Government Operations committee  Monsieur le président, madame, when I was referring to establishing plans, I was referring more specifically to identifying all the additional resources required based on the needs and requirements identified. We have already started to put those plans into effect. We are gearing

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam. Thank you for your question. Regarding the infrastructure program, you were privy to a presentation last week related to the contribution of the role of Public Works related to that program. As the contracting authority, we are committed to competition. We are

Government Operations committee  Good morning, everyone. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are very grateful to you for allowing us to provide you with an overview of federal government procurement. The colleagues with me today are, to my right, Normand Masse, Director General of the Services and Specialized Acquisitio

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, this RFP was not re-evaluated. As part of an external review, our chief risk officer verified the quality of the completed file, that is the documents and the process followed.

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, I learned of Mr. Jim Bezanson's departure when legal proceedings were initiated in conjunction with the procurement process.

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, Mr. Angus, thank you for the opportunity to speak about the fairness monitor policy. I'll turn to English and try to be as clear as I can in relation to this. The Department of Public Works adopted a framework in 2005 related to the fairness monitor. Since then we

Government Operations committee  That is still the case.

Government Operations committee  I will take the responsibility.

Government Operations committee  The immediate next step will be to design a formal consultation process related to this initiative, piggybacked on the experience we had--it was mentioned by Mr. Proulx--with the initiative for the office supplies and temporary help a few years ago. We will be discussing developi

Government Operations committee  More likely it will be at the beginning of 2009.

Government Operations committee  The consultations will commence this summer--August or September.

Government Operations committee  Regarding the RFI that was put forward, my understanding is that it was related mainly to the current plan, a consultation process, which was for the government-wide enterprise network. Regarding the benefits of such an incentive and the comments on the advantage and the best r

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, as Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for acquisitions, I provide services to all departments. I also provide contractual services to my own department. Mr. Poole works for PWGSC. He has IT requirements. My job is to arrange the acquisition process to allow him t

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, I will let Mr. Poole answer that question, because to be honest, I don't know when exactly he joined the department.

Government Operations committee  To date, we have published requests for information which reveal the government's plan to go ahead with an initiative. This is done through telecommunications networks. We invite people in the private sector to comment on the project. That represents the third request. If you're