Government Operations committee  That was one of the 24. It was one of the competitive contracts. There was also a small, non-competitive contract worth less than $25,000—

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that question. The one contract, the larger one that I mentioned, was $29.6 million, and it was for services to support our pay centre operations.

Government Operations committee  That is correct.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that question. The public accounts would be reporting on contracts on an expenditure basis, not on the basis of establishing contracts. Those are two different ways in which this kind of activity would be tracked. Again, there's a difference between the contracts

Government Operations committee  That number I don't have at my fingertips. I will turn to my colleague on that. We could provide that even before the end of the meeting, I'm sure.

Government Operations committee  If the question is about who is the delegated authority, as Ms. Royds—

Government Operations committee  I would have to check the records. That was before my time in the position, but as I said, there would be different delegations—

Government Operations committee  I don't have in front of me which delegated authority would have been used. It could have been that position or a different position. Again, we'd have to check the records on that.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The total number of contracts is 24. The value of those contracts is $104.6 million. To clarify, those contracts were administered by PSPC, not by other departments and agencies.

Government Operations committee  I would just say that we're actively engaged with partners on the biomanufacturing strategy. There are partnerships, such where Novavax has partnered with the biologics manufacturing facility in Montreal. That's one example and we'll continue to look for such opportunities.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. We are indeed actively working on a buy clean strategy. We're not idle in the meantime. Lots of activity is happening in green procurement and in waste diversion. A new cement standard has been introduced into our procurement of building materials, f

Government Operations committee  I would again point to the work we're doing through Procurement Assistance Canada outreach. We have strong relationships with women business coalitions. That is certainly an area of focus on the outreach. We try to link up with other government programs, for example, the women e

Government Operations committee  There is a range of issues. Some are just the general digital experiences that you have on multiple clicks and navigating through multiple sites. We're dealing with those sorts of issues. There was an ability for Canadians, generally, to look at documents that can only be seen n

Government Operations committee  It's a bit of a blended process. It's the responsibility of PSPC to develop, essentially, the standing offer, and we would have qualifying vehicles on that list. It's essentially a menu of vehicles from which a client department could choose. That list is refreshed on an annual b

Government Operations committee  This is certainly an interesting area of pursuit. I would say that one of the challenges we have right now is simply the supply chain. We're having a great deal of difficulty getting anywhere close to the number of battery electric vehicles, for example, that we would procure on