Schedule of Nova Scotia

Annex 519.1: Party-Specific Exceptions

Schedule of Nova Scotia

Procurement Exceptions

For the Government of Nova Scotia, the following is not covered by this Chapter:

A. Excluded Entities

None

B. Exceptions and Notes

For the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government Procurement Chapter does not cover the following procurement:

1. Goods purchased for representational or promotional purposes; or services or construction purchased for representational or promotional purposes outside Nova Scotia.
2. Any of the Government of Nova Scotia’s covered procuring entities may derogate from the Government Procurement Chapter in order to promote regional economic development, subject to the following conditions:
   1. Any procurement qualifying for a derogation pursuant to this paragraph shall:
      1. be undertaken to support small firms or employment opportunities in a non-urban area; and
      2. have an overall value of no more than $1 million, or if the overall total value exceeds $1 million, the value of the part of the contract that would be excluded will not exceed $1 million.
   2. the derogation will only be utilized up to a maximum of ten times per calendar year;
   3. any procurement being funded by the Government of Canada may not be excluded; and
   4. when the Government of Nova Scotia intends to rely on this derogation to exclude all or part of a procurement, at least 30 days prior to the signing of the relevant procurement agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia will notify the other Parties of its intention to utilize this derogation. Such notification will include:
      1. details of the circumstances justifying the derogation as provided in this paragraph;
      2. name(s) of the firm(s) and region(s) at issue; and
      3. an explanation as to how the intended derogation conforms with the requirements of this paragraph.
3. Ground ambulance-related and telecommunications procurement for Emergency Health Care purposes.