DATE: December 3, 2003
SUBJECT: Contracting Policy Notice 2003-6 - Update of thresholds for the
World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement and the
North American Free Trade Agreement
Summary
NEW THRESHOLDS FOR PROCUREMENTS SUBJECT TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION -
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (AGP) AND THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT (NAFTA) ARE IN EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2004, AND ARE VALID UNTIL DECEMBER
31, 2005.
Background
Every two years, the thresholds in the procurement chapter of the North
American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization Agreement on
Government Procurement are updated.
This Notice amends the thresholds in Contracting Policy Notice 2001-3, and
provides new thresholds, in Canadian dollars, under the North American Free
Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government
Procurement for a two-year period, January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2005. The
threshold for the Agreement on Internal Trade remains unchanged at $25,000 for
goods and $100,000 for services and construction.
Revised Thresholds (in $CDN)
World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government
Procurement and Canada/Korea Telecommunications Goods Procurement Agreement:
Departments and Agencies
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Goods
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$261,300
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Services
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$261,300
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Construction
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$10,000,000
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North American Free Trade Agreement:
Departments and Agencies
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Goods (Can/U.S.)
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$38,000
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Goods (Can/Mex)
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$89,000
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Services
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$89,000
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Construction
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$11,500,000
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North American Free Trade Agreement:
Crown Corporations
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Goods
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$445,000
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Services
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$445,000
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Construction
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$14,200,000
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Contracting Policy
All TBS publications are available online via the TBS web site at: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/
Enquiries
For further information please contact: Treasury Board Secretariat at (613)
957 -2487 or by fax at (613) 952-1381.
Jane Cochran
Executive Director
Procurement and Project Management Policy Directorate
Distribution: TB06, TB07, TB21, TB22, TB23, T022, T024, & T161
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