I don't know about non-competition clauses specifically, but there certainly are strong conflict of interest clauses.
For example, since I was recruited by Kinectrics to be part of their bid, I'm only able to be a CNL executive as a seconded Kinectrics employee. Of course, Kinectrics does compete with CNL for some commercial work—on pressure tubes, for example—and as a result I am expressly prohibited from participating at any level in any of the procurements related to that work. I'm not allowed to see the scope of work from other companies that are submitting in the bid process. I'm not allowed to help design the bids. I'm not allowed to evaluate the bids. I'm not allowed to see the bids. There are very thick ethical walls that prevent me from any involvement.
In fact, the expectation is, in addition to those thick ethical walls on the CNL side.... From my Kinectrics reporting relationship, I have a vice-president who approves my time sheets and admin support to help with travel costs and so on, but I am fully seconded to Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. I have not done any work to support Kinectrics on any files since the contract was awarded on December 11.
