Common Business Rules in the Centralized Professional Services System ePortal

Standing Offers:

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

Common to Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements:

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).

Methods of Supply rules—At a glance
Method of Supply Standing Offers Supply Arrangements
0-40K 0-250K 0-40K 0-CKFTA
(Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement)
CKFTA-3.75M Over 3.75M
ProServices Not available Not available Available Available Not available Not available
Task Based Informatics Professional Service (TBIPS) Not available Not available Not available Not available Available Available
Solutions-Based Informatics Professional Services (SBIPS) (Solution (sol)) Not available Not available Available Available Available Available
Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) (Supply Arrangement Task (task) Not available Not available Not available Not available Available Available
Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) (sol) Not available Not available Available Available Available Available
Professional Audits Support Services Supply Arrangement (PASS-SA) Not available Not available Available Available Available Available
Learning Services Available Available Available Available Available Available

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.

Business rules common to all Methods of Supply
Rules Standing Offers Supply Arrangements
0-40K 0-250K 0-40K 0-CKFTA CKFTA-3.75M Over 3.75M
Minimum number of suppliers to invite 1 1-10
Right of First Refusal (RoFR) applies
1 2 15 All
Minimum number of suppliers response time (days) 0 2 0 5 15 20
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