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In its November 2016 determination in Springcrest Inc. v. Department of Public Works and Government Services, a dispute over a frigate pump RFP, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal issued a redraft order after finding that the Department of National Defence had imposed unfair timing requirements for alternate product certifications. The Tribunal found that the timing requirements were unfair since they required the testing of alternate products prior to bid closing. It therefore ordered the Department to redraft the solicitation to remove the testing requirement or to permit more time to obtain the required certifications.
