Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we do have policies on whether we go RFP, sole source, negotiated contract or public tender, and I disagree with the Member that this was wrong. We went out for an RFP, a public process. We went out to the public and asked for input. We received some input. For one reason or another that didn't fit the guidelines out there, but they were close enough. We sat down, used the same companies, had discussions about adequate space, and went forward with the one we felt was best at the time. I will provide a copy of the policies to the Member for the guidelines on how we work around these. It's not something we would do whimsically. We wouldn't do this just for the sake of one day waking up and deciding whether it is a good day or not to do a sole source. We went through a public process. We took the information from that process and, instead of going out and adding to the cost of more advertising and so on, we took the best deal and went ahead on that basis. I hope that, at the end of the day, we would be better able to serve the clients of the Northwest Territories through this space. A business put in a proposal. It just happens to be downtown in the Centre Square Mall. They put it in. It is not like we went to them, phoned them up and said hey, let's arm wrestle or strong arm you into providing this service. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 238-15(3): New Legal Aid Office Lease
In the Legislative Assembly on October 18th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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