When we choose a rigid procurement system, the public loses out
and surplus federal buildings for housing development. This is good. But at heart, getting homes built is a procurement issue and that’s where the government’s leadership falls apart.
Often, the top technical scores are similar: the bidders with the highest score will have the experience, skill and knowledge to deliver. If all bidders are roughly equally qualified, the fee sets them apart. Across hundreds of pages, PSPC described what they were looking for. Their threshold for minimum acceptable experience was having done at least 15 similar feasibility studies in the last five years that meet specific reporting criteria for PSPC. Bidders were also asked to submit copies of five of their recent feasibility studies converting federal office buildings to housing.
In September, four firms won contracts for this work. Three of them are large multinational corporate firms. That undermines the ability to build technical skills within-sized businesses, which helps them gain experience which could allow them to compete globally. As The Globe and Mail’s Alex Bozikovic, the big firms “are built for this environment” and benefit from being able to tick the boxes of RFPs. Their business model depends on it.
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