The purpose of this Act is to establish a statutory framework which, through its operation, enables public bodies to achieve best value, transparency and accountability in procurement. For the purpose of the efficient, effective and ethical procurement required by public bodies to carry out their mandates, public bodies shall (a) promote the integrity and fairness of, and public confidence in, procurement; (b) foster and encourage participation in procurement by suppliers; (c) promote competition among suppliers in procurement; (d) provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all suppliers and contractors; (e) promote making information on procurement publicly available; and (f) value diversity in procurement. This Act and regulations made under this Act shall be read and applied in conjunction with the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act and, where a provision of this Act or regulations under this Act is inconsistent or conflicts with a provision, term or condition of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act , the provision, term or condition of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act shall have precedence over the provision of this Act or regulations made under this Act. This Act applies to procurement by public bodies, and with respect to the corporation established under the Energy Corporation Act and the corporation established under the Oil and Gas Corporation Act , this Act applies to those corporations and their subsidiaries except as provided in those Acts.
كندا · 2016-12-14