the field of Canadian public sector procurement, and was very active within the public sector procurement community. During his career, David had written numerous
articles within a range of professional journals on the subject of public sector procurement, including:
- Parliament Reviews Competition in the Award of Federal Contracts
- Public Perceptions Influence Procurement Decisions in Canada’s Red Chamber
- Implementing the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business
- The Internet’s Impact on Procurement
David had served as an advisor on procurement issues to over 30 public sector organizations. David held a Bachelor’s degree with Honours from Queen’s University in Kingston, in both Political Science and Economics. He was also a graduate of the Systems Analysis program at Algonquin College in Ottawa. From 2000 – 2010, David had been actively involved in the development of the Government of Canada’s Professional Development and Certification Program (Procurement), and from 2005 – 2010 he had served as an Instructor for the Program’s “Statement of Work” & “RFP Bid Evaluation” courses. Over the course of his distinguished career, David Swift accumulated over two decades of Procurement Advisory experience, providing Statement of Work and Evaluation Criteria document development services for Professional Services and Goods Contracts within the public sector. It is through David’s extensive legacy that RFPSOLUTIONS has contributed to well over 1100 individual projects on behalf of roughly 100 public sector organizations, positioning the firm on the leading edge of federal government procurement, with the ability to draw on past and current experience, taking into account a government-wide view of procurement.
