Ineligibility and Suspension Policy

The Ineligibility and Suspension Policy is part of the Government of Canada’s Integrity Regime.

This is the current policy. In response to feedback from clients and participating federal institutions, we simplified the policy itself as well its provisions. Clauses now refer to the current policy in solicitation documents, resulting contracts and real property agreements.

Notably, this policy sets out:

For contracts dated before April 4, 2016

The superseded policy may still apply. Consult the ARCHIVED - Ineligibility and Suspension Policy—effective July 3, 2015.

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1. Title

Ineligibility and Suspension Policy (the policy).

2. Effective date

This policy is effective as of April 4, 2016.

3. Context

  1. Canada has an obligation to protect and safeguard the use and expenditure of public funds, to ensure b stewardship and transparency, and to uphold the public trust in relation to its contracts and real property agreements. Unethical business behaviour by suppliers undermines fair competition, threatens the integrity of markets, is a barrier to economic growth, increases the cost and risk of doing business, and undermines public confidence in government institutions. The Integrity Regime is intended to reduce the instances in which Canada enters into contracts or real property agreements with suppliers that have been convicted of or charged with an offence listed in the policy (a listed offence) linked to unethical business conduct.
  2. The Integrity Regime consists of the policy, any directives issued further to the policy, and any clauses used in instruments relating to contracts or real property agreements that incorporate the policy by reference. Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) may also issue information bulletins associated with the policy to provide greater clarity for informational purposes only.
  3. The policy sets out, notably, the circumstances in which PWGSC may declare ineligible or suspend a supplier from award of a contract or real property agreement with Canada (herein referred to as being ineligible or suspended). It also sets out the ineligibility and suspension periods, the criteria for invoking the public interest exception, the process for entering into an administrative agreement, the reduction to a period of ineligibility available pursuant to an administrative agreement, and the process by which PWGSC makes determinations on its own initiative or upon request by a supplier.

4. Application

5. Responsibilities

  1. PWGSC is responsible for administering the Integrity Regime on behalf of Canada, making ineligibility and suspension determinations, and entering into administrative agreements.
  2. PWGSC may, when considered appropriate, issue a directive with respect to any aspect of the policy. Directives will be used for such purposes as elaborating on or clarifying aspects of the policy, such as establishing monetary thresholds for, or identifying classes of contracts and real property agreements excluded from, application of the policy. Directives issued under the policy form a binding part of the policy. These may be found at the Directives page of the Integrity Regime website.
  3. Where a department or agency has the authority to contract or enter into a real property agreement, the determinations made by PWGSC under the policy may be relied upon by that department or agency when making a decision on whether to enter into a contract or real property agreement with a supplier.
  4. Departments and agencies may make certain decisions under the Integrity Regime, as noted in the policy. The Public Interest Exception, for instance, is an example where the knowledge and expertise of the department or agency is better suited to deciding whether it is in the public interest to contract with an ineligible or suspended supplier. A department or agency may also exercise the right to terminate a contract or real property agreement, where such right is provided for in the contract or real property agreement.
  5. When a department or agency with investigative powers excludes a contract or real property agreement from application of the policy when applying the policy could compromise a criminal investigation, national security or public safety, the department or agency will ensure that the rationale for utilizing the exclusion is recorded on file and aligns with its internal control framework.
  6. When Correctional Service Canada excludes a contract or real property agreement from application of the policy when applying the policy conflicts with its rehabilitation mandate, Correctional Service Canada will ensure that the rationale for utilizing the exclusion is recorded on file and aligns with its internal control framework.

6. Circumstances that automatically lead to a determination of ineligibility

Subject to section 8 concerning pardons, PWGSC will determine a supplier to be ineligible in each of the circumstances set out in the table below. The table also sets out the period of ineligibility, as well as the potential reduction to this period that may be obtained pursuant to an administrative agreement.

