Thank you, Madam Chair. I have already had a number of discussions with my colleagues. More importantly, I have had a discussion within one of the departments that deals with client departments, that being the Department of Public Works, and reviewing why we've had such poor responses from some of our projects that we put out there for tender or RFP and having to look at how we can try to increase the competition level or deal with our capital program. One of the issues we have to look at is how our capital program is put together. For example, when a department comes forward for an estimate on a school, that initial estimate is done three to four years prior to actually being established in the capital plan and approved by this Assembly. When that number is first estimated, that is quite a time shift to look at. When it finally gets approved here and the department goes out for a tender or RFP and it comes back quite off the mark, that's one of the reasons, especially since the last few years we've had quite an impact on labour forces and also materials available to us. That's something we are going to have to look at, is how we do some of these cost estimates as they come forward to this Assembly for approval in giving more accurate figures, so we don't have projects that go out and the bids come in high and the departments have to go back to the drawing board and either drop some of what their requirement is or request more funding. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Floyd Roland on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 6th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 5th, 2006
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