Ms. Liliane saint pierre at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.

March 3rd, 2009 / 12:05 p.m.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Acquisitions Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Regarding the free-standing furniture, in accordance with the numbers provided to me, in the past we had 27 standing offer orders. As a result of the competitive process, we awarded five standing offers to companies, plus five aboriginal standing offers, for a total of ten.

For your information, nine of the ten are Canadian firms, and eight of the ten are small and medium-sized businesses.

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