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Accountability
CMC-Canada's Position on Accountability:
Governments rely on professional services and must procure them in ways that respect administrative transparency, oversight and accountability. The CMC designation is the profession's only international certification mark, recognized in more than 40 countries. It indicates a management consultant's commitment to the highest standards of consulting and adherence to the ethical canons of the profession. Government procurement professionals can reduce risks by including the CMC designation as a mandatory credential in any relevant Request for Proposal, thus delivering added value for taxpayer dollars.
Archived Documents Related to this Area of Focus Include:
December 2008
December 12 and 15: Non-Informatics Professional Services Supplier Information Session
PWGSC held a Supplier Information Session regarding the Non-Informatics Professional Services (NIPS) (formerly Non-IT Task and Solutions Based Professional Services [TSBPS]) Request for Standing Offer/Supply Arrangement (RFSO/SA). The purpose of the information session was to provide an update on the NIPS project and to obtain supplier feedback. Materials distributed at the session include:
Agenda
PPT Presentation (English)
PPT Presentation (French)
Non-IT Professional Services (NIPS) Categories (English)
Non-IT Professional Services (NIPS) Categories (French)
June 2008
June 23: Dorothy Milburn-Smith submitted Overall Feedback on Non-IT Method of Supply to Jason Storm, Manager, PWGSC, responsible for the RFI process. The package is comprised of two portions: overall feedback on the Non-IT Method of Supply; and responses to the specific consultation questions provided in the Non-IT Task and Solutions Based Professional Services RFI. The response was gathered from the second Community of Interest that CMC-Canada had formed to respond to the RFI: the independents, small firms and medium-sized firms. There are approximately 32 firms in this community of interest - with representation from National Capital Area, Ontario, Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia.
June 12: PWGSC Feedback Workshop - Summary
June 11: Letter to Jerome Thauvette, Director General, Services And Technology Acquisition Management Sector on Procurement Reform
On June 11, CMC-Canada met with Jerome Thauvette, Pierre Paquette and Jason Storm, to discuss CMC-Canada's concerns with the Non-IT Professional Services RFI process - and with the entire procurement process. CMC-Canada’s representatives were: Dorothy Milburn-Smith, CMC, lead for CMC-Canada’s consultation process on procurement and for the Non-IT Professional Services RFI; Mike Appleton, FCMC, former EOC/CMC-Canada lead for federal government consultation/procurement; Leigh Harris-Fowell, CMC, member of the Large Firm Community of Interest; and Michel Rene de Cotret, member of the Large Firm Community of Interest. A letter was sent to Jerome Thauvette, summarizing the results of the