Procurement ombud’s report reveals discrepancies in ArriveCan’s $54-million contract
Mandatory criteria used in ArriveCan application procurement were ‘overly restrictive’ and ‘favoured’ GC Strategies Inc. as an existing CBSA supplier, which led to the awarding of a $25-million contract to the company in the centre of misconduct allegations.
AG to publish ArriveCan report next month, House Public Accounts Committee hears
Deputy Auditor General Andrew Hayes told the House Public Accounts Committee that the report on the application will be released on Feb. 12, during a meeting that Liberal and NDP MPs criticized the timing of.
Parliament construction work chugs ahead, as new acting LTVP point person steps in
Jennifer Garrett has been tapped to replace Rob Wright as the assistant deputy minister responsible for overseeing Hill renovations on an interim basis.
‘Proliferation of consultants hiring consultants’: MPs frustrated by tangled web of outsourcing in ArriveCan saga
Consultants ‘have never been doing better than they are now,’ says Conservative MP Garnett Genuis.
‘Massive endeavour’: feds face difficult task in finding contractors for gun buyback scheme, expert warns
‘The government has to rely on the private sector and qualified businesses to do the work,’ said the University of Ottawa’s J.L. Gilles LeVasseur.
Government’s outsourcing woes might be rooted in in-house project management gaps, say observers
Doing business with the government is not all ‘sunshine and blue skies,’ says Neil Brodie, noting ‘there are companies out there who will not compete for government contracts because they don’t need the headache of doing business with the government.’
Government of Canada should actively seek the advice of industry so that programs can be delivered with objectives clearly defined
I recommend that the government establish a risk-management framework for federal public service contracts that assigns a risk to each factor. The higher the total risk, the higher the level of approval necessary to proceed with the service contract.
‘We’re just not able to do what is necessary’: procurement ombud pitches funding boost as cases rise
The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman’s budget has remained relatively static since 2008, and with a record number of cases and high inflation, Alexander Jeglic says he’s financially limited to pursue the office’s goals.
House Board OKs four Centre Block design decisions, with more to come
The MP working group has a busy month ahead, with seven sets of decisions to go through in December, which are now expected to be brought to the BOIE for final approval in January.
Remote simultaneous interpretation now in use for House committees
Following a pilot, party whips agreed to begin phasing in use of remote interpretation services for regular committee meetings starting on Nov. 20.