For the purpose of calculating under sections 6 and 7 whether a supplier has been charged with, or convicted of, an offence in the past three years, the period of time will be calculated by counting backward from, as appropriate,

  1. the day PWGSC issues the supplier a Notice of Intention to Suspend, a Notice of Intention to Declare Ineligible, Notice of Suspension, or a Notice of Ineligibility, whichever is issued first;
  2. the day PWGSC receives a request from the supplier to determine whether it is ineligible for award of a contract or real property agreement; or
  3. the day PWGSC receives an offer from the supplier in a procurement process or real property transaction,

whichever occurs first.

Circumstances that automatically lead to a determination of ineligibility Period of ineligibility Reduction to the period of ineligibility pursuant to an administrative agreement
  • The supplier has, at any time, been convicted of any of the following offences that results in a loss of capacity to contract with Her Majesty or to receive any benefit under a contract between Her Majesty and any other person, under section 750(3) of the Criminal Code:
    • subsection 80(1)(d) (False entry, certificate or return), subsection 80(2) (Fraud against Her Majesty), or section 154.01 (Fraud against Her Majesty) of the Financial Administration Act; or
    • section 121 (Frauds on the government and Contractor subscribing to election fund), section 124 (Selling or purchasing office), section 380 (Fraud) for fraud committed against Her Majesty, or section 418 (Selling defective stores to Her Majesty) of the Criminal Code;
As long as the supplier is without capacity to contract pursuant to the Criminal Code, section 750(3). No reduction in the period of ineligibility is possible.
  1. The supplier has, in the past three years, been convicted of an offence under any of the following provisions:
    1. section 119 (Bribery of judicial officers, etc.), section 120 (Bribery of officers), section 346 (Extortion), sections 366 to 368 (Forgery and other offences resembling forgery), section 382 (Fraudulent manipulation of stock exchange transactions), section 382.1 (Prohibited insider trading), section 397 (Falsification of books and documents), section 422 (Criminal breach of contract), section 426 (Secret commissions), section 462.31 (Laundering proceeds of crime), or sections 467.11 to 467.13 (Participation in activities of criminal organization) of the Criminal Code;
    2. section 45 (Conspiracies, agreements or arrangements between competitors), section 46 (Foreign directives), section 47 (Bid rigging), section 49 (Agreements or arrangements of federal financial institutions), section 52 (False or misleading representation), or section 53 (Deceptive notice of winning a prize) of the Competition Act;
    3. section 239 (False or deceptive statements) of the Income Tax Act;
    4. section 327 (False or deceptive statements) of the Excise Tax Act;
    5. section 3 (Bribing a foreign public official), section 4 (Accounting), or section 5 (Offence committed outside Canada) of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act; or
    6. section 5 (Trafficking in substance), section 6 (Importing and exporting), or section 7 (Production of substance) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
10 years from the date of PWGSC’s determination Up to 5 years
  1. The supplier has, in the past three years, been convicted of an offence pursuant to section 14(1), with respect to sections 5 or 7, of the Lobbying Act;
10 years from the date of PWGSC’s determination Up to 5 years
  1. The supplier has entered into a subcontract with a first-tier subcontractor (defined in the Subcontractors’ section below) to perform work pursuant to a contract or real property agreement with Canada, where the subcontractor,
    1. lacks the capacity to receive any benefit under a contract between Canada and any other person, pursuant to section 750(3) of the Criminal Code; or
    2. is ineligible for or suspended from contract award under the policy and for which no written approval to enter such subcontract has been provided by the relevant Deputy Head or equivalent, unless:
      1. in the case of an ineligible or suspended subcontractor that is an individual, PWGSC failed to identify that subcontractor as ineligible or suspended when the supplier requested an integrity verification from the Registrar of Ineligibility and Suspension pursuant to the subcontractors section below; or
      2. in the case of an ineligible or suspended subcontractor that is not an individual, that subcontractor’s name was not included on the public Ineligibility and Suspension List at the time the supplier entered into that subcontract.
5 years from the date of PWGSC’s determination No reduction in the period of ineligibility is possible.
  1. In the opinion of PWGSC, the supplier has provided a false or misleading certification or declaration to PWGSC in relation to the policy.
10 years from the date of PWGSC’s determination No reduction in the period of ineligibility is possible.

