Mr. Speaker, as we have told Members in the House many times before, there are three ways that the government awards contracts. The most used one is the public tender process and that is a large percentage of the work that we do. Then there is the sole source system which has very specific criteria and which is governed by the Financial Administration Act and the contract regulations require criteria such as urgency and the number of firms that are available to do such work. The final one which I think is the one that creates some controversy is the negotiated contracts. The number that I have tabulated from that report indicates that nine percent of the total dollars are in the negotiated format. That is one area that we will be looking at and I think we will be discussing later when the motion is put forward to start talking about a negotiated contracts policy.
Goo Arlooktoo on Question 480-13(4): Report On Government Contracting
In the Legislative Assembly on May 28th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 480-13(4): Report On Government Contracting
Question 480-13(4): Report On Government Contracting
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 27th, 1997
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
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