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1999 September and November Report of the Auditor General of Canada
September and November 1999 Report—Chapter 30
Exhibit 30.3—Decision to Use Sole-Source Procurement
Percentage of contracts in our sample of 50 that met or did not meet the Government Contracts Regulations criteria for sole-sourcing.
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Criteria
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Met
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Not Met
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The reasons for choosing sole-sourcing rather than
competitive tendering were identified and
documented.
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49
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51
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The decision to sole-source was in accordance with
one of the four exceptions in the regulations.*
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11
|
89
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The contracting authority made sufficient inquiries to
determine whether the justification for sole-sourcing
proposed by the technical authority was
substantively valid.
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25
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75
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* When CIDA lets a contract in direct support of an international aid project, it is permitted by the regulations to sole-source for contracts up to $100,000. However, as a matter of Agency practice, to encourage competition and transparency CIDA invokes this exception rarely and encourages its managers to either tender or use an ACAN for all contracts over $25,000. This exception was not invoked for any of the contracts in the sample.