7. Circumstances that may lead to a determination of ineligibility or suspension

Subject to section 8 concerning pardons, PWGSC may, in its discretion, determine a supplier to be ineligible or suspended in the circumstances set out in the table below. The table also sets out the period of ineligibility or suspension, as well as the potential reduction to the period of ineligibility or suspension that may be obtained pursuant to an administrative agreement.

For purposes of determining whether a foreign offence is similar to a listed offence, PWGSC will take into account the following factors:

  1. in the case of a conviction, whether the court acted within its jurisdiction;
  2. whether the supplier was afforded the right to appear during the court’s proceedings or to submit to the court’s jurisdiction;
  3. whether the court’s decision was obtained by fraud; or
  4. whether the supplier was entitled to present to the court every defence that the supplier would have been entitled to present had the proceeding been tried in Canada.
Circumstances that may lead to a determination of ineligibility Period of ineligibility/ suspension Reduction to the period of ineligibility/ suspension pursuant to an administrative agreement
  1. The supplier has, in the past three years, been convicted of an offence in a jurisdiction other than Canada that, in PWGSC’s opinion, is similar to any of the offences identified in paragraphs 6(a) to (c).
10 years from the date of PWGSC’s determination Up to 5 years
  1. The supplier’s affiliate was convicted in the past three years of an offence identified in paragraphs 6(a) to (c) or, in PWGSC’s opinion, of a similar offence in a jurisdiction other than Canada and, in PWGSC’s opinion, the supplier directed, influenced, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the offence.
10 years from the date of PWGSC’s determination Up to 5 years
  1. In the opinion of PWGSC, the supplier has breached any term or condition of an administrative agreement entered into with PWGSC pursuant to the policy, in which case PWGSC may lengthen the original period of ineligibility or re-impose a suspension. Where an administrative agreement was entered into in lieu of a suspension, a breach will result in a suspension period being imposed.
The period of ineligibility may be longer than the original period of ineligibility that was reduced by the administrative agreement Not applicable
  1. PWGSC may suspend a supplier from contracting, or entering into a real property agreement, with Canada if the supplier has been charged with, or admits guilt of, any of the offences identified in paragraphs 6(a) to (c), or is charged with, or admits guilt of, in PWGSC’s opinion, a similar offence in a jurisdiction other than Canada.

18 months from the date of PWGSC’s determination, subject to extension pending final disposition of the charges, at which time PWGSC will make a determination of ineligibility if the supplier is convicted.

A period of suspension prior to conviction does not abridge the ineligibility period that may be imposed by PWGSC on a supplier as a result of the conviction.

Suspension period may be stayed by an administrative agreement with PWGSC

8. Pardons

9. Process for making determinations of ineligibility

10. General anti-avoidance provisions

  1. PWGSC may determine that a successor entity to an ineligible or suspended supplier is ineligible or suspended, as the case may be, in circumstances where, in the opinion of PWGSC, the succession (e.g., merger, acquisition, divestiture, etc.) occurred for the purpose of avoiding the ineligibility or suspension, or where the result of the succession would be the avoidance of the ineligibility or suspension.
  2. Where, after a corporate entity is charged with or convicted of a listed offence, or after the occurrence of other circumstance, that will or may support a determination by PWGSC of ineligibility or suspension with respect to the corporate entity, or after such determination, the corporate entity or the corporate family to which the corporate entity belongs, including parent companies, intermediate corporate entities, subsidiaries and affiliates, undergoes a corporate restructuring on the individual entity or family level, respectively, including merger, amalgamation, acquisition, takeover, divestiture, consolidation, sell-off, spin-off, etc., where the result of the restructuring would be the avoidance of an ineligibility or suspension determination, PWGSC may determine that the corporate entity, a former affiliate and a successor entity is ineligible or suspended, as the case maybe.
  3. In exercising its discretion under this section, PWGSC will consider the objectives of the policy, recognizing that a supplier should not be able to circumvent a determination under the policy and that innocent parties should not be penalized.

