Within that ATIP, there was a briefing preparatory package that contained an item that I brought to the attention of departmental officials: “Whose decision was it to contract to GC?” I'm going to read this out, and I want an explanation. It says:
My office made the decision to pursue the contract with GC Strategies.
The two proposals for the work were presented to the CIO and President, and the decision was made to proceed with GC Strategies as their proposal and approach aligned with what the CBSA was looking for, particularly rapid staff augmentation.
The Deloitte proposal was a managed service using their Cloud instance. This would have involved additional risk, and did not align with our direction to build Cloud/Mobile competencies within the Agency.
Who were they referring to?