This article is an excerpt from Government Procurement, which is available for purchase.
In its November 2016 decision in Canadian Bank Note Ltd. v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench upheld the government’s decision to withhold the disclosure of a winning bidder’s pricing information. The court found that the disclosure of the information would be prejudicial to the winning bidder’s future competitive position in the marketplace. The court also found that the unit pricing contained in the contract had been submitted in confidence by the winning bidder and that the pricing had not been negotiated by the parties. It therefore maintained its protection for the purposes of the public access law non-disclosure protocols.
