pre-award information

pre-award information and post-contract audit action

(c) that the information provided by the complainant and any other information examined by the Board in respect of the complaint discloses a reasonable indication that the procurement has not been carried out in accordance with the procurement policies, practices and procedures of the Government of Canada; and

dling system, provided that any such information is confidential and neither it nor any non-aggregated information derived from it shall be disclosed or communicated to any person without the prior written consent of the parties to the contract.

3. Considers that, in the case of contractual PPPs, a prior public sector comparator and a value for money analysis are necessary for the public sector when launching a PPP project; considers furthermore that this category of PPPs, which should be understood in the wider sense of concessions, so as to include contracts whose object is the provision of public services requiring the carrying out of infrastructure works and where the majority of the concessionaire's revenues derives from direct payments by public authorities, the legal instrument which defines the guidelines should address the stage of the selection of the private contract ...[+++]or and should standardise several examples of best practice - which should not, however, be binding - for public authorities and private operators; considers that these guidelines should also set out the principles which are applicable to the contractual framework following the awarding of the contract, by taking a proscriptive approach and indicating which kinds of conduct or contractual provisions conflict, or risk conflicting with the principles of Community law; futher considers that these guidelines should contribute to a well-balanced and fair share of profit and risk between public and private partners, preventing unacceptable damage to the public; lastly, considers that the Commission should provide examples of best practice in risk sharing between the public and private sectors;

We think this legislation should be tightened up in the context of sharing with other governments, either provincial governments or governments outside Canada (1140) Mr. Tony Martin: You're suggesting then, if I heard you correctly, that there is a draft guideline with Treasury Board now that would give you some comfort and ultimately give us some comfort, because in the contracting out of services by government there would be more control.