Bids?WeDon’tNeedNoStinkin’Bids!
Why is the provincial government able to directly award a contract to a friend of Premier Christy Clark?
That’s been the question since news broke last week that the communications chairman from Clark’s Liberal leadership campaign last year has a contract with government that allows him to bill up to $10,000 per month for a period of six months.
The deal is with Don Millar, through his company Reception Point Consulting ., to “provide a full range of advisory services.”
The answer to how the contract was awarded lies within the rules of government procurement.
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..(The) government can directly award a contract when “the acquisition is of a confidential or privileged nature and disclosure through an open bidding process could reasonably be expected to compromise government confidentiality, cause economic disruption or be contrary to the public interest.”
In a statement last week, government cited this as the reason Millar’s contract was not put to a competitive bid.
So.
What, exactly, is the good Mr. Millar working on that is so super, cone-of-silence, secret anyway?
Is it possible that he is engaged in highly strenuous $10,000 a month confabs with Princess Pammy working on one of those special projects for the people that only the two of them can actually see and/or hear?
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