Bill 243 — Second Session, 21St Legislature, 36 Elizabeth 11 the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 243 Government Open Contract Act (Legislature 21, Session 2)

L21 S2 3141

Alberta — Bills

1987 BILL Second Session, 21st Legislature, 36 Elizabeth THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL GOVERNMENT OPEN CONTRACT ACT MR. MITCHELL First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr.

Mitchell BILL GOVERNMENT OPEN CONTRACT ACT (Assented to , 1987) Publication of bids HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 In this Act, (a) "contract" means a contract which is or is likely to be of a value of $50 or more for the supply of goods or services to the Crown; (b) "Minister" means the Minister of Public Works, Supply and Services. 2 Notwithstanding section 11(2) of the Department of Public Works, Supply and Services Act, the Minister shall not conclude any contract without previously having called for open tenders for the contract and having published the qualifying bids received from the tender. 3 Where the Minister has commenced negotiations for the supply of goods and services under a contractual arrangement in anticipation of the cost being less than $50 000, and later makes commitments under the arrangement that exceed $50 000, it shall publish the details of the bids received for the contract whether or not they exceed $50 000. 4(1) The Minister shall publish guidelines for the tendering of contracts with the Crown.

(2) Where the Minister deems it necessary to deviate from any provision of the guidelines published pursuant to subsection (1) in dealing with a tender, he shall advise all persons who have submitted the tender of the details of the deviation and his reasons therefore. Notice to bidders Evcry iuvitation to tender issued by the Crown, whether published or sent to a restricted number of invitees, shall contain the following statement: "If all bids received from the work covered by this tender exceed $50 000, all bids will be published by the Crown.

If some of the bids received exceed $50 and the Crown wishes to accept one of them, all of the bids received shall be pubHshed." Title: 1987 (21st, 2nd) Bill 243, Government Open Contract Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L21 S2 3141
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L21 S2 3141
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	57ddf71ed8680e8c9d77e9a52b9b6f110b8812d1

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