Value and Experience

“Rusty Joerin, as part of a collaborative team, managed the procurement requirements of multi-million dollar construction and renovation projects including residences, classroom, and office buildings. His leadership and contract management skills helped us obtain greater value from our telecommunication service contacts. Rusty was a valuable team member on the many projects we worked on together”.

-Director, Facilities Services and Campus Development

Value

The value I bring to your project is my experience, reputation and knowledge.

Selected Recently Completed Projects

Drafted several NRFP's and facilitated evaluations for furniture, fixtures, and equipment to a new secondary school on Vancouver Island
Drafted NRFP's for Prime Consultant services on behalf of a Post-Secondary institution
Drafted NRFP for food services to a post-secondary institution
Drafted NRFP for 100 Kw Solar Panel installations and vehicle chargers for two schools;
Drafted RFx document templates that incorporate Social Procurement objectives;
Revised procurement policy and procedures for public sector clients;
Assisted a District Municipality with the procurement of communication and information technology infrastructure;
Acted as fairness adviser for a management services contract to a shared municipal recreational facility;
Provided new procurement templates and instruction on their use to a District Municipality;
Managed procurement of heavy equipment and long term services contracts to a mid-size City: wrote supply requests, evaluation workbooks and facilitated evaluations;
Acted as fairness and process adviser to a long term contract for substance use treatment services for a provincial health authority;
Acted as independent review person to a long term highway maintenance RFP, contract value >$100M to MOTI;
Wrote RFP, evaluation tool and facilitated evaluation for student bus services to a rural school district;
Acted as fairness adviser in the prequalification of contractors to build a specialized post-secondary building value >$20M
Wrote request for expressions of interest for child care services to take up tenancy and provide services to infant to school age children;
Wrote furnishings supply request for a new elementary school, wrote the evaluation tool and assisted the evaluation team;
Wrote requests to supply student transportation services over land and water and evaluation tools for supplier selection;
Wrote request to supply new core and edge switches for a large institution, managed the entire process including drafting the evaluation tool and chairing evaluation consensus meetings, vendor presentations and gave debriefings to proponents on request;
Wrote several requests and evaluation tools for facilities infrastructure, equipment and services on behalf of several clients;
Wrote request and evaluation process for the supply of a tool to manage web content for a post-secondary institution;
Wrote requests to supply classroom and office furnishings, stationary tools for carpentry, metalwork, automotive and electronic shops, received and evaluated responses, recommended award and debriefed respondents;
Wrote RFP and assisted with vendor selection for Data Co-location services;
Wrote RFP for School District Administration offices, analyzed responses, made recommendation for award and debriefed proponents;
Wrote RFP for municipal park planning;
Drafted Tender to furnish a new high school, received and analyzed responses, recommended award and provided debriefing to respondents;
Drafted RFP, analyzed responses and recommended award to supply classroom furnishings to a new university building;
Substituted for fairness adviser by attending proponent presentations for new school design-build projects;
Drafted and managed requests for municipal parks equipment, fire department safety equipment and tennis court maintenance;
Drafted RFP for aquatic facility HVAC upgrade;
Drafted RFP for city parks maintenance;
Delivered instruction services to the Purchasing Management Association of Canada.

As Purchasing Manager for a Post Secondary Institution:

Wrote and recommended revised procurement policies and procedures, now adopted by the institution;
Improved the procurement business process through the development of web based purchasing systems and implementation of a purchasing card process;
Managed and/or wrote Request for Proposals for complex services including Design-Build Construction, Prime Consultant Services, Telecommunications services and equipment, Janitorial and other services;
Led the procurement of Employee Assistance services and Stationery system contracts on behalf of several public organizations.
Wrote RFP's for the procurement of major acquisitions such as Computers and related technology equipment, Software, Audio-Visual equipment and installation services, Furnishings including office system furnishings and institutional residential furnishings;
Contract manager of telecommunication voice services. Implemented a new dialing plan for 1100 users, and working with the contractor, decentralized and improved voice communications management administration.
As Registrar for the BC Institute of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada:
Developed and implemented policy and procedures to ensure the quality assurance of accredited members.
As General Manager of Retail General Merchandise and Petroleum Stores:
Executive responsibility for all operations management including: policy and procedures, reporting and control systems, product selection, inventory control and store merchandising.