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Health committee There's clearly a link with what comes in. From a procurement perspective, it gets delivered to the Public Health Agency, as the member indicated. They would then have an intake process in terms of inspecting, counting and warehousing, all of those things, and then a process to a
April 15th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee We have an ongoing dialogue with PHAC on orders. We received several larger orders from the Public Health Agency of Canada, which we are calling collaborative buys with provinces and territories. I think the most recent—and Arianne can correct me here—came on April 9. It's a big
April 15th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee The test the member referenced, which was also referenced earlier this week, is one that I referenced in my remarks about Spartan, an Ottawa-based company that has recently been awarded a contract. This is new technology. I have no comments or opinion on the volume of testing req
April 15th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Again, we're starting up here. We're hoping to hit full production in July. There's a gradual ramp-up. Again, it's new technology, so we're working with them to get that up and running. We're all anxious to get that going. The delivery details are being worked out, but we're hopi
April 15th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee The government's approach to securing those goods is probably a better question for our colleagues from Health Canada and PHAC. I can tell you that PSPC, as a purchaser of these kinds of drugs, has historically been a fairly small player. We do have some activity. It's one that
April 15th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee It's a multi-part answer. The product is coming in every couple of days. A lot of it comes from China, so we have arranged for fairly regular flights to come from Shanghai into Canada as the product is ready. Now we're seeing a pretty steady flow of products coming out of our o
April 15th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee The process would be as follows. There would be an inspection of the goods once they arrive in Canada at the Public Health Agency warehouse. There is actually some specific testing that happens for N95s. There is a quality check there. That process takes a couple of days. It then
April 15th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think we can talk about how the strategy in this area has changed since day one. I did mention in my opening remarks that this notion of putting in longer-term contracts with a variety of suppliers to ensure a steady stream of arrival of goods is importan
April 15th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon and thank you for having me and my officials here with you today to talk about the role of Public Services and Procurement Canada in the government's response to COVID-19. Before I begin I would like to thank the people behind the scenes who
April 15th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee The only thing I would add is that the department has been in growth mode for two reasons during the last couple of years. The member already mentioned Phoenix. There has been significant growth there. The other issue that's causing growth is the parliamentary precinct long-ter
March 12th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee Mr. Chair, I want to make one clarification. Thank you. Page 58 of the departmental results report actually answers the member's last question, so I would just leave it at that.
March 12th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee Certainly, and I'll be very quick. The pay pod is a vehicle used to reorganize our work to deal with the backlog. NextGen is a new procurement. They're going through a pilot phase but they're going to be testing live, fresh pay transactions as part of the test case. Pay pods are
March 12th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee It's a broader portfolio issue. It doesn't get tied to one specific project. It's just a source of funds. It's part of the bank account; that's the way I would describe it.
March 12th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee I would characterize the funding formula a little differently than the member. We put forth a plan to Treasury Board that covers all of our buildings and major investments as well. Treasury Board then looks at the money we can reinvest from other sources, this being one of them,
March 12th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee It's for significant reinvestment. This is recapitalization, but it's part of the pot. If members are visualizing a building-by-building, project-by-project model that you attach to reinvestment, that's not the way the model works. It's part of the pot.
March 12th, 2020Committee meeting
Bill Matthews