Border Agency Chose Sole-Source Contracts for ArriveCan Against Procurement Department’s Recommendation

Published on March 7, 2024

The border agency turned down suggestions from the procurement department to have an open competition for contracts related to the embattled ArriveCan application, MPs heard in committee. Millions of dollars in sole-sourced contracts were awarded by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) to companies that barely did any work and subcontracted the tasks. “We found that Public Services and Procurement Canada [PSPC] had questioned the CBSA’s decision to use non-competitive processes to award ArriveCan work,” Deputy Auditor General Andrew Hayes told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts on March 7. The committee is currently studying the auditor general’s report on ArriveCan that was released last month....

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