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File No: 7010-000-006
DATE: December 14, 2007
TO: Functional Heads, Administration/Finance of all Departments and Agencies
SUBJECT: Update of thresholds for the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement and the North American Free Trade Agreement
SUMMARY:
New thresholds for procurements subject to the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (AGP) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are in effect January 1, 2008, and are valid until December 31, 2009.
BACKGROUND:
Every two years, the thresholds in the procurement chapter of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement are updated.
This Notice amends the thresholds in Contracting Policy Notice 2005-3, and provides new thresholds, in Canadian dollars, under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement for a two-year period, January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009. The threshold for the Agreement on Internal Trade remains unchanged at $25,000 for goods and $100,000 for services and construction.
World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement:
Departments and Agencies
Goods |
$217,400 |
Services |
$217,400 |
Construction |
$8,300,000 |
North American Free Trade Agreement:
Departments and Agencies
Goods (Can/U.S.) |
$28,200 |
Goods (Can/Mex) |
$76,500 |
Services |
$76,500 |
Construction |
$9,900,000 |
North American Free Trade Agreement:
Crown Corporations
Goods |
$382,800 |
Services |
$382,800 |
Construction |
$12,200,000 |
ENQUIRIES
For further information, please contact Treasury Board Secretariat:
by phone 613-957-2487 or by fax at 613-957-2405