Request for Inclusion on the Qualified Contractor's List for Audits & Investigations

3.1.3 Any Contracts entered into with a Qualified Supplier will be: a) Between the Province and the individual Consultant where the Qualified Supplier is the individual Consultant, and b) Between the Province and a company and specifying the individual Consultant(s) to be engaged where the Qualified Supplier is a Respondent company. [...] d) If the estimated Contract value is $75,000 or more, and more than one Qualified Supplier has a Consultant available who has the necessary qualifications to carry out the project or assignment based on the Province’s specific assessment of the Consultant qualifications, the Province will invite all such Qualified Suppliers to compete for the project or assignment. [...] 3.1.7 The Province has the sole discretion to remove a Qualified Supplier from the List of Qualified Suppliers for unsatisfactory performance by a Qualified Supplier in a Contract or for failing to meet the requirements for staying on the List of Qualified Suppliers as set out in this RFQ or as may be communicated by the Province from time to time. [...] 3.1.9 The Province reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to: a) Employ open competitions that include suppliers external to the List of Qualified Suppliers; b) Otherwise engage suppliers external to the List of Qualified Suppliers in connection with any project required by the Province; and c) At any time, cancel, extend, expand or make a call to the market-place to renew the List of Qualifi. [...] If any of the references are unsatisfactory to the Province, the Consultant may be excluded or removed from the List of Qualified Suppliers in the Province’s sole discretion.