Greater Victoria Public Library is screened as a public-body recipient, not a commercial supplier
Victoria · Oak Bay · Saanich · $40,495,332 disclosed · screened as public institution
What was observed
A candidate public institution screen. It is left out of “top supplier” lists and the commercial concentration measure.
District of Saanich SOFI 2023, page 58, row 132District of Saanich SOFI 2024, page 59, row 140District of Saanich SOFI 2025, page 59, row 161City of Victoria SOFI 2023, row 170City of Victoria SOFI 2024, row 179City of Victoria SOFI 2025, row 177and 2 more cited lines on the name’s page.
Why it’s notable
A large disclosed recipient is a candidate public body / remitter / utility, so a naive 'top supplier' ranking is misleading.
How to check it
Open each schedule at the cited page and find the row. Amounts are stored as exact cents from the printed page.
District of Oak Bay SOFI 2023, page 40, row 49What it may mean
Is this large recipient a public body / remitter / utility / P3 entity / intergovernmental flow rather than a commercial supplier?
What it doesn’t prove
A public-body / remitter / utility classification is a candidate screen, not a legal finding about a supplier or a competition outcome. It does not mean the flow was non-commercial or exempt from procurement rules.
Share or cite
Capital Region Public Spend, “Public-body recipient: Greater Victoria Public Library (Victoria, Oak Bay, Saanich, 2023–2025).” Data built 2026-09-20. Candidate notice, not reviewed.