Government Operations committee  I believe it's below $100,000, or procurements that are not subject to the CITT. That is the case here. The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman could look at systemic issues or procurement issues in general.

Government Operations committee  In fact, one of the points that was mentioned was the accuracy of the information provided in the 2004 process. In 2009, as we said, we put in place a certification process at the assistant deputy minister level in all the departments. But in fact in 2009 this was not something

Government Operations committee  Yes. Those contracts obviously depend on the number of people being moved. The idea is that this contract is on an “as and when requested” basis. It is a request for proposal. There was a minimum engaged or committed value for that contract, but then it depends on the number of m

Government Operations committee  Yes. What we established in those major procurements is setting up an extensive, internal, interdepartmental governance structure. Basically, all of those departments, including Public Works, and the clients, in this case, are being provided with regular updates on the project an

Government Operations committee  Going by memory, I think it was $12.5 billion.

Government Operations committee  Not many challenges have been upheld. When recommendations are made, the tribunal's decisions are considered, in most cases, and measures are taken to comply with the conditions.

Government Operations committee  If a contract has already been awarded and it is too far along, we could decide to negotiate a settlement rather than to terminate the contract and start the process all over again. Usually, if the contract is already being executed, the tribunal considers that. Possibly, a contr

Government Operations committee  Obviously we took a three-year average here. In the last few years we've seen a slight increase in the numbers, but over a longer period it's fairly stable. Again, on the window of three years, if you take the one before that--it would be 2004 to 2006--it was slightly lower than

Government Operations committee  There are slight trends of going up.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to address the committee on our procurement overview. It is going to be a fairly quick overview. I believe you have all received the deck I'm going to use. It starts with the glossary of terms and contra