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Best and final offers (BAFOs)

Why this creative procurement approach should be used in Canada

by CHAMBERLAND D
Published in December 2009 - Page 25

In Canada, best and final offers are almost as scarce as hen’s teeth. The best and final offer (BAFO) step, is a widely used procurement technique in many jurisdictions, above all in Europe and the United States. In Canada, BAFO is sometimes considered a form of bid repair, which may be true in a Contract A setting, and if the BAFO step was not expressly anticipated in the request for proposals (RFP). But, where the

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