In the Auditor General's Report 1, we've read that there was a bit of back-and-forth between PSPC and CBSA. I think PSPC's role is always to push its clients to move to a competitive process, but at the time, CBSA had said, “Well, we don't have time for that.” When vendors are registered on TBIPS, does that shorten the procurement cycle or do we embark on a song and dance with an open competitive process once we are on the supply arrangement?
On November 6th, 2024. See this statement in context.