Government Operations committee  Thank you for your questions. I will try to remember and answer all of them. Regarding your first question, it's important to note that the IT services sector covers a range of specialties. In recent years, the group that I head up has been involved to the tune of over $2.5 bill

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that question. That will continue to be the case. PWGSC and the government are very committed to promoting and increasing the market share of SMEs.

Government Operations committee  Not necessarily. We do both, Ms. Bourgeois. We have tools in place. As I indicated in my opening statement, following several years of consultations, we have brought in a very important tool, the Task-Based Informatics Professional Services, which is now available for use by all

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  Whatever you prefer.

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, when the Auditor General said that small projects have a greater chance of being successful, she was referring to technology development projects. We are continuing to receive requests from client departments for the service of contractors to allow these development

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, it is very important that consultations take place. That said, there is arguably never enough consultations in certain sectors. However, I must say that we are fully committed and convinced of the need to consult on all major projects involving long-term technology c

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, thank you for this opportunity to appear before this committee as you discuss the procurement activities of Public Works and Government Services Canada. With me are Steven Poole, who is the chief executive officer, and Maurice Chénier, the chief operating officer of

Government Operations committee  Regarding the fairness monitor, I did mention that since the adoption of the policy in mid-summer 2005, we had 23 processes where the services of the fairness monitor were used. One of those processes was cancelled, and 22 remained. I have the statistics related to who and for w

Government Operations committee  We will be able to provide you with the cost related to hiring fairness monitors.

Government Operations committee  We will be pleased to do so.

Government Operations committee  It is very important to emphasize that we have not begun the procurement process for the planes. We received no requests for services from the Department of National Defence. We are therefore not in a position to present you a detailed procurement strategy.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I'm quite pleased to actually receive that question. It is quite clear that as part of our ongoing process to improve procurement we want to piggyback on the best practices. Defence is quite an important field. In the area of the evolution of information technology sys

Government Operations committee  Fairness monitor reports are accessible.