Supply Manual Synopsis

The Supply Manual synopsis is a summary of the changes that were introduced in the latest version of the Supply Manual. The synopsis is identified by a version number consisting of four digits representing the calendar year and a sequence number. For example, “Version 2012-1” identifies the first release for the calendar year 2012.

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Supply Manual Synopsis - Version 2020-1 (2020-05-28)

This synopsis is a summary of the revisions made to the Supply Manual, Version 2020-1, dated May 28, 2020.

• The Supply Manual was updated to incorporate changes related to the following policy notifications:
  • Policy Notification 03R2: Policy Updates for Contracting with Former Public Servants
  • Policy Notification 133: Policy on Cost Accounting Practices
  • Policy Notification 137: Changes to Acquisitions Program (AP) Contracting Limits and Amendments to the Government Contracts Regulations
  • Policy Notification 138: Changes to the Procurement Review Policy
  • Policy Notification 140: New Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) Commodity Grouping (CG) Public Cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) (related to Limitation of Liability)

  Refer to individual policy notifications for more details.

• Revisions were made in sections related to trade agreements to reflect new thresholds, update links, and fix formatting issues from the 2019-2 Supply Manual update. The following sections were affected:
  • 1.25.2 General principles of trade agreements
  • 1.25.3 Determining coverage under a trade agreement
  • 3.25 Trade agreements tendering approaches
  • Annex 3.2: Limited tendering reasons contained in the trade agreements
  • Annex 3.6: Canadian Content Policy: Rules of Origin Determination
• Revisions relating to the National InfoLine, were made. The following sections were affected:
  • 4.75.20 Procedure for posting of Notice of Proposed Procurement on Government Electronic Tendering Service, subsection d
  • 7.30.1 Award notices on the Government Electronic Tendering Service, subsection d
  • Annex 10.1: Determination of Fixed Capital Employed Applicable to a Contract
  • Annex 10.1.1: Examples to Determine the Fixed Capital Employed
  • Annex 10.3: Examples of Profit Calculation
• 2.55. Employer-Employee Relationships, subsection c: hyperlink corrected
• Annex 2.3 List of Public Works and Government Services Canada allocations units: Contact information for the Ontario Region locations was updated
• 4.70.35.1. Firm Price Contracts - Price Certification and Discretionary Audit, subsection a: Text revised to correct a translation error (in French only)
• 4.70.100 Transportation Costs Information, subsection a: was deleted as it is no longer required
• 5.45.10 Transportation Costs: was deleted as it is no longer required
• 8.65 Assignment of Monies, subsection e: Contact information was updated
• 9.10.5 SELECT, subsection b and c are updated to reflect the new Trade Agreements Threshold update