We give out contracts to management consultants to remedy the deficiencies of our office in terms of knowledge and skills. The term “management consultant” is very broad and includes accountants, experts in personnel management and sometimes even investigators who own a small business. We hire investigators on a contract basis because we cannot hire public servants quickly enough to deal with the backlog in case processing.
To give out contracts instead of hiring employees is not the ideal situation but we have to live with our budget and use our funding the best way possible in order to do our job which is to carry out investigations and reduce delays. If we have to hire people to do so, we will.
Since the limit is set at $25,000, we will give out contracts for a $24,000 maximum value, which makes it possible to do more work than with a $10,000 contract.