Mr. Ng.
Debates of Jan. 30th, 1997
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Supplementary To Question 170-13(4): Repatriation Of Northerners From Southern Institutions
Question 170-13(4): Repatriation Of Northerners From Southern Institutions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Further Return To Question 170-13(4): Repatriation Of Northerners From Southern Institutions
Question 170-13(4): Repatriation Of Northerners From Southern Institutions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a very detailed question. I will commit to finding out that information and providing it to the honourable Member. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 170-13(4): Repatriation Of Northerners From Southern Institutions
Question 170-13(4): Repatriation Of Northerners From Southern Institutions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Mr. Ootes.
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of the Department of Public Works and Services. I am not a member of the Infrastructure Committee that reviews that particular department's business plans and, therefore, I am not completely familiar with all the programs they run. I understand the department does contracts through the following areas, public tenders, sole-sourced and negotiated. I wonder if the Minister could tell me if there are any other methods by which the department issues contracts?
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister responsible for Public Works and Services, Mr. Arlooktoo.
Return To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Mr. Speaker, 80 or 90 per cent plus of our contracts and tenders are through the public tender process. There are circumstances where we do negotiate contracts with community corporations and some businesses in the smaller communities. There is some sole-sourcing that occurs with our purchasing, et cetera. I do not have any other information on that, but I will find it and pass it on to the Member.
Return To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.
Supplementary To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Eighty or 90 percent are done through public tenders. Does that mean that all of those that are issued, that those who tender on those particular contracts follow the normal tendering process, whereby the tenders are opened, publicly, and that all of the tenderers know who the successful bidder was and that they know how much the successful bid was for, Mr. Speaker?
Supplementary To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Arlooktoo.
Further Return To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Mr. Speaker, that is a question that does require some detailed, very technical information. There are situations where we do contracts through requests for proposals. Let me repeat that I will find that information and pass it on to the Member.
Further Return To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Mr. Ootes, supplementary.
Supplementary To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Yes, I wonder if the Minister could tell us a little more about the requests for proposals, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Arlooktoo.
Further Return To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Mr. Speaker, to put it very simply, a request for proposal is when the government would like a job done, but does not have all the details of how it will be done. It is a proposal call for companies to write up, not only what they would do and how much it would cost on a particular contract, but how they would come about that. That is different from a public tender call, where the government knows exactly what is to be done and approximately how much it would cost and, therefore, it is more cut and dried.
Further Return To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Ootes.
Supplementary To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Yes, Mr. Speaker. If I understand correctly, the government does contracts through public tender, sole-sourced, negotiated, and requests for proposals. Would the Minister answer that for me?
Supplementary To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Arlooktoo.
Further Return To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Mr. Speaker, that is essentially correct.
Further Return To Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
Question 171-13(4): Methods For The Issuance Of Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Mr. Henry.
Question 172-13(4): Privatization Of Computer Services
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister responsible for Public Works, Mr. Arlooktoo. His department recently had requests for proposals on privatization of systems and computer services. I understand the Minister has made some decisions on parts of those proposals, and I was wondering if he could advise me as to some of the decisions he has made in that regard. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Question 172-13(4): Privatization Of Computer Services
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister responsible for Public Works and Services, Mr. Arlooktoo.
Return To Question 172-13(4): Privatization Of Computer Services
Question 172-13(4): Privatization Of Computer Services
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Mr. Speaker, the government did issue a request for proposals last July, as one of its privatization initiatives, to privatize the systems and communications section of the government. We broke the contract down to two areas, systems maintenance and computer operations. The systems maintenance contract has been awarded to Kirk Computer Systems of Yellowknife. The second request for proposal that we issued, we received three proposals. However, none of those proposals were acceptable so a contract was not awarded on that particular one.
Return To Question 172-13(4): Privatization Of Computer Services
Question 172-13(4): Privatization Of Computer Services
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.
Supplementary To Question 172-13(4): Privatization Of Computer Services
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the proposals that were not awarded, what were the reasons given to the proponents for not awarding them? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 172-13(4): Privatization Of Computer Services
Question 172-13(4): Privatization Of Computer Services
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Arlooktoo.