Pitch Kitchener Program Intent

The Pitch Kitchener program’s intent is to create innovative procurement opportunities to better engage with start-ups and provide more opportunities for vendors to propose creative ways to improve city service delivery. The program provides a standard framework for gathering vendor pitches, evaluating the ideas with transparent criteria, and implementing those that offer promising solutions to legitimate City needs.

Pitch Challenge – Open Pitch

In today’s rapidly evolving municipal landscape, the City is exploring opportunities to optimize efficiencies, productivity, and enhance service delivery across one or more of our municipal functions. 

Pitches could include improvements to operations such as grass cutting, road or sidewalk inspection, maintenance of equipment or parks, internal mail or delivery services, customer service enhancements just to name a few. Our goal is to pilot autonomous solutions that could elevate City services which could allow staff to continue to provide a more focused customer experience while maintaining staff levels. 

Application Process

The City is partnering with Communitech Fast Track Cities to execute the intake of pitch proposals. Applications will be received through their platform. All applicants are required to provide responses to the below questions and criteria within the platform. Those selected to pitch at the Solutions Showcase are shortlisted and will submit further details regarding their proposed pilot project. 

Interested parties may access this opportunity at the following link: Fast Track Cities | Call for Solutions - Communitech

This is a notice only.