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NS Health Not Following Provincial Rules for some Contract Procurements: Audit
Nova Scotia Health used weak justifications and paid some contracts before approval in over $3.7 billion in sole-source deals since 2020, auditor general Kim Adair reported.
- Nova Scotia Auditor General Kim Adair reported Tuesday that Nova Scotia Health failed to follow competitive bidding rules, awarding more than $3.7 billion in sole-sourced contracts since 2020.
- A policy change last year allows alternative procurement without public posting under Canadian Free Trade Agreement exemptions; a one-person administrator has managed the authority since Premier Tim Houston fired the board in 2021.
- Adair examined six contracts, finding four contained "weak" justifications and five were awarded before senior management approval. The Symplicity contract represented a "complete breakdown" in the procurement process.
- NDP Leader Claudia Chender and Liberal House leader Derek Mombourquette demanded the board be restored for better oversight, calling the lack of transparency a "disservice to Nova Scotians."
- Nova Scotia Health accepted 13 recommendations to improve compliance, though officials maintain alternative procurement delivers faster results. The authority's interim CEO contract expires Tuesday.
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N.S. health agency misusing rules around sole-sourced contracts, says auditor general
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's auditor general says the province's health authority has not followed rules around the use of public contracts without competitive bids.
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