Exemptions for all Schedule A entities
20A Schedule A entity is exempt from procuring the following goods and services through the Minister and is not required to procure them through a competitive bidding process:
(a)
books, if the Schedule A entity has its own librarian or specialized books are bought with special discounts;
(b)
magazines, periodicals, newspapers, compact discs, CD-ROMS and other similar prerecorded media, recordings, recorded tapes, films, film strips and printed test materials;
(c)
gasoline, oil, running repairs and maintenance required during normal operation of government-owned vehicles that have a credit card supplied by the Schedule A entity or the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure;
(d)
repairs to government vehicles, when both parts and labour are included;
(e)
gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil, if the quantity purchased is too small to take advantage of delivery under contracts, up to a limit of 500 litres weekly;
(f)
goods for projects financed on a cost-shared basis between the federal and provincial governments and purchased according to federal government regulations;
(g)
groceries and meals for firefighting crews and highway work crews; and
(h)
despite section 18, laboratory services procured from the New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council, regardless of their estimated value.