NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 105/23

Public Procurement Regulations (Amendment) No.2
under the
Public Procurement Act
(O.C. 2023-279)

(Filed December 21, 2023)

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, December 18, 2023.

Krista Quinlan
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.5 Amdt.
Procurement thresholds

        2.   S.14 Amdt.
Evaluation of bids

        3.   Transitional

        4.   Commencement

NLR 13/18
as amended

        1. (1) Paragraphs 5(2)(a) and (b) of the Public Procurement Regulations are repealed and the following substituted:

             (a)  goods and services with an estimated value of $133,800 or greater;

             (b)  public works with an estimated value of $334,400 or greater; and

             (2)  Paragraphs 5(3)(a) and (b) of the regulations are repealed and the following substituted:

             (a)  goods with an estimated value of $33,400 or greater;

             (b)  services and public works with an estimated value of $133,800 or greater; and

 

        2. Paragraph 14(1.1)(a) of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

             (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 $668,800, and

                     (ii)  public works with an estimated value of less than $6,685,000;

Transitional

        3. Where a public body has issued an open call for bids or a limited call for bids before the coming into force of these regulations, the public body shall award the contract as if these regulations had not come into force.

Commencement

        4. These regulations come into force on January 1, 2024.

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