NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 5/21

Public Procurement Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Public Procurement Act
(O.C. 2021 - 008)

(Filed January 15, 2021)

Under the authority of section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John’s, January 15, 2021.

Gary Norris
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.14 Amdt.
Evaluation of bids

NLR 13/18
as amended

        1. Subsection 14(1.1) of the Public Procurement Regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

         (1.1)  Notwithstanding section 17, a public body shall apply a 10% reduction to the bid price of a provincial supplier for the purpose of evaluating the provincial supplier's bid under subsection (1) where

             (a)  in the case of a public body referred to in subsection 5(1), the procurement is for

                      (i)  goods, services or leases of space with an estimated value of less than $528,300, and

                     (ii)  public works with an estimated value of less than $5,283,200;

             (b)  in the case of a public body referred to in subsection 5(2), the estimated value of the procurement is less than the applicable threshold in paragraph 5(2)(a), (b) or (c); and

             (c)  in the case of a public body referred to in subsection 5(3), the estimated value of the procurement is less than the applicable threshold in paragraph 5(3)(a), (b) or (c).

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