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Supply Manual Synopsis - Version 2018-2 (2018-12-06)
This synopsis is a summary of the revisions made to the Supply Manual, Version 2018-2, dated December 6, 2018.
- The Supply Manual was updated to incorporate changes related to the following policy notifications:
- Policy Notification 131: Canadian Collaborative Procurement Initiative for Standing Offers
- Policy Notification 135: Publishing Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements on the SOSA App
Refer to individual policy notifications for more details.
- Revisions relating to the Agreement on Internal Trade, which was replaced by the Canadian Free Trade Agreement on July 1, 2017 were made. Revisions relating to the Canadian Content Policy were also made to increase clarity and to ensure the information is easily accessible. Some elements of the Canada.ca Content Style Guide were also incorporated. The following sections were affected:
- 1.25.1. International and national trade agreements, subsection a
- 1.25.5. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), subsection e
- 1.25.10. World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), subsection h
- 1.25.11. Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), subsection f
- 1.25.14. Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), subsections b and e
- 1.25.15. Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
- 1.30.5. Treasury Board Contracting Policy
- 1.35.1. Canadian International Trade Tribunal, subsection a
- 1.35.5. Procurement Ombudsman, subsection a
- 3.15. Non-competitive contracting process, subsection d
- 3.25. Trade agreements tendering approaches, subsection b
- 3.45. Supply arrangement method of supply, subsection f
- 3.50.1. General procurement
- 3.50.5. Applicability of Trade Agreements to Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements
- 3.70. Procurement review, subsection j
- 3.105.5. Texts of the national security exceptions, subsection a
- 3.130. Canadian Content Policy
- 3.170. Shipbuilding, Repair, Refit and Modernization
- 3.1. Annex: Treasury Board Questions for Sole Source, subsection 7
- 3.2. Annex: Limited Tendering Reasons contained in the Trade Agreements, subsection 5
- 3.3. Annex: Model Content of an Advance Contract Award Notice, subsections 4 and 9
- 3.6. Annex: Canadian Content Policy: Rules of Origin Determination
- 4.10.25.15. Agreement on Internal Trade, Canadian Free Trade Agreement and Use of Supply Arrangements
- 4.10.25.20. Ongoing Qualification Process
- 4.10.30. Professional Services Sourcing Tools, subsection c
- 4.30.45.1. Equivalent Products, subsection b
- 4.75.20. Procedure for Posting of Notice of Proposed Procurement on Government Electronic Tendering Service, subsection a
- 4.100. Canceling and Reissuing a Solicitation, subsection e
- 5.35. Evaluating the Bids, subsection e
- 5.5.5. Certifications, declarations and proofs, subsection e
- 6.1. Annex: Procurement Plan Instructions, "Sourcing"
- 6.2. Annex: Contract Request Instructions, "Part 1 Submission Data", subsection 6(g)
- 7.30.1. Award notices on the Government Electronic Tendering Service, subsection a
- 7.30.5. Procurement Activity Reporting to Treasury Board Secretariat, subsection a
- 7.30.25. Trade Agreements Reporting
- 7.40. Debriefing and Feedback Session to Bidders/Offerors/Suppliers, subsection k
- 9.35.1. General information on Modern Treaties (Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements), subsection f
- 9.35.75. Canadian Free Trade Agreement and Agreement on Internal Trade
- 9.40.10. Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business and trade agreements, subsection b
- Supply Manual Glossary: "Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)" and "Procurement Review Committee (PRC)"
- Revisions relating to the contact information for the Trade Agreement Unit were made. The following sections were affected:
- Revisions relating to National Security Exceptions (NSE), were made. The following sections were affected:
- 3.105.1 Trade agreements and invoking a national security exception
- 3.105.5 Texts of the national security exception subsections a, b, c, d and e
- 3.105.10 Procedures for invoking a national security exception, subsections a, b, c, d and e
- Annex 3.7 National Security Exception Request Letter - Template
- 1.1 Overview of public procurement: Title revised to correct an error (English only).
- Annex 2.3 List of Public Works and Government Services Canada allocations units: The mailing addresses for Moncton and Saint John allocations units have been updated.
- 3.15.5.5 Procedures for Posting an Advance Contract Award Notice: Title revised to correct an error (French only).
- 3.150.10. Listing Programs, subsection d. i. K: Text revised to correct a typo – in English only
- 3.200.1 Contractor liability - General information, subsection c, i : a Publiservice icon was added beside the link to note that the information is only accessible to government.
- 5.1 Overview of the evaluation and selection of contractors: Title revised to correct an error (English only).
- Annex 6.1 Procurement Plan Instructions, introductory paragraph and third paragraph under "Description" is revised to reflect PN-105R1 Supply Manual revisions (English only). The second and third paragraph under Background are deleted. (French only).
- 9.10.5 SELECT, subsection c: Content updated to reflect the new maximum SELECT construction and consulting services amount of $101,100.
- 9.50 Communication Procurement, subsection b: Communication Procurement Directorate website link updated