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Public Accounts committee Thank you for the question. In the case of the two examples the Auditor General used in her report, the NextGen initiative for human resources and the benefits delivery modernization program, a number of resellers are participating in the project. For NextGen, there are three: S
May 27th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Public Accounts committee Thank you, Madam Chair. Same answer: Anything that goes to Treasury Board for approval requires a gender-based analysis, and contracts of this size or projects of this size go through Treasury Board, so the procurement piece goes through us as well.
May 27th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Public Accounts committee Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll start. If my colleagues want to add in, please do. It has been around for a while, for sure. It came out of the private sector, and it is not just a procurement methodology. It is a project management methodology, but obviously procurement is a big
May 27th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Public Accounts committee I met with the industry association, I think just last week, and we had a really good discussion on this point. We're all in agreement that, yes, the “agile” word is getting thrown around, but we need to work together to make sure that we all understand or are speaking the same l
May 27th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Public Accounts committee Yes, it's early days, and we can certainly do better. I think one of the key things we've done recently is work with our client departments to help give both procurement and the client folks an assessment tool: Is it a good candidate for agile? That's your first question. As Mr.
May 27th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Public Accounts committee Madam Chair, maybe I can start with a quick answer. In terms of the federal contractors program, from a procurement perspective—the member mentioned the size requirement for the companies—bidders do have to certify that they're in compliance. As was mentioned earlier, Labour has
May 27th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Public Accounts committee We have a few other countries that we regularly partner with. The U.S. and the U.K. are two of the most common. We are now looking at other jurisdictions, as we look to augment our training and our documentation, to see if there are things we can borrow from to better improve tha
May 27th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Public Accounts committee Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll start, but I'll be quick and leave my colleague a couple of minutes as well. I think it was always the case that potential bidders had the opportunity to pose questions about their request for proposals to get clarification, and in some cases the go
May 27th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee There have been ongoing discussions about the corporate plan—
June 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee Mr. Chair, we have been in touch with Canada Post. They've submitted documents, and it's being finalized, but obviously COVID is having an impact on the corporate plan, so it takes some extra time to work through it.
June 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee Thank you for the question. It is really normal to take some time to check the quality of a ship after receiving it. During the testing that is done by DoD and the Coast Guard, problems are found and it is up to the shipyard to fix them. It's always a process...
June 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee We noticed that there was an issue with the engine. It's really important for the client to verify that everything works well before accepting the product.
June 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee In fact, CFB Esquimalt shipyard charges an all-industry rate. It is not part of Seaspan's Vancouver Shipyards, so it is not a rate...
June 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee I did not understand your question. I'm sorry.
June 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Government Operations committee Oh! You meant the target state. Is that it?
June 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews