Public Accounts committee  As the manager as the time, that would have been Mr. Crupi.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  There was a visit to Towers Perrin, but I do not believe they provided numbers. The process was a full RFP.

Public Accounts committee  No. The RFP basically provides the requirements, and the companies bidding provide financial proposals.

Public Accounts committee  As evaluators, we looked at the technical solution. Public Works did the financial evaluation.

Public Accounts committee  I do not believe so.

Public Accounts committee  It was done by PricewaterhouseCoopers at the time, who later became IBM Business Solutions, the statement of work for the RFP. The RFP itself, of course, would have been written by Public Works.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I do.

Public Accounts committee  I knew Mr. Brazeau from working in the Public Works compensation sector in the mid-1990s. We didn't work together, but we were on the same floor.

Public Accounts committee  Not very well at all.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Brazeau approached me prior to that lunch to describe the CAC contracting services, and we suggested that we would meet with Mr. Crupi and discuss the CAC services.

Public Accounts committee  As has been discussed previously, the department was there to provide a preference if there was a preference. This did not mean that the contract would necessarily be awarded. I think Mr. Brazeau has discussed this in previous testimony, that a preference could be provided, but n

Public Accounts committee  Yes. I met Ms. Casey on a project in 1991. Some time later I met her husband. This was for work at Public Works on the pension reform project. They both had expertise in the pension area.

Public Accounts committee  Excuse me, what was the date of that contract?

Public Accounts committee  Yes; as discussed at previous committee meetings, and as I believe Mr. McEvoy mentioned, there isn't an issue with a client department wanting a resource, because they've worked with them and they know they can do work and they continue to do work. From my perspective, this was p