Suppliers who join the Tendia panel agree to a commission rate before any introduction is made. That rate is documented, disclosed to the client, and fixed for the term. Operators pay nothing. Suppliers know exactly what they're paying, and why.
Tendia will never charge a commission on any First Nations–owned supplier. Full stop. These businesses carry cultural weight, community obligation, and economic significance that goes beyond procurement. Our role is to open doors — not to take a cut for doing so.
Small-run, family-owned businesses trying to compete against large-scale industrial suppliers face structural disadvantages that have nothing to do with quality. When Tendia connects an operator to one of these producers, we do so without charging the supplier a cent. Their margin stays with them.
"A procurement business that extracts from the smallest players in the supply chain is not one worth building."