Mr. Speaker, I have three returns. I have a reply to a question that was asked by Mr. Koe on March 2, 1995 regarding successful bidder on tourism industry review proposal.
Mr. Koe asked about the contractor retained to do the review of tourism industry associations. Five submissions were received as a result of a "call for proposals" issued by the department. The proposals were reviewed by a panel of three, one of whom was from the Department of Public Works and Services, and assigned points based on:
- personnel expertise;
- methodology;
- past relevant experience;
- project schedule;
- fees and expenses as compared to estimate (includes BIP);
- past corporate performance;
- northern content (BIP); and,
- overall quality of proposal.
Proposals were ranked one to five, based on points assigned.
Mike Freeland and Associates was ranked first and was awarded the contract. In order to carry out this contract, this company will hire local residents to do interviews in the communities. In addition to Mr. Freeland, Mr. Mike Bell from Yellowknife, Mr. Doug Crapo from Calgary and Mr. Frantz Knudsen from Copenhagen will be doing some of the work. Mr. Crapo has worked on tourism strategic planning projects in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Mr. Knudsen will be spending one day on the project, and has undertaken extensive tourism planning work in Greenland and is able to bring an alternate northern approach to the work.
The three top rated proponents all included some southern content. Mr. Freeland's proposal had the highest level of northern content.