Abbreviations and acronyms
Act respecting contracting by public bodies
Autorité des marchés financier (Financial Market Authority)
Autorité des marchés publics (Public Procurement Authority)
Autorità Nazzionale Anticorruzione (National Anti-Corruption Agency)
American Purchasing Society
Bureau du commissaire aux plaintes (Office of the Complaints Commissioner)
Bureau de l'inspecteur général de la ville de Montréal (Office of the Inspector General of the City of Montréal)
Bureau Integriteitsbevordering Openbare Sector (National Ethics Office)
Bureau de normalisation du Québec (Quebec Standardization Bureau)
Bureau des petites et moyennes entreprises (Office of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)
Bid-Rigging Indicator Analysis System
Contracting Authority
Comité d'audit de l'administration fédérale (Audit Committee of the Federal Administration)
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Call for Tenders
Canadian Free Trade Agreement
Contract Management Policy
Commission municipale du Québec (Quebec Municipal Commission)
Council of Australian Governments
Centre de services partagés du Québec (Shared Services Centre of Quebec)
Direction générale territoriale (Territorial General Directorate)
European Union
Fédération québécoise des municipalités (Quebec Federation of Municipalities)
Forum des responsables de la vérification interne (Forum of Internal Audit Leaders)
Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Coordinación para la Fiscalización (Working Group on Audit Coordination)
Independent Experts Committee
Institute of Internal Auditors
Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (Social Security Institute of Mexico)
International Organisation for Standardisation
Invitation To Tender
Loi sur l'Autorité des marchés publics (Act respecting the Autorité des marchés publics)
Life Cycle Cost
Anti-Corruption Act
Cities and Towns Act
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport)
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity
Quebec Ministry of Transportation
National Health System
Non-profit organisation
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Office of Public Procurement Review
Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Programme gouvernemental d'apprentissage du gestionnaire-leader (Government Manager-Leader Apprenticeship Programme)
Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center
Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Quebec Auditor General
Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec (Quebec Health Insurance Board)
Responsable de l'application des règles contractuelles (Office responsible for enforcing contractual rules)
Règlement sur certains contrats d'approvisionnement des organismes publics (Regulation respecting certain supply contracts of public bodies)
Regional County Municipality
Règlement sur les contrats des organismes publics en matière de technologies de l'information (Regulation respecting contracts of public bodies in the field of information technology)
Registre des entreprises non admissibles aux contrats publics (Register of companies ineligible for government contracts)
Standards Assessment Body
Supreme Audit Institutions
System for Award Management
Sourcing Activities Plan
Standards Council of Canada
Système électronique d'appel d'offres (Electronic Tendering System)
Special Investigation Service
Société québécoise des infrastructures (Quebec Infrastructure Society)
Treasury Board Secretariat
Union des groupements d'achats publics (Centralised public purchasing organisation)
Union des municipalités du Québec (Union of Quebec Municipalities)
Unité permanente anticorruption (Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit)