Thank you, Madam Chairperson. The department does have the option of using different types of procedures in order to award the contracts to perhaps address the issue of allowing for small contractors to obtain some of the work and one of those options is the sole source contract which is applicable to $1,000 or less, if the service work required $1,000 or less, it could be sole sourced. There is also the option of as and when contracts and those could be either negotiated or public tendered and anyone qualified, in particular if they are registered with BIP, they could be qualified to put in a tender and also be considered for a negotiated contract process. So there are options for small contractors to get involved, but I may have missed something here, so Mr. Rattray here maybe could probably better explain the process.
Vince Steen on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on April 27th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 26th, 1999
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