CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. Unless otherwise specified, this Agreement covers procurement by entities listed in this Annex, subject to the following thresholds: Thresholds: Goods SDR 130,000 Services SDR 130,000 Construction Services SDR 5,000,000 List of Entities:
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. Thresholds: Unless otherwise specified, Chapter 13 (Government Procurement) covers procurement by entities listed in this Section, in accordance with the following thresholds: US$80,317 Goods and Services US$10,441,216 Construction Services The thresholds set out in this paragraph shall be adjusted in accordance with Section G (Threshold Adjustment Formula) of this Schedule. List of Entities:
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. All entities included in Singapore Appendix I, Annex 1 of the GPA, for procurement covered by that Annex. Thresholds: For all goods and services (except construction services): S$ 102,710, to be adjusted in accordance with the formula specified in Annex 13B; and For construction services: S$ 11,376,000, to be adjusted in accordance with adjustment of thresholds under Singapore Appendix I, Annex 1 of the GPA and the procedures set forth in that Agreement, converted into Singapore dollars.
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. 1. This Chapter applies to central government entities listed in each Party's Schedule to this Section where the value of the procurement is estimated, in accordance with Article 15.5, to equal or exceed the thresholds specified below:
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. Thresholds:
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. All entities included in United States Appendix I, Annex 1 of the GPA, for procurement covered by that Annex. Thresholds: For all goods and services (except construction services): US$ 56,190, to be adjusted every two years in accordance with the formula specified in Annex 13B; and For construction services: US$ 6,481,000, to be adjusted in accordance with the United States Appendix I, Annex 1 of the GPA and the procedures set forth in that Agreement, converted into U.S. dollars.
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. Thresholds: Unless otherwise specified, this Agreement covers procurement by entities listed in this Annex, subject to the following thresholds: Goods SDR 130,000 Services SDR 130,000 Construction Services SDR 5,000,000 List of Entities: Administrative Appeals Tribunal; Attorney-General's Department; Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission; Australian Bureau of Statistics; Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Australian Crime Commission (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission); Australian Electoral Commission; Australian Federal Police; Australian Institute of Criminology; Australian Law Reform Commission; Australian National Audit Office; Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM); Australian Public Service Commission; Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA); Australian Research Council; Australian Taxation Office; Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade); Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); Australian Transport Safety Bureau; Bureau of Meteorology; Commonwealth Grants Commission; Department of Agriculture; Department of Communications and the Arts; Department of Defence (Note 3); Department of Education; Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business; Department of Finance; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Department of Health;
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. Under the 1994 GPA, both the EU and the US used positive lists to specify their coverage of central government entities. The US continued that approach in the revised GPA, with the addition of 11 entities, to bring its total of covered entities to 85 – the most it offers in any agreement. However, in the negotiations on the revision of the GPA, the EU changed its approach and offered comprehensive coverage of the central government entities of its member states, that is, all existing entities, whether or not listed, as well as those created in the future. But it reserved this comprehensive coverage for members of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) and the Netherlands with respect to Aruba. For the US and other GPA parties, the EU not only continued to use a positive list, but it also withheld some of the listed entities – more than 200 listed entities in the case of the US.2 Sub-central coverage: With regard to sub-central entity coverage, the EU provides comprehensive coverage of the sub-central entities of its member states, but withholds their purchases of services from the US. US sub-central coverage is not as comprehensive. Under the GPA, it covers 37 of its 50 states3 and not all of the procurement of those 1 Xxxxx (2014k). 2 Xxxxx (2014f). 3 The 13 states that are not covered by the GPA are: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. states. A variety of restrictions apply to the states.4 For example, the US takes an exception for the domestic content restrictions that are attached to federal funds given to states for mass-transit and highway projects. In addition, the states open their procurement at a threshold that is almost twice that of the EU’s sub-central entities (355,000 SDRs versus 200,000 SDRs). See Table 10.4 on US states covered under GPA and the 1995 exchange of letters. Table 10.4 US states covered under GPA and 1995 Exchange of Letters State GPA State-specific exclusions in GPA 1995 Exchange of Letters Arizona X None Arkansas X Construction services California X None Colorado X None Connecticut X None Delaware X Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts), motor vehicles, coal Florida X Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts), motor vehicles, coal Hawaii X Construction services; software developed in state Idaho X None Illinois X Const...
