These days, a lot of companies use procurement or tender process to establish a contractual relationship as it has a number of benefits such as creating competition between suppliers, possibility of setting up technical requirements as well as exercising control over the contract terms. Your company, which provides cybersecurity services wants to participate in a request for tender process. As the project manager you are to provide the team with details regarding the tender process:

a) name the leading Canadian decision which applies to the tender processes in Canada.

b) based on this decision, please explain the different legal steps involved in the tender process and the legal duties and obligations each party faces at each step of the process.