leases and contracts for the fit-up of an office or residential accommodation pursuant to the Federal Real Property Act and its Regulations andĤ.1.1 In support of the policy, the following must be observed in conjunction with the Definitions, the Government Contracts Regulations, the Treasury Board Contracts Directives, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization – Agreement on Government Procurement, and the Agreement on Internal Trade, as well as those other Appendices and Sections which consist of both mandatory and optional requirements or a combination of both, as specified.Ĥ.1.2 Work descriptions or specifications must be defined in terms of clear outputs or performance requirements that will encourage and accommodate the use of the competitive process and as required under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization – Agreement on Government Procurement, and the Agreement on Internal Trade.Ĥ.1.3 Whenever practical, an equal opportunity must be provided for all firms and individuals to compete, provided that they have, in the judgement of the contracting authority, the technical, financial and managerial competence to discharge the contract and meet, where appropriate, the objectives established by overall national policies or as required under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization – Agreement on Government Procurement, and the Agreement on Internal Trade.Ĥ.1.4 Where applicable, bid evaluation criteria must be established to address socio-economic factors in relation to the total cost of a contract before bids are solicited, and solicitation documents must give notice that socio-economic factors will be used to assess bids when they are received.Ĥ.1.5 The Government Contracts Regulations as amended (refer to Appendix B), require that:.
any contract not funded by Parliament in which the government acts as an agent for other parties.shared cost programs in which the government is not the contracting authority.the transfer of goods, services or real property between departments, Crown Corporations, provinces, municipalities and the Territories.contracts related to the acquisition of land (which are covered by separate statutes and regulations).revenue-producing contracts (sales and concession contracts, leases of Crown property) and the like.The following transactions are not covered in the policy: This policy applies to all departments and agencies, including departmental corporations and branches designated as departments for purposes of the Financial Administration Act, except those included within the meaning of paragraph (c) of the definition of "department" found in section 2 of that Act.