Canada Blocks Provincial COVID Test Purchases, and the Post-Brexit UK Joins the WTO to Preserve Future Bidding Opportunities
By Paul Emanuelli and Lisa Kuechler
In this week’s newsreel, Canada blocks provincial COVID test purchases, Canadian suppliers are frozen out of icebreaker sole-sourcing and big tech awards, the UK faces a “national scandal” in its COVID sole-sourcing debacle, an Ottawa firm fails the test in an Irish grading fiasco, the US amends its federal regs to add more protectionism, and the post-Brexit UK joins the WTO to preserve future bidding opportunities.
Feds Block Provinces from Buying COVID Tests
Icebreaker Sole-Source Freezes Out Canadian Suppliers
Local Firm Shut Out by Nova Scotia’s Big Tech Award
UK Opposition Calls COVID Sole-Sourcing a “National Scandal”
Ottawa Firm Embroiled in Irish Grading Fiasco
