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Fee Structure
Fiscal Year 2008/09

 

 

Treasury Board directed the Purchasing Services Branch to operate on a not for profit, full cost recovery basis commencing April 1, 2006. The following fee structure is intended to recover the cost of operations and overhead:

  • Hourly rates for Procurement Advisory Services
  • Administration fee based on actual “draw downs” on Corporate Supply Arrangements (collected and remitted by suppliers)
  • Per purchase order/amendment fee for goods acquisitions
  • Per card fee for various commercial cards
  • Value-added subscription fees to suppliers for bid notification and electronic bidding services.

Unit Prices are based on full cost recovery on a fiscal year basis. Prices are reviewed on an annual basis and are subject to change to cover annual operating costs such as wage increases related to collective agreements.

Refer to Core Policy Manual Chapter 6.0 for details on policy regarding use of Purchasing Services.

Core Services

Unit Price

Procurement Advisory Services 

 

Directors/Senior managers

$120 per hour

Procurement Specialists

$100 per Hour

Purchasing Agents

$80 per Hour

Subcontractors providing
procurement services

Full Cost

Long term procurement projects
and consultations

Fee negotiated on a project-to-project basis

   

Supply Chain Management

 

Corporate Supply Arrangements

1% pre-tax administration fee
on value of draw down

   

Goods Acquisitions:

 

Purchases up to $5000

$300 per purchase order

Purchases from $5001 - $15,000

$500 per purchase order

Purchases from $15,001 - $30,000

$800 per purchase order

Purchases from $30,001 - $100,000

$1,300 per purchase order

Purchases over $100,000

$2,500 per purchase order

Purchase order amendments - any value

$300 per amendment

   

Commercial Cards

 

Purchasing Cards (BMO)

$4.25 per card, per year

Corporate Travel Cards (BMO)

$14.25 per card, per year

Business Transaction Accounts (BMO)

$14.25 per account, per year

Vehicle Full Service Cards (PHH "Red" Card)

$3.25 per card, per month

Vehicle Fuel Only Cards (PHH “Blue” card)

$2.25 per card, per month

   

Electronic Procurement including BC BID

  

Postings on BC Bid by Purchasing Services Branch on behalf of Client

(no charge if posted directly
to BC Bid by the Client)

$100 each

Value added bid notification service & access to electronic bidding

Subscription fees to suppliers

   

Support Services

 

Support services, which may include document handling, closing of solicitations, file retrieval, etc.
NOTE: These charges will only be incurred if one or more hours are required for support services.

$50 per hour