The process was very simple. I received a phone call from an individual, a former public servant who had some expertise. He told me that it was possible to get a contract through Consulting and Audit Canada. He wanted to know whether I would be interested in submitting his name for the contract in question.
I then fed his resume into the data base of Consulting and Audit Canada. A week or two later, I usually received, as did four or five other companies, an invitation to tender the names of potential candidates. So I presented the candidacy of the person through the call for tenders process. The call for tenders was put out by either Ms. Gour or Ms. Copping.
I put in my tender and was then advised by one of the two above-mentioned people whether or not I had gotten the contract. In a situation where the consultant asked for $500 a day, for instance, I added a margin of between 7% and 10% to cover administrative costs. The consultant earned $500, and I received $35 a day. That's how it worked. In the National Capital Region, hundreds of companies operate this way. The only difference is that they add on between 15% and 25%.