11. Limited review of determinations of ineligibility

  1. A supplier may request a limited review of a determination of ineligibility on the sole basis that it did not direct, influence, authorize, assent to, acquiesce in or participate in the commission of the offence(s) of which its Affiliate has been convicted that resulted in the determination that the supplier is ineligible pursuant to the policy.
  2. To request such limited review of a determination, a supplier must submit a written Request for Limited Review within 30 days from receipt of the Notice of Ineligibility. The supplier may, with the Request for limited review, provide new evidence and written representations to PWGSC for consideration. The Request for limited review does not operate as a stay of the determination of ineligibility.
  3. PWGSC will conduct a review of the determination having regard to the Request for limited review and any new evidence and written submissions. PWGSC may seek further information or clarification from the supplier. At the conclusion of the review, PWGSC will either confirm or rescind the determination. PWGSC will give the supplier written notice of the decision. If the determination of ineligibility is rescinded, PWGSC will immediately remove the supplier from the Integrity Database and the public Ineligibility and Suspension List, if applicable.
  4. If a determination that a supplier is ineligible to enter into a contract or real property agreement is rescinded and PWGSC subsequently becomes aware of information that was not considered at the time the rescission was issued, PWGSC may make a new determination.

12. Process for suspensions

13. Effect of determinations of ineligibility and suspension

Once PWGSC has determined that a supplier is ineligible to enter, or suspended from entering, into a contract or real property agreement:

  1. PWGSC will enter the name of the supplier in its Integrity Database as an ineligible or suspended supplier;
  2. if the supplier is not an individual, PWGSC will also publish the name of the supplier on its public Ineligibility and Suspension List, together with the supplier’s address, and the period of ineligibility that applies to the supplier. The Ineligibility and Suspension List can be found on the Integrity Regime website; it is maintained by PWGSC’s Registrar of Ineligibility and Suspension;
  3. subject to the Public Interest Exception being invoked in a particular transaction, an ineligible or suspended supplier that participates in a competitive solicitation that is subject to the policy will be declared non-responsive;
  4. subject to the Public Interest Exception being invoked in a particular transaction, an ineligible or suspended supplier is unable to enter into a contract or real property agreement awarded through a non-competitive process that is subject to the policy;
  5. where a supplier is determined to be ineligible or suspended during performance of a contract or real property agreement subject to the policy, Canada may, following a notice period of no less than two weeks, during which time the supplier may make representations on such matters as maintaining the contract or real property agreement, terminate the contract or real property agreement for default. A termination for default does not restrict Canada’s right to exercise any other remedy that may be available against the supplier. The supplier may be required to enter into an administrative agreement with PWGSC as an alternative to termination on such terms and conditions as PWGSC considers necessary to safeguard the integrity of government contracting and real property transactions;
  6. notwithstanding any other term of the policy, at the end of the period of ineligibility, unless the supplier has entered into and satisfied all the conditions of an administrative agreement with PWGSC, the supplier will be required to submit a report from a third party to PWGSC prior to being eligible to enter into any contract or real property agreement with Canada. The report must demonstrate that the supplier has undertaken sufficient actions to address the causes of the conduct that led to its ineligibility. A supplier remains ineligible to contract or enter into a real property agreement with Canada if it fails to provide such report or if the report fails to satisfy PWGSC that the supplier has satisfactorily addressed the causes of the conduct that led to its ineligibility; and
  7. a decision to delay award of a contract or real property agreement while an ineligibility determination is under limited review is at the sole discretion of the contracting authority.

14. Administrative agreements

15. Public interest exception

Unless the supplier has no capacity to contract with Canada pursuant to subsection 750(3) of the Criminal Code, a contracting authority may enter into a contract or real property agreement with an ineligible or suspended supplier if the relevant Deputy Head or equivalent considers that doing so is in the public interest. The reasons for invoking a Public Interest Exception include, but are not limited to:

  1. the need to respond to an emergency where delay would be injurious to the public interest;
  2. the supplier is the only person capable of performing the contract or providing the real property agreement;
  3. the contract is essential to maintain sufficient emergency stocks in order to safeguard against possible shortages; and
  4. not entering into the contract or real property agreement with the supplier would have a significant adverse impact on the health, national security, safety, public security or economic or financial well-being of the people of Canada or the functioning of any portion of the federal public administration.

