I want that money back for the taxpayer, too.
Looking at paragraph 5.35 of the Auditor General's report, she says,“While PWGSC evaluated the bids properly, it did not pay adequate attention to the collective facts in bids submitted in response to the RFP.” And here we go again, Mr. Chairman. They tick off the check-boxes, but nobody connects the dots and says there is something wrong here.
I cannot in my own mind understand why, looking at two bids--this is not a hundred bids--how one says I need $50 million to provide this service, and the other one says I'll provide it for free--albeit under the table he collects the money anyway. But he provides it for free, and nobody asks if there is a problem here.
What do you say, Mr. Bennett?