1.1 Departments and agencies are to submit an annual report on the total number and dollar amounts of construction and service contracts (as defined in the Government Contracts Regulations), including amendments awarded within a department's own departmental authorities.
1.2 Data on contracting activities is to be broken down by Basic contracting limits and Exceptional contracting limits (as defined in the Treasury Board Contracts Directive) and further organized into competitive, non-competitive and amendments. Information on the following items is to be excluded from the report:
1. real property leases;
2. call-ups against standing offers established by the Department of Supply and Services (SSC);
3. contracts awarded by common service agencies on behalf of clients;
4. emergency contracts (see Note); and
5. contract proposals which received Treasury Board approval (see Note).