Competition Bureau's Updated Guidelines For Procurement Processes

On February 5, 2021 the Competition Bureau of Canada (the "Competition Bureau") released "Competitive bidding processes in the public sector: Procuring good value for taxpayer money" ("Competitive Bidding Processes"). Competitive Bidding Processes represents the Competition Bureau's most recent publication in the Competition Advocate in some time. Competitive Bidding Processes highlights the increased importance being placed on the framework for public procurement as governments across Canada enact stimulus measures in support of the country's economic recovery and outlines best practices and offers guidelines that all levels of government should be aware of in government procurement processes. These practices and guidelines help ensure that government procurement processes are competitive and fair, and favour competitive bidding processes to protect public value when procuring goods and services. In this article we provide a summary of Competitive Bidding Processes