Common Business Rules in the Centralized Professional Services System ePortal

Standing Offers:

• $0 to 40K = 1 Supplier is selected from the search results
• $0 to 250K = Right of first refusal must be followed

Supply Arrangements (rates are no longer included in Centralized Professional Services System (CPSS)):

• $0 to 40K = 1 Supplier is selected from the search results
• $0 to Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) [$100,000] = Minimum of 2 suppliers are selected from the search results
• CKFTA [$100,000] to $3.75 (or $3,750,000) = Minimum of 15 suppliers are selected from the search results
• Greater than $3.75 million = All suppliers are to be invited from the search results list
• Perpetual (Quarterly) refreshes

Common to Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements:

• 6 regions and 12 metropolitan areas (previously referred to as sub-regions)
• "Remote/Virtual Zone" is available (for work at Suppliers' location)
• An indicator that the Supplier has a "Local office" is included under certain thresholds
• Searches conducted at the metropolitan area are automatically rolled up by the system to the regional level if there are less than 3 suppliers in the metropolitan area search result. Under the Standing Offer, Clients are encouraged to use the metropolitan area

Common rules—At a glance

Harmonized Business rules across Methods of Supply

This table explains the differences between the dollar value threshold within Standing Offers (SO) and Supply Arrangements (SA) between various professional services Methods of Supply (MoS).

This table lists the common business rules applicable to SO and SA for various dollar value thresholds. These common business rules are regarding the number of vendors to be contacted during the procurement process, and the response time given to suppliers to prepare a proposal.

Date modified:

2021-08-24