24.4.1 In co-operation with the DIO, the Government of Canada and the Territorial Government shall assist Inuit firms to become familiar with their bidding and contracting procedures, and encourage Inuit firms to bid for government contracts in the Nunavut Settlement Area.
24.4.2 In inviting bids on government contracts in the Nunavut Settlement Area, the Government of Canada and the Territorial Government shall provide all reasonable opportunities to Inuit firms to submit competitive bids, and, in doing so, shall take, where practicable and consistent with sound procurement management, the following measures:
1. set the date, location, and terms and conditions for bidding so that Inuit firms may readily bid;
2. invite bids by commodity groupings to permit smaller and more specialised firms to bid;
3. permit bids for goods and services for a specified portion of a larger contract package to permit smaller and more specialised firms to bid;
4. design construction contracts in a way so as to increase the opportunity for smaller and more specialised firms to bid; and
5. avoid artificially inflated employment skills requirements not essential to the fulfilment of the contract.
24.4.3 Where the Government of Canada or the Territorial Government intends to invite bids for government contracts to be performed in the Nunavut Settlement Area, it shall take all reasonable measures to inform Inuit firms of such bids, and provide Inuit firms with a fair and reasonable opportunity to submit bids.