12. A contract must be authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer or by the Chief Electoral Officer’s representative authorized for that purpose in the following cases:(1) where the term of the contract or of the solicited standing offers is more than 3 years;
(2) where only one compliant tender is considered acceptable by the selection committee following the review of the tenders for services received;
(3) where a call for tenders was not issued and the contract awarded to a contracting party other than a supplier does not include a clause whereby up to 10% of the amount of the contract may be used to remunerate activities subcontracted out; or
(4) where the contract is for an amount of $25,000 or more and only one compliant tender has been received.