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Originally Posted by Muta
I don't want to be a downer here, but if the amount was for less than $75K, getting sole sourced in this case is not an unrealistic scenario. I'm not sure about the provincial government's policies, but the City of Calgary sole sources stuff under $75K all the time; it's easier to do this than to go to RFP because the the project value is so low that going to a public or shortlisted RFP would just add significant costs to an already small value project. $75K just isn't a lot of money anymore, for better or worse.
Now, if Nordic Media was picked BECAUSE of their connection to Smith, that's a problem. They would have had to declare that as a conflict of interest, so either they did NOT do that, or they straight up weren't asked (which is what I suspect).
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Sole source is $10k for Provincial unless it meets specific exemptions.