7.70.5. Public Works and Government Services Canada Reporting (Common Services)
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- The Acquisition Information System (AIS) database contains over 16 full years of historical contracting data beginning with calendar year 1993. AIS is a relational database. It is a collection of information organized in related tables. A table is a collection of information about a certain topic. It contains data about contracts, requisitions, solicitations, notices, organizations, vendors and customers. AIS feeds data to the Contract History application on Buyandsell.gc.ca.
- Contracting officers must follow the coding procedures in the Contract Coding Reference Guide.
- The Contract Coding Reference Guide contains a list of elements and definitions found in the Procurement Summary Release Document. The Procurement Summary Release Document is completed by the contracting officer and the information it contains is then released to AIS.