Unless time is of the essence (e.g., an emergency, unforeseen urgency), a supplier will be required to enter into an administrative agreement before being awarded a contract or real property agreement further to a Public Interest Exception.

16. Subcontractors

17. Information to be provided when bidding, contracting or entering into a real property agreement

18. Engagement of a third party

Where required by PWGSC, the supplier must identify and propose a third party within the time specified. It is within the sole discretion of PWGSC to determine whether the proposed third party has sufficient expertise, experience and independence to provide the services required. Suppliers must seek PWGSC’s written approval prior to retaining a particular third party.

In each case, the supplier will be responsible for retaining and remunerating the third party, and may be required to provide a copy of the terms of engagement to PWGSC.

Annex: Definitions

For the purposes of the policy, the following definitions apply:

"acquisition card"
is a charge card issued under a contract between a card issuer and Canada for the procurement and payment of goods and services for authorized official government business.
"administrative agreement"
is a negotiated agreement between a supplier and PWGSC.
"affiliate"
  • is a person, including, but not limited to, parent companies, subsidiaries, whether or not wholly or partially owned, as well as a senior officer;
  • one person is an affiliate of another person if,
    • one person is controlled by the other person;
    • both persons are controlled by a third person;
    • both persons are under common control; or
    • each person is controlled by a third person and the third person by whom one person is controlled is affiliated with the third person by whom the other person is controlled;
  • indicia of control, whether direct or indirect, exercised or not, include, but are not limited to, common ownership, common management, identity of interests (often found in members of the same family), shared facilities and equipment or common use of employees;
  • an affiliate may also exist in instances of an amalgamation or merger. Where at any time two or more corporations (in this provision referred to as the “predecessors”) amalgamate or merge to form a new corporation, the new corporation and any predecessor are deemed to have been affiliated with each other where they would have been affiliated with each other immediately before that time if,
    • the new corporation had existed immediately before that time; and
    • the persons who were the shareholders of the new corporation immediately after that time had been the shareholders of the new corporation immediately before that time.
"contracting authority"
includes real property authority.
"control"
means
  • direct control, such as where:
    • a person controls a body corporate if securities of the body corporate to which are attached more than 50 per cent of the votes that may be cast to elect directors of the body corporate are beneficially owned by the person and the votes attached to those securities are sufficient, if exercised, to elect a majority of the directors of the body corporate;
    • a person controls a corporation that is organized on a cooperative basis if the person and all of the entities controlled by the person have the right to exercise more than 50 per cent of the votes that may be cast at an annual meeting or to elect the majority of the directors of the corporation;
    • a person controls an unincorporated entity, other than a limited partnership, if more than 50 per cent of the ownership interests, however designated, into which the entity is divided are beneficially owned by that person and the person is able to direct the business and affairs of the entity;
    • the general partner of a limited partnership controls the limited partnership; and
    • a person controls an entity if the person has any direct or indirect influence that, if exercised, would result in control in fact of the entity.
  •  deemed control, such as where:
    1. A person who controls an entity is deemed to control any entity that is controlled, or deemed to be controlled, by the entity
  • indirect control, such as where a person is deemed to control, within the meaning of paragraph (a) or (b), an entity where the aggregate of
    1. any securities of the entity that are beneficially owned by that person, and
    2. any securities of the entity that are beneficially owned by any entity controlled by that person

    is such that, if that person and all of the entities referred to in paragraph (c)(ii) that beneficially own securities of the entity were one person, that person would control the entity.

