1. Notwithstanding the contracting limits provided in Part I and Part II of this Directive, any contracting authority may enter into and amend a contract up to a total value of $1,000,000 (including amendments and all applicable taxes including GST or HST) in response to a pressing emergency on condition that a report be sent to the Treasury Board Secretariat within 60 calendar days of the authorization or beginning of the work. Departments are encouraged to use this expanded contracting authority to enter into lower dollar value contracts to address the emergency and then, if necessary, to amend them once the scope of the work involved is better defined.
2. Notwithstanding Section 1 of this Part and the contracting limits provided in Part 1 and Part II of this Directive, the Minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency may enter into a contract for an international development assistance program or project to a total value of $4,000,000 (including starter contracts) in response to a pressing emergency on condition that a report be sent to the Treasury Board Secretariat within60 calendar days of the authorization or beginning of the work.
3. An emergency contracting report should include the following:
1. detailed information about the circumstances of the emergency situation;
2. the type and total value of the awarded contract;
3. the reason(s) why the bidding requirements were not practical or permissible;
4. the department or agency's delegated contracting authority level at which the emergency contract entry was approved.
4. Notwithstanding, Section 1 of this Part and the contracting limits provided in Part I and Part II of this Directive, the Minister of National Defence may enter into non-competitive contracts up to a total value of $5,000,000 in response to a pressing emergencies for fuel, food, water and transportation services during urgent deployments of Canadian Forces units, under authorised operational orders, in situations where there will be significant human and/or financial risk on condition that a report be sent to the Treasury Board Secretariat within 60 calendar days of the authorisation or beginning of work.
5. Notwithstanding Section 1 of this Part and the contracting limits provided in Part I and Part II of this Directive, the Minister of Public Works and Government Services may enter into a non-competitive contract up to a total value of $15,000,000 in response to pressing emergencies by departments where there will be significant human and/or financial risks on condition that a report be sent to the Treasury Board Secretariat within 60 calendar days of the authorisation or beginning of work.
6. Notwithstanding Section 1 of this Part and the contracting limits provided in Part I and Part II of this Directive, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans may enter into non-competitive contracts up to a total value of $10million in response to pressing emergencies caused by oil spills, in situations where there will be significant human and/or financial risk, on condition that a report be sent to the Treasury Board Secretariat within 60 calendar days of the authorisation or beginning of work.
7. Notwithstanding Section 1 of this Part and the contracting limits provided in Part I and Part II of this Directive, the Minister of Foreign Affairs' may enter into non-competitive services contracts related to Chanceries up to a total value of $15 million in response to a pressing emergency and/or national security related threats to Canadian missions abroad and where there is significant human and/or financial risk, on condition that a report be sent to the Treasury Board Secretariat within 60 calendar days of the authorisation or beginning of work.
8. The emergency contracting authorities referred to in Section 4, 5, 6 and 7 can only be used if all of the following criteria can be met:
1. the Minister invokes the National Security or Extreme Urgency provisions of the applicable trade agreements;
2. the requirement can not be satisfied by normal contracting procedures due to the urgency of the situation; and
3. the applicable departmental Minister approves the use of these special authorities.