Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Contract Management Office

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Contract Management Office

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Contract Management Office

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Contract Engineer

    • Ontario. Contract Control Section

    • Ontario. Contract Control Office

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1934-

    History

    The Contract Management Office was established in 1934, initially under the administration of the Contract Engineer. The office was later known as the Contract Control Section (ca.1959-1971); and the Contract Control Office (1971-1976). The name was changed to Contract Management Office in 1977.

    The office, in turn, has reported to a number of different offices during its existence. These include: the Chief Engineer, Dept. of Highways (1934-1948); the Construction Branch (1948-1976); the Design and Construction Branch (1976-1980); the Highway Operations Branch (1980-1982); the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister Engineering and Construction (1982-1986); the Transport Capital Branch (1968-1992); the Transportation Operations Branch (1992-1993); the Quality and Standards Branch (1993-1995); the Acquisitions Standards Branch (1995-1997); the Construction and Operations Branch (1997-2007); and the Contract Management and Operations Branch beginning in 2007.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Contract Management Office is responsible for developing policies and procedures related to the acquisition and administration of contractual agreements, as well as awarding and managing transportation construction contracts.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Highways (1931-1971)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA47

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Highways controls Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Contract Management Office

    Dates of relationship

    1934-1971

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Transportation and Communications (1971-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA48

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Transportation and Communications controls Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Contract Management Office

    Dates of relationship

    1971-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications (1972-1987)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA34

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications controls Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Contract Management Office

    Dates of relationship

    1972-1987

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation (1987-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA61

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation controls Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Contract Management Office

    Dates of relationship

    1987-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2126

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        KWIC index to Government Services 1971-2006

        Info-GO

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Birrell