Item - 2020.GL17.5

The General Government and Licensing Committee received the report (October 19, 2020) from the Controller for information.

This report informs the General Government and Licensing Committee of the non-competitive purchasing activity valued at $3,000 and above for City Divisions in 2019.  Non-competitive purchasing activity for the Offices of the Auditor General, Integrity Commissioner, Lobbyist Registrar and Ombudsman are not included as part of this report.  These offices are audited separately by external auditors and reported on separately.

In 2019, the value of all non-competitive purchases for the City totalled $119.7 million, which represents 4 percent (compared with 4.3 percent in 2018) of the City's total purchases of approximately $2.9 billion.  The number of non-competitive purchases in 2019 is 4.5 percent of the total purchases (compared with 4.2 percent in 2018). Non-competitive purchases for compatibility, emergency and exclusive rights accounted for 73 percent of the total non-competitive procurement, compared to emergency and exclusive rights scenarios which accounted for 73.5 percent in 2018.