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Department of Public Works and Government Services Act — P-38.2 3
Department established 3 (1) There is hereby established a department of the Government of Canada called the Department of Public Works and Government Services over which the Minister of Public Works and Government Services appointed by commission under the Great Seal shall preside. Minister (2) The Minister holds office during pleasure and has the management and direction of the Department. Receiver General (3) The Minister is the Receiver General for Canada.
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Deputy head 4 (1) The Governor in Council may appoint an officer called the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services to hold office during pleasure and to be the deputy head of the Department. Deputy Receiver General (2) The Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services is the Deputy Receiver General.
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Common service agency 5 The Department shall operate as a common service agency for the Government of Canada, and its activities as a common service agency shall be directed mainly toward providing the departments, boards and agencies of the Government of Canada with services in support of their programs.
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Minister’s powers, duties and functions 6 The powers, duties and functions of the Minister extend to and include all matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction, not by law assigned to any other department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, relating to (a) the acquisition and provision of articles, supplies, machinery, equipment and other materiel for departments; (b) the acquisition and provision of services, including construction services, for departments; (c) the planning and organizing of the provision of materiel and services, including construction services, required by departments; (d) the acquisition and provision of printing and publishing services for departments; (e) the construction, maintenance and repair of public works, federal real property and federal immovables; (f) the provision of accommodation and other facilities for departments; (g) the planning and coordination of telecommunications services for departments, boards and agencies of the Government of Canada; (h) the provision to departments of advice on or services related to architectural or engineering matters affecting any public work, federal real property or federal immovable; and (i) the provision to departments, boards and agencies of the Government of Canada of translation and related services. 1996, c. 16, s. 6; 2001, c. 4, s. 157 2005, c. 30, s. 121
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Exercise of powers, etc. 7 (1) In exercising the powers or performing the duties or functions assigned to the Minister under this or any other Act of Parliament, the Minister shall (a) investigate and develop services for increasing the efficiency and economy of the federal public administration and for enhancing integrity and efficiency in the contracting process; (b) acquire materiel and services, including construction services, in accordance with any applicable regulations relating to government contracts; (c) plan and organize the provision of materiel and related services to departments including construction services, the preparation of specifications and standards, the cataloguing of materiel, the determination of aggregate requirements for materiel, the assuring of quality of materiel, and the maintenance, distribution, storage and disposal of materiel and other activities associated with the management of materiel; and (d) provide such other services as the Governor in Council may direct. Use of wood (1.1) In developing requirements with respect to the construction, maintenance and repair of public works, federal real property and federal immovables, the Minister shall consider any potential reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and any other environmental benefits and may allow the use of wood or any other thing — including a material, product or sustainable resource — that achieves such benefits. Limitation (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(c), the Minister’s power to manage materiel, as distinct from its acquisition, does not extend to the management, in an exclusively military supply system, of materiel essential for the conduct of military missions. 1996, c. 16, s. 7; 2003, c. 22, s. 224(E) 2005, c. 30, s. 122 2023, c. 27, s. 1
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Delegation 8 (1) The Minister may delegate any of the Minister’s powers, duties or functions under this Act to an appropriate minister for any period and under any terms and conditions that the Minister considers suitable. Delegation (2) The Minister may, with respect to a department over which the Minister does not preside but for which the Minister is the appropriate minister, delegate any of the Minister’s powers, duties or functions under this Act, for any period and under any terms and conditions that the Minister considers suitable, to the chief executive of that department. Subdelegation (3) The appropriate minister for a department may, subject to and in accordance with the delegation under subsection (1), subdelegate to the chief executive of that department, for any period and under any terms and conditions that the appropriate minister considers suitable, any of the powers, duties or functions that were delegated to the appropriate minister under that subsection. Subdelegation (4) The chief executive of a department may, subject to and in accordance with the delegation under subsection (2) or the subdelegation under subsection (3), subdelegate to any person under his or her jurisdiction, for any period and under any terms and conditions that the chief executive considers suitable, any of the powers, duties or functions that were delegated or subdelegated to him or her under that subsection. Definition of chief executive (5) In this section, chief executive (a) with respect to a department named in Part I of Schedule VI to the Financial Administration Act , means its deputy minister; (b) with respect to a department named in Part II or III of that Schedule, means the person occupying the position set out opposite that name; and (c) with respect to a department that is not named in that Schedule, means the chief executive officer, deputy head or the person who occupies any other similar position, however called, in that department. 1996, c. 16, s. 8; 2007, c. 29, s. 152
