Schedule of Prince Edward Island

Annex 519.1: Party-Specific Exceptions

Schedule of Prince Edward Island

Procurement Exceptions

For Prince Edward Island, the following is not covered by this Chapter:

A. Excluded Entities

None

B. Exceptions and Notes

1. Architects below CETA threshold regardless of the value for those entities that are not covered by CETA.
2. Engineers below CETA threshold regardless of the value for those entities that are not covered by CETA.
3. Construction materials that are used for highway construction and maintenance (reference: PEI Public Purchasing Act Regulations [Section 11(1)(I)].
4. Goods purchased for representational or promotional purposes, and services and construction purchased for representational or promotional purposes outside the territory of a Party.
5. Local Food.
6. Article 507.1 and Article 509.1 do not apply to procurement that targets poverty reduction for disadvantaged natural persons if the value of the procurement is below $200,000.
7. Any of Prince Edward Island’s covered procuring entities may derogate from this Chapter in order to promote regional economic development.
   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, but if the overall value of the procurement exceeds $1 million, up to $1 million of that overall procurement may be excluded;
   2. the exclusion will only be utilized by Prince Edward Island 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. in each case where Prince Edward Island intends to rely on this exclusion to exclude all or part of a procurement, at least 30 days prior to its execution of the applicable procurement agreement, it will notify the Parties of its intention to utilize this exclusion. Such notification will include:
      1. details of the circumstances justifying the exclusion;
      2. name(s) of the firm(s) and region(s) at issue; and
      3. an explanation as to how the intended exclusion conforms with the requirements of this paragraph.