"derivatives agreement"
means a financial agreement whose obligations are derived from, referenced to, or based on, one or more underlying reference items such as interest rates, indices, currencies, commodities, securities or other ownership interests, credit or guarantee obligations, debt securities, climatic variables, bandwidth, freight rates, emission rights, real property indices and inflation or other macroeconomic data and includes
  1. a contract for differences or a swap, including a total return swap, price return swap, default swap or basis swap;
  2. a futures agreement;
  3. a cap, collar, floor or spread;
  4. an option; and
  5. a spot or forward.
"federal immovable"
means an immovable belonging to Canada, and includes an immovable of which Canada has the power to dispose.
"federal real property"
means any real property belonging to Canada, and includes any real property of which Canada has the power to dispose.
"financial contract"
includes
  • a derivatives agreement, whether settled by payment or delivery, that
    1. trades on a futures or options exchange or board, or other regulated market, or
    2. is the subject of recurrent dealings in the derivatives markets or in the over-the-counter securities or commodities markets;
  • an agreement to
    1. borrow or lend securities or commodities, including an agreement to transfer securities or commodities under which the borrower may repay the loan with other securities or commodities, cash or cash equivalents,
    2. clear or settle securities, futures, options or derivatives transactions, or
    3. act as a depository for securities;
  • a repurchase, reverse repurchase or buy-sell back agreement with respect to securities or commodities;
  • a margin loan in so far as it is in respect of a securities account or futures account maintained by a financial intermediary;
  • any combination of agreements referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d);
  • a master agreement in so far as it is in respect of an agreement referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e);
  • a master agreement in so far as it is in respect of a master agreement referred to in paragraph (f);
  • a guarantee of, or an indemnity or reimbursement obligation with respect to, the liabilities under an agreement referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (g); and
  • an agreement relating to financial collateral, including any form of security or security interest in collateral and a title transfer credit support agreement, with respect to an agreement referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (h).
"immovable"
means
  1. in the Province of Quebec, an immovable within the meaning of the civil law of the Province of Quebec, and includes the rights of a lessee in respect of such an immovable, and
  2. in jurisdictions outside Canada, any property that is an immovable within the meaning of the civil law of the Province of Quebec, and includes the rights of a lessee in respect of any such property;
"Ineligibility and Suspension List"
is a public list of companies that have been determined to be ineligible or suspended by PWGSC under the policy.
"Integrity Database"
is a list to be maintained by PWGSC that records all determinations of ineligibility and suspension, including companies and individuals, and the period of ineligibility that applies to that supplier.
"insurance contract"
means
  • a policy or contract of insurance (other than a warranty in respect of the quality, fitness or performance of tangible property, where the warranty is supplied to a person who acquires the property otherwise than for resale) that is issued by an insurer, including
    • a policy of reinsurance issued by an insurer,
    • an annuity contract issued by an insurer, or a contract issued by an insurer that would be an annuity contract except that the payments under the contract
      • are payable on a periodic basis at intervals that are longer or shorter than one year, or
      • vary in amount depending on the value of a specific group of assets or on changes in interest rates, and
    • a contract issued by an insurer for all or part of the insurer’s reserves which vary in amount depending on the value of a specified group of assets, and
  • a policy or contract in the nature of accident and sickness insurance, whether the policy is issued, or the contract is entered into, by an insurer.
"intra-governmental agreement"
means an agreement that involves or is made between different departments, agencies or other federal entities of the Government of Canada.
"inter-governmental agreement"
means an agreement that involves or is made between Canada and one or more governments, including but not limited to foreign states, provincial, territorial and municipal governments or provincial or municipal crown corporations, or an agreement between one or more governments to which Canada has declared itself to be bound.
"licence"
means any right to use or occupy real property or an immovable, other than
  1. a real right within the meaning of the civil law of the Province of Quebec and the rights of a lessee under a lease of an immovable, and
  2. an interest in land;
"Notice of Ineligibility and Notice of Suspension"
is a record of an administrative decision by PWGSC to declare ineligible or suspended, respectively, a supplier from award of a contract or real property agreement for a specific period of time.
"Notice of Intention to Declare Ineligible and Notice of Intention to Suspend"
is a Notice sent by PWGSC informing a supplier that it is being reviewed for a potential determination of ineligibility or suspension, respectively.
"person"
includes, but is not limited to individuals, organizations, bodies corporate, societies, companies, firms, partnerships, and associations of persons;
"procurement process"
including solicitation, invitation to tender, request for proposals, request for quotations and invitation to offer, means:
  1. as it relates to goods and services, a series of public actions or steps taken by PWGSC, or any other government department, agency or other federal entity, and which are directed at acquiring goods or services, either through a competitive public process or a sole source process, where permissible, and which result in binding obligations on a supplier or suppliers of goods or services, but does not include activities occurring after an award has been made, such as contract administration or contract management; 
  2. as it relates real property agreements or transactions, a series of public actions or steps taken by PWGSC, or any other government department, agency or other federal entity, and which are directed at concluding: (i) a disposition or lease of federal real property or federal immovables; (ii) a grant or concessions of federal real property or federal immovables; (iii) an acquisition or lease of real property or immovables; (iv) a licence or transfer in relation to any licence acquired or given by Her Majesty in respect of federal real property or federal immovables. The term does not include any transaction or solicitation occurring after an award decision has been made such as administration or management; and 
  3. as it relates to “construction contract”, means a series of public actions or steps taken by PWGSC, or any other government department, agency or other federal entity, and which are directed at concluding a contract entered into for the construction, repair, renovation or restoration of any work except a vessel and includes (i)a contract for the supply and erection of a prefabricated structure, (ii)a contract for dredging, (iii)a contract for demolition, or (iv)a contract for the hire of equipment to be used in or incidentally to the execution of any contract referred to in this definition.
"real property"
means land in any province other than Quebec, and land outside Canada, including mines and minerals, and buildings, structures, improvements and other fixtures on, above or below the surface of the land, and includes an interest therein. The term is to be given the meaning ascribed to it in the Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act.
"real property agreement"
includes offer to purchase, offer to sale, agreement of purchase and sale, leases and licences.
"representative"
in respect of an organization, means a director, partner, employee, member, agent or contractor of the organization.
"senior officer"
means a representative who plays an important role in the establishment of an organization’s policies or is responsible for managing an important aspect of the organization’s activities and, in the case of a body corporate, includes a director, its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer.
"service contract"
means a contract for the provision of a service but does not include an agreement whereby a person is employed as an officer, clerk or employee of Canada.
"subcontract"
includes a subtenancy and sublease.
"subcontractor"
includes a subtenant and sublessee.
"supplier"
means any person that:
  1. submits a bid/offer for, or is awarded, or reasonably may be expected to submit a bid/offer for or be awarded, a contract or real property agreement with Canada;
  2. conducts or wishes to conduct business with Canada as a vendor, lessor, option or, licensor, purchaser, tenant or contractor; or
  3. conducts business with Canada as an agent or representative of another supplier,