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Other authorities 9 Subject to any conditions that may be imposed by the Treasury Board or any regulations that the Treasury Board may make for the purposes of this section, the Minister shall exercise the powers in relation to the acquisition and provision of materiel and services, including construction services but not including legal services, for the use of any department that are conferred on any minister or other authority under any Act of Parliament or any other law, except to the extent that those powers have been delegated by the Minister. 1996, c. 16, s. 9 2005, c. 30, s. 123
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Exception 9.1 Section 9 does not apply to (a) a department within the meaning of paragraph (c) of the definition department in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act ; or (b) the department that is established under section 4 of the Shared Services Canada Act . 2007, c. 29, s. 153; 2012, c. 19, s. 712
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Exemption 9.2 The Minister may, by order, exempt the following from the application of section 9: (a) a department that is not named in Schedule VI to the Financial Administration Act ; and (b) a department over which the Minister does not preside but for which the Minister is the appropriate minister. 2007, c. 29, s. 153
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Federal real property and federal immovables 10 (1) The Minister has the administration of all federal real property and federal immovables not situated in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut except those under the administration of any other minister, board or agency of the Government of Canada or any corporation. Other properties (2) The Minister may incur expenditures or perform, or have performed, services or work in relation to (a) any federal real property or federal immovable; (b) any work or other property belonging to Her Majesty in right of Canada; and (c) any real or immovable property, any work or any other property not belonging to Her Majesty in right of Canada, with the consent of its owner. Seized Property Management Act (3) Nothing in paragraph (2)(c) affects the operation of the Seized Property Management Act . 1996, c. 16, s. 10; 1999, c. 31, s. 73(F); 2001, c. 4, s. 158; 2002, c. 7, s. 157
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Powers, duties and functions as Receiver General 11 In the Minister’s capacity as Receiver General, the Minister shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties and functions assigned to the Receiver General by law.
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Disbursement of pay 12 The Minister shall provide such administrative and other services required for the disbursement of pay to persons employed in or by any department, and to persons employed in or by other portions of the federal public administration, as the Governor in Council may direct. 1996, c. 16, s. 12; 2003, c. 22, s. 224(E)
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Employee benefits 13 The Minister shall provide such administrative and other services in relation to employee benefit plans and superannuation or pension plans as the Governor in Council may direct.
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Production, processing and distribution of films, etc. 14 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may provide departments, boards and agencies of the Government of Canada with production, processing and distribution services for film, within the meaning of the National Film Act , videos and any other cinematographic works that the Governor in Council may designate. Production, processing and distribution of films, etc. (2) Except with the approval of the Governor in Council, no department shall initiate the production or processing of a motion picture film without the authority of the Minister, and the production and processing, by or for departments, of all motion picture films shall be undertaken by the Minister unless the Minister is of the opinion that it is in the public interest that it be otherwise undertaken and authorizes it to be so undertaken.
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Administrative and other services 15 The Minister may, on request of a department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, provide it with (a) management consulting services; (b) information management and information technology systems and services; (c) accounting services; (d) auditing services; (e) financial services; (f) services and advice in relation to the acquisition, management or disposition of real or immovable property; (g) architectural and engineering services, including services in respect of the adoption and application of related codes, standards, procedures, guidelines and technologies; and (h) services of any other kind that are within the ambit of the Minister’s powers, duties and functions.
