Government Operations committee  Thank you. If I remember correctly, the 2009 contract sets out 67 performance measurements used to evaluate the services provided by the contracting party. Those performance measurements are discussed regularly—on a quarterly basis, I think. The goal is to ensure that the contra

Government Operations committee  They are both quantitative and qualitative, and there are 67 of them.

Government Operations committee  So far, the contracting party has been meeting the contract requirements.

Government Operations committee  As for the engagement process, we plan to meet with industry representatives to learn about best practices in performance measurement. That is one of the elements. That could change a lot or a little. It will all depend on our interaction with industry. We definitely want to mak

Government Operations committee  For instance, in the case of the new contract, we have an interdepartmental committee in charge of identifying the needs. We will use the knowledge acquired through the management of the current contract to establish those performance measurements. So in addition to consulting in

Government Operations committee  We've worked with the client departments—that is, the Department of National Defence, the Treasury Board Secretariat, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police—to identify any of those payments for property management services that may have been charged to the employees or the reloca

Government Operations committee  Yes. The information was published a year in advance, or around that.

Government Operations committee  There have been a number of changes. I think the largest one has been to move to a statement of requirements as opposed to a statement of work, which is basically defining the outcome the government is seeking as opposed to defining exactly how the work is done. That has two be

Government Operations committee  Public Works did do this, and actually it was the subject also of a letter in June 2009, if I'm correct, written by the deputy minister at the time, Mr. François Guimont, to the chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

Government Operations committee  It actually was not a recommendation from either the AG or the standing committee. However, it's a result of best practices that we do have with regard to industry engagement. We have received significant feedback that has been analyzed by both our fairness monitor, who was atte

Government Operations committee  Yes. All of the recommendations were applied for the 2009 procurement. And they will also be applied for the upcoming one.