Mr. David Marshall at the Public Accounts Committee

On January 29th, 2007. See this statement in context.

January 29th, 2007 / 4:45 p.m.

Deputy Minister, Public Works and Government Services Canada

I do indeed, sir.

This is a big contract. It involves many people. The contract finishes up in 2009, which is not that far away.

To start now, re-tender.... We have a contractor, through no fault of their own, holding a valid contract with the government. You have issues of termination for convenience. You have issues of the cost of bidding. It would cost a large sum of money to re-tender.

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