Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a return to an oral question asked by Mrs. Marie-Jewell on June 19, 1992, concerning the difference between proposal call and tender call. The advertisement in News North on Monday, May 25, 1992, was a notice of an invitation to tender. On June 2, 1992, when the bid documents were opened, there was some confusion as to the best process to use to evaluate the bids, the procedures for a request for proposals or the procedures for a tender. On the advice of the Government Services officer prior to the opening of the bids, Arctic College decided that the bids should be treated as requests for proposals. Requests for proposals are evaluated on a number of criteria, whereas tenders are evaluated on overall price.
When one of the bidders later complained that all bidders should be informed of the bid prices, Arctic College staff consulted with Government Services and Justice. On the advice they had received, Arctic College decided that tender procedures which would make the bid prices public would be more appropriate. A letter announcing the per-meal bid prices was sent to all bidders on June 19, 1992.
Although there was confusion as to whether or not the bid prices should be made public, contract regulations were not violated, and all bidders received the same information. The bids received on the cafeteria food services contract for Thebacha Campus are to be evaluated at the end of June. Thank you.