My comment can go hand in hand with the answer, which is, if we ever lose sight of simplification.... We're losing suppliers, indigenous or otherwise, as a result of having an overly complex federal procurement system. I would challenge anyone to tell me that they describe the system as easy to navigate. It's not.
Even when we do these reviews, we're constantly challenging one another to offer our interpretation of what we're seeing. We're paid to know federal procurement, yet we still have significant differences of opinion as to how to interpret certain provisions of a policy.
Your question specifically was whether the creation of a policy in and of itself adds to the complexity. It shouldn't. The policy should be straightforward, but it needs to create accountability and responsibility.
Who does what and when is what the policy needs to set out. It has to be binding and central. Therefore, all of the departments and agencies that are subject to the strategy would then know exactly where to look for instruction, rather than having a piecemeal of rules, guidelines or websites that they're to consult in order to determine what compliance looks like.