Mr. Speaker, when they’re going out for a sole-source contract, the policy states that if it was something that we had to do right away, then we would go to a sole-source contract. In the smaller communities, this is one that’s well-received because the price for goods in a lot of smaller communities is $5,000 and once it was raised to $25,000, that gave them an opportunity to be able to land some of this work and not have to go to a public process or a tendering process, which for $5,000 is a lot of work and a lot of administration. I can assure the Member that a lot of due diligence goes into these contracts before they’re awarded.
Robert C. McLeod on Question 236-18(2): Increased Sole Source Contracting Limits
In the Legislative Assembly on June 16th, 2016. See this statement in context.
Question 236-18(2): Increased Sole Source Contracting Limits
Oral Questions
June 15th, 2016
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