7.  Compliance With Canadian law

Comment: According to the respondent, any release of data by the Canadian Commercial Corporation must comply with Canadian law, regulations, and obligations, especially the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, as well as non-disclosure agreements with parties in a contractual relationship with the Government.

Response: Award of a contract to a Canadian contractor via the Canadian Commercial Corporation is subject to the terms and conditions of the DFARS clause and to FAR 15.403-3(a)(4), which specifies that an offeror who does not comply with a requirement to submit data that the contracting officer has deemed necessary to determine price reasonableness or cost realism is ineligible for award unless the head of the contracting activity determines that it is in the best interest of the Government to make the award to that offeror.