I have a feeling that the procurement committee might hate me by the end of this Assembly. I am going to switch around my questions here. I am going to jump to the third one that I provided to the Minister. So, the increase has resulted in many government purchases not going to RFP, which means that, small businesses, not only do they not have a chance to bid on these, they do not even know these are going out. Purchases might be being made based on friendships, you know: the person in the government, his buddy might own a store, and that is where they get these purchases from. When you are looking at $10,000 per item, that can add up. Will the Minister commit to looking at what impact these increased thresholds have had on small businesses?
R.J. Simpson on Question 113-18(3): Procurement Policies
In the Legislative Assembly on February 15th, 2018. See this statement in context.
Question 113-18(3): Procurement Policies
Oral Questions
February 14th, 2018
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