Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One thing I learnt very early when I was a Minister in charge of the contracting for this government was if 20 people bid or 20 people took out a request for proposal, I was guaranteed that I was going to make 19 of those people mad. That is just a part of the job, but public tender, once again I will say, is we know what we want. We go to public tender. People bid. We accept their bids and the lowest of those bids gets that. The request for proposal is when we want a function performed on behalf of this government and we request for proposal, not only do they tell us what they are going to bid, they tell us what they are going to do and how they are going to do it. Then we have a committee in the department that evaluates that and it is very strict and straightforward. Then, they award accordingly.
Don Morin on Question 694-13(4): Request For Proposals Process
In the Legislative Assembly on October 16th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 694-13(4): Request For Proposals Process
Question 694-13(4): Request For Proposals Process
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 15th, 1997
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
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