Professional audit support services announcements

News and events in the history of the Professional Audit Support Services method of supply
Date Event Description
July 2021

Recently, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) launched CanadaBuys, a new suite of procurement services to help suppliers do business with the Government of Canada. The new services are designed to be easier and quicker to use than ever.

To prepare for the transition to CanadaBuys, suppliers are encouraged to register their business through SAP Ariba, the new electronic procurement solution. Please contact the CanadaBuys service desk should there be any trouble getting started on SAP Ariba.
August 2020 The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and will enter into force on July 1, 2020. For all procurements commenced prior to CUSMA’s effective date, any obligations under NAFTA will continue to apply until those procurements are complete. With respect to the thresholds used to determine the appropriate number of suppliers and bidding period, NAFTA will be replaced by the Canada Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA).
January 2020

The following recent changes have been made to the Treasury Board Contracting Policy and Government Contract Regulations that will affect the PASS Supply Arrangement (SA):

  • For the Contracting Policy, Appendix C—Contracts Directive, was revised as of April 11th, 2019, to increase the contracting authority of Public Services and Procurement Canada to $37,500,000 for services, as well as increase most other government departments’ authority to $3,750,000
  • For the Government Contracts Regulations, subsection 6 (b) (iv) was revised as of June 10th, 2019, to allow for entering into a contract for services up to $40,000 without soliciting bids

Please be reminded that the Contracting Officer awarding and signing any resulting contract must hold the appropriate Delegated Contracting Authority for such amount. As always, these amounts include all applicable taxes, travel/living expenses and amendments.
April 2019

The new set of PASS SA (E60ZQ-180001/###/ZQ) have been awarded and are available for use as of April 2019.

All Requests for Proposals (RFPs) issued prior to that date under previous PASS SAs (E60ZQ-140002/###/ZQ) remain valid and can still be awarded to a holder of the previous SA. Additionally, any contracts that were awarded under the previous SA whose periods (including any option periods) extend past the date above still remain valid.
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