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  "title": "Canada Treasury Board Directive on the Management of Procurement + CanadaBuys Federal Procurement Platform",
  "domain": "Public Sector & Government Procurement",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-08",
  "bluf": "The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) Directive on the Management of Procurement (effective 13 May 2021, with subsequent amendments) is the principal procurement framework for federal departments and agencies under Schedule I, I.1, II, IV, and V of the Financial Administration Act (FAA). The Directive succeeded the prior Contracting Policy and the related contracting policy notices, consolidating the rules into an outcomes-focused directive supported by Treasury Board Standards including the Standard on Public Opinion Research, the Standard on Information Technology Architecture, and the various risk and reporting standards. The Directive is administered by the TBS Office of the Comptroller General and operationally delivered through Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) as the central acquisitions organisation, with departmental procurement officers executing departmental acquisitions within delegated authorities. CanadaBuys at canadabuys.canada.ca is the central federal procurement platform launched in 2022 to replace the legacy Buyandsell.gc.ca system; CanadaBuys provides end-to-end electronic procurement including procurement notice publication, electronic bid submission, contract award notification, and integration with the Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements (SOSA) management. The framework intersects multiple trade agreement obligations including the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA 2012), the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) government procurement chapter, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) government procurement chapter, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA, the renegotiated NAFTA) government procurement provisions, the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) interprovincial procurement framework, and various bilateral free trade agreement procurement chapters. Procurement methods specified in the Directive and the supporting Standards include open competitive procurement (the default), selective competitive procurement (limited tender from a prequalified list), and non-competitive procurement (sole-source justified under one of the prescribed exceptions). The framework includes specific provisions for the Indigenous Business Directory (formerly Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business / PSAB) with the mandatory 5% federal procurement target from Indigenous businesses, the Build in Canada Innovation Program, the National Master Standing Offers and other consolidated procurement vehicles, and the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) advocacy framework. Defence procurement is governed by the parallel Defence Procurement Strategy 2014 administered by PSPC with policy direction from the National Defence and the Treasury Board.",
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