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2. Ensure all provincial infrastructure projects adhere to the following principles:
a. Use of a Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) framework
Given Canada's current economic and fiscal situation, it is essential that all public infrastructure investments be transparent and return the
greatest possible value for money. By adopting Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) as its best practice for the selection of consultants,
the government can realize the greatest possible value for investment in its infrastructure projects.
QBS is a competitive, sound, and fair process that selects those that are the best qualified. Selecting a consultant is one of the most
important decisions a client makes. To a great degree, the success of a project depends on securing the professional services firm with
the most experience and expertise that best fits the project. Experience demonstrates that selecting a consultant through QBS ultimately
provides the best value for money.
QBS was codified as part of the Brooks Act, passed into law by the United States Congress in 1972, to protect the interests of taxpayers.
The Act stipulates that public owners negotiate engineering and architectural services contracts based on demonstrated competence
and qualifications for the type of professional services required and at fair and reasonable prices. Its intent is to discourage public owners
from contracting for professional services based exclusively on price. The Brooks Act requires a competitive process in which
professional services firms submit their qualifications to the project owner. The owner selects the consultant from this pool based on
their technical competence, experience on similar projects, managerial ability, personnel to be dedicated to the project, local knowledge,
industry reputation and integrity.
This process provides the owner with a clearer and accurate understanding of overall project costs. This process also provides for
vigorous and open competition among firms, assuring the owner they are selecting the most capable professionals, while at the same
time obtaining a price that is "fair and reasonable."
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