Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I really appreciate the Minister pointing that out because that lead well into my next question. The Minister said that there are significant contracts. I will bow to his expertise. Yes, there are very significant contracts that probably do need to go to sole source. But, Mr. Speaker, out of the 75 contracts awarded that are over $5,000 on this tabled document, 58 of those are sole sourced. That means 17 went out to any type of competitive bid. That is telling you that 77 percent of these contracts of over $5,000 went to sole source. Mr. Speaker, how can we measure that in a fair and equitable way? I think people in the Northwest Territories are missing out on fair opportunity. What is the Minister going to do about that? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Robert Hawkins on Question 334-15(4): Compliance With GNWT Sole Source Contract Procedures
In the Legislative Assembly on February 3rd, 2006. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 334-15(4): Compliance With GNWT Sole Source Contract Procedures
Question 334-15(4): Compliance With GNWT Sole Source Contract Procedures
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 2nd, 2006
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