where the policy applies.

"supply contract"
means a contract for the purchase of articles, commodities, equipment, goods, materials or supplies and includes
  1. a contract for printing or for the reproduction of printed matter, and
  2. a contract for the construction or repair of a vessel.
"transaction value"
is the actual value of a contract, subcontract or real property agreement or, when unestablished, the maximum potential value of a contract, subcontract or real property agreement or of all contracts to be issued under a standing offer or supply arrangement, as estimated by Canada. Transaction value is stated in Canadian currency, or the equivalent value of the currency of a country other than Canada, and includes all options and applicable taxes. Transaction value is used for purposes only of determining application of the policy and does not imply that monies will be spent beyond a firm contractual commitment or that any option will be exercised. Where a Financial Limitation clause is used, the transaction value is that value.
"transfer payment"
is a monetary payment, or a transfer of goods, services or assets made, on the basis of an appropriation, to a third party, including a Crown corporation, that does not result in the acquisition by Canada of any goods, services or assets. Transfer payments do not include investments, loans or guarantees. Transfer payments are categorized as:
  1. grants, which are transfer payments subject to pre-established eligibility and other entitlement criteria. A grant is not subject to being accounted for by a recipient nor normally subject to audit by the department. The recipient may be required to report on results achieved;
  2. contributions, which are transfer payments subject to performance conditions in a funding agreement. A funding agreement is a written agreement or instrument constituting an agreement between Canada and an applicant or a recipient setting out the obligations or understandings of both with respect to one or more transfer payments; or
  3. other transfer payments, which are transfer payments, other than a grant or contribution, based on legislation or other arrangement, which may be determined by a formula.
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