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Services to governments and other bodies 16 If the Minister is authorized to do a thing under this or any other Act of Parliament for or on behalf of any department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, the Minister may do that thing for or on behalf of (a) any department, board or agency of the Government of Canada or Crown corporation, or (b) with the Governor in Council’s approval — given on a general or a specific basis — any government, body or person in Canada or elsewhere. 1996, c. 16, s. 16; 2013, c. 33, s. 227
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Fees and charges in respect of products, services, etc. 17 The Minister may, subject to any regulations that the Treasury Board may make for the purposes of this section, charge for services provided by the Department pursuant to this Act or any other Act in force at the time this section comes into force.
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Use of electronic and other media 18 (1) The Minister may use any electronic or other means to create, collect, store, transfer, receive or otherwise handle documents or information. Standards (2) The Minister may fix the terms and conditions, formats and other requirements for the use of any electronic or other means that must be met by persons who use that means in their dealings with the Minister. Regulations (3) The Minister may, by regulation, prescribe the electronic or other means by which a requirement referred to in subsection (2) shall be published.
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Queen’s Printer 19 (1) The Minister may, by order, appoint an officer of the Department to be the Queen’s Printer for Canada. Queen’s Printer (2) The Queen’s Printer shall, under the supervision of the Minister, exercise the printing and publishing functions for the Government of Canada that are assigned to the Queen’s Printer by law or by the Minister.
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Contracts 20 Subject to any regulations that the Governor in Council or the Treasury Board may make for the purposes of this section, the Minister may, on behalf of the Government of Canada, enter into contracts for the performance of any matter or thing that falls within the ambit of the Minister’s powers, duties or functions.
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Terms and conditions 21 (1) The Minister may fix terms and conditions of contracts, and instructions and terms and conditions with respect to other documents relating to contracts and their formation. Designation (2) The terms and conditions and instructions may be identified by number or other designation and may be incorporated in a contract or other document by reference to their number or other designation. Publication (3) The Minister may, by regulation, prescribe the electronic or other means by which a term, condition or instruction, including its identification number or other designation, shall be published.
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Construction of terms and conditions 22 Subject to its express terms and conditions, a contract, or any document relating to the contract or its formation, entered into by the Minister that provides that instructions or terms and conditions identified by number or other designation are applicable to or form part of the contract or other document shall be read and construed as if the instructions or terms and conditions to which the reference is made were expressly set out in the contract or other document.
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Appointment 22.1 (1) The Governor in Council may appoint a Procurement Ombudsman for a term of not more than five years. Remuneration and expenses (2) The Procurement Ombudsman shall be paid the remuneration and expenses that may be fixed by the Governor in Council. General duties and functions (3) The Procurement Ombudsman shall, in accord­ance with the regulations, (a) review the practices of departments for acquiring materiel and services to assess their fairness, openness and transparency and make any appropriate recommendations to the relevant department for the improvement of those practices; (b) review any complaint respecting the compliance with any regulations made under the Financial Administration Act of the award of a contract for the acquisition of materiel or services by a department to which the Agreement , as defined in section 2 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act , would apply if the value of the contract were not less than the amount referred to in Article 504 of that Agreement. (c) review any complaint respecting the administration of a contract for the acquisition of materiel or services by a department; and (d) ensure that an alternative dispute resolution process is provided, on request of each party to such a contract. Other duties and functions (4) The Procurement Ombudsman shall also perform any other duty or function respecting the practices of departments for acquiring materiel and services that may be assigned to the Procurement Ombudsman by order of the Governor in Council or the Minister. 2006, c. 9, s. 306; 2017, c. 33, s. 224
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Person who may complain 22.2 (1) A person may only file a complaint referred to in paragraph 22.1(3)(b) or (c) if that person is a Canadian supplier within the meaning of article 521 of the agreement referred to in paragraph 22.1(3)(b) and meets any requirements prescribed by the regulations. Timing of complaint (2) The complaint may only be filed after the award of the contract to which the complaint relates. Findings and recommendations (3) The Procurement Ombudsman shall, within the period after the complaint is filed that may be established by the regulations, provide the complainant, the relevant minister and the Minister with the Procurement Ombudsman’s fin­dings and any recommendations. Limitation (4) The Procurement Ombudsman may not recommend the cancellation of the contract to which the complaint relates. 2006, c. 9, s. 306; 2017, c. 33, s. 225
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Annual Report 22.3 (1) The Procurement Ombudsman shall, within four months after the end of each fiscal year, deliver a report respecting the activities of the Procurement Ombudsman in that year to the Minister. Annual report to be laid (2) The Minister shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the Minister receives the report. 2006, c. 9, s. 306
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Regulations 23 (1) The Governor in Council may make any regulations that the Governor in Council deems necessary for the management, maintenance, proper use and protection of federal real property and federal immovables under the administration of the Minister and of public works and for the ascertaining and collection of tolls, dues and revenues with respect to them. Fines and enforcement (2) The Governor in Council may, by the regulations mentioned in subsection (1), (a) impose such fines, in an amount not exceeding the amount referred to in subsection 787(1) of the Criminal Code , for any contravention of a regulation as the Governor in Council deems necessary for ensuring its observance and the payment of tolls and dues; (b) provide for the non-passing or detention and seizure at the risk of the owner of any thing (i) on which tolls or dues have accrued and have not been paid, (ii) in respect of which a regulation has otherwise been contravened or any damage done to a public work or to any federal real property or federal immovable and not paid for, or (iii) for or on account of which a fine remains unpaid; and (c) provide for the sale of any thing detained or seized under a regulation pursuant to paragraph (b) if the tolls, dues, damages or fines are not paid by the time fixed for such payment, and for the payment of the amounts due out of the proceeds of the sale. Surplus proceeds (3) The surplus proceeds, if any, of a sale referred to in paragraph (2)(c) shall be returned to the owner or the owner’s agent. Crown rights not impaired (4) No regulation made under subsection (1) impairs the right of the Crown to recover in the ordinary course of law unpaid tolls, dues, damages or fines. 1996, c. 16, s. 23; 2001, c. 4, s. 159
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Regulations 23.1 The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting (a) the performing of the duties and functions of the Procurement Ombudsman referred to in subsection 22.1(3), including the departments in respect of which those duties and functions shall not be performed; (b) the filing of complaints referred to in paragraphs 22.1(3)(b) and (c), including any conditions that must be met before a complaint may be filed and the manner in which it must be filed; and (c) the types of recommendations that the Procurement Ombudsman may make in response to the complaints and the time within which they must be made. 2006, c. 9, s. 307
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Power to dredge beds of navigable waters 24 Whenever the Governor in Council, or the minister charged with any work for the improvement of navigation, directs any work to be performed in any navigable water for the improvement of navigation, the officers or servants of Her Majesty or the contractors for the work, under the direction of the Governor in Council or of that minister, may (a) enter on, dig up, dredge and remove any part of the bed of that navigable water; or (b) build or erect any works on it that are directed or authorized by the Governor in Council or by that minister for the improvement of the navigation.
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Copies 25 A copy of any map, plan or other document in the custody of the Department, certified by a person designated by the Minister to be a true copy, shall be held to be authentic, and is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the same legal effect as the original.
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Positions 26 (1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the status of an employee who, immediately before the coming into force of this subsection, occupied a position in (a) the Department of Supply and Services, (b) the Department of Public Works, (c) the portion of the public service known as the Government Telecommunications Agency in the Department of Communications, referred to in clause (a)(i)(A) of Order in Council P.C. 1993-1484 of June 25, 1993 registered as SI/93-138, or (d) the portion of the public service known as the Translation Bureau, consisting of the portions of the Office of the Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Official Languages — Translation) and the Office of the Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Social Development and Regional Operations) in the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada relating to translation and related services referred to in clause (a)(i)(B) of Order in Council P.C. 1993-1484 of June 25, 1993 registered as SI/93-138 except that the employee shall, on the coming into force of this subsection, occupy that position in the Department of Public Works and Government Services under the authority of the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services. Definition of employee (2) In this section, employee has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act .
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Transfer of appropriations 27 Any amount appropriated, for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force, by an appropriation Act based on the Estimates for that year for defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of Canada within the Department of Public Works or the Department of Supply and Services and that, on the day on which this section comes into force, is unexpended is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the Department of Public Works and Government Services.