The Government of the Northwest Territories has a memorandum of understanding with the Gwich’in Tribal Council and the purpose of the MOU is to give first opportunity to the Gwich’in Tribal Council for any contracts that the government plans to enter into, whether as a sole-sourced or negotiated contract basis. My expectation, if we went to a tendered contract, would have been that we couldn’t reach agreement on price and it became cost prohibitive, so we had no choice but to go to tender. Without knowing the specifics it would be difficult for me to conclude that.
Bob McLeod on Question 125-16(3): Gwich’in Contracting Memorandum Of Understanding
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 125-16(3): Gwich’in Contracting Memorandum Of Understanding
Oral Questions
February 15th, 2009
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