CONSTRUCTION LAW
Competitive Bidding Processes
Competition Bureau’s updated guidelines
for procurement processes
On Feb. 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 o!ers guidelines
that all levels of government should be
aware of in government procurement processes.
"ese 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, which discusses the importance
of competitive bidding, what constitutes
bid-rigging and how to recognize it and
measures to ensure that bid-rigging does not
take place.
By Charles W. Bois and Matthew Wray, Miller Thomson LLP
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