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Contracting Policy Notice 2019-4 Trade Agreements: Thresholds Update

From Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Date:

To: Functional Heads, Finance and Administration of all Departments and Agencies

Subject: Update of thresholds for the Free Trade Agreements

Summary

The thresholds in effect from to for procurements subject to Free Trade Agreements to which the federal government is a Party are set out below.

Thresholds
(CDN$ – )
Free Trade Agreement Entities
(departments and agencies)		 Crown corporations and other government enterprises
Goods Services Construction Goods Services Construction
Internal
Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) 26,400 105,700 105,700 528,300 528,300 5,283,200
International
Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreementtable 1 note * 108,400 108,400 9,100,000 542,400 542,400 17,300,000
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) 238,000 238,000 9,100,000 650,000 650,000 9,100,000
Canada–Colombia Free Trade Agreementtable 1 note * 108,400 108,400 9,100,000 542,400 542,400 17,300,000
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) 238,000 238,000 9,100,000 Annex 19-3, Section A: 650,000 Annex 19-3, Section A: 650,000 9,100,000
Annex 19-3, Section B: 732,400 Annex 19-3, Section B: 732,400
Canada–Honduras Free Trade Agreement 108,400 108,400 9,100,000 542,400 542,400 17,300,000
Canada–Korea Free Trade Agreement 100,000 100,000 9,100,000 N/A N/A N/A
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Canada/US 32,600 108,400 14,100,000 542,400 542,400 17,300,000
Canada/Mexico 108,400 108,400 14,100,000 542,400 542,400 17,300,000
Canada–Panama Free Trade Agreement 108,400 108,400 9,100,000 542,400 542,400 17,300,000
Canada–Peru Free Trade Agreement 173,900 173,900 9,100,000 542,400 542,400 17,300,000
Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreementtable 1 note * 238,000 238,000 9,100,000 650,000 650,000 9,100,000
World Trade Organization–Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-GPA) 238,000 238,000 9,100,000 650,000 650,000 9,100,000

Table 1 Note

Table 1 Note 1

Under the free trade agreements that Canada has with Chile, Colombia and Ukraine, there are “extended transparency” commitments to provide suppliers with information regarding procurements for which they are not eligible to bid but where (1) an open-tendering process is used, and (2) the procurement value exceeds CAN $124,000 for Chile and Ukraine and CAN $150,000 for Colombia.

Return to table 1 note * referrer

Background

Every two years, the thresholds in the free trade agreements are updated. This Notice amends the thresholds in Contracting Policy Notice 2018-01 to provide new thresholds, which are expressed in Canadian dollars. All thresholds are for the period to .

Requirements

Notices of Intended Procurement, also referred to as Tender Notices, must be published for procurements subject to the free trade agreements. Departments, agencies and some Crown corporations must publish through the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) provided by Public Services and Procurement Canada via the Tenders page on the Buyandsell.gc.ca web site.

References

  1. The trade agreements to which this Contracting Policy Notice pertains have been hyperlinked in the table above.
  2. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations
  3. Treasury Board Contracting Policy

Enquiries

  1. For matters of content with respect to government procurement obligations contained in any of the international trade agreements, please contact Global Affairs Canada:

    Telephone:
    1-800-267-8376 (toll-free in Canada)
    613-944-4000 (in the National Capital Region and outside Canada)
    If you are deaf or hard of hearing, or you have a speech impediment and use a text telephone, you can access the TTY service from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time by calling 613-944-9136 (in Canada only).

    Facsimile: 613-996-9709

    Email: enqserv@international.gc.ca

    Write to:
    Enquiries Service (BCI)
    Global Affairs Canada
    125 Sussex Drive
    Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0G2

  2. For information with respect to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, please contact the Internal Trade Secretariat:

    Telephone: 204-987-8094
    Email: Pcaron@its-sci.ca
    Facsimile: 204-942-8460

    Write to:
    #101 – 605 Des Meurons Street
    Winnipeg, MB R2H 2R1

  3. For information with respect to the TB Contracting Policy, please contact TBS Public Enquiries.

Kathleen Owens
Assistant Comptroller General, Acquired Services and Assets Sector
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

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