Refresh/Re-competition schedule

In an effort to keep both the supplier and client communities informed of upcoming events, the following table is provided. Descriptions of the differences between a refresh and a competition can be found at the bottom of the page.

This table presents details of the Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) qualification schedule.

Professional Audit Support Services qualification schedule
Date Event description
April 21, 2019 Going forward PASS will have quarterly refreshes which cover the following periods:
  • Quarter 1: April to June
  • Quarter 2: July to September
  • Quarter 3: October to December
  • Quarter 4: January to March
PASS has moved to perpetual quarterly refreshes, which means that it no longer has a scheduled re-competition. The closing date of the Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA) is December 31, 2100 or until such time as Canada chooses to re-compete the Supply Arrangement (SA) or no longer deems the SA necessary.
Re-Competition results are published. All previously awarded SA with serial number E60ZQ-140002/###/ZQ are deactivated.

Re-competition

In the past, every pre-qualified supplier was required to submit an arrangement in order to maintain their current SA. If no arrangement was received during the re-competition, the supplier's SA was set aside once the results of the re-competition were awarded.

Moving forward, PASS no longer has a scheduled re-competition. PASS will have ongoing opportunities to qualify (known as quarterly refreshes).

Refresh

PASS has moved to perpetual quarterly refreshes with established quarterly periods. The quarterly periods are also known as an "ongoing opportunity to qualify". Quarterly refreshes are for:

  1. new suppliers who have not been awarded a current Professional Audit Support Services Supply Arrangement (PASS SA) (i.e. with a serial number of E60ZQ-180001/###/ZQ) and who wish to qualify for one, or
  2. existing suppliers who wish to qualify for additional PASS Streams for which they have not already been awarded an SA or to offer services in Regions and/or Metropolitan Areas in which they previously did not offer them.

Existing suppliers who do not wish to qualify for additional Streams or do not wish to offer services in additional Regions and/or Metropolitan Areas do not need to submit an arrangement for a "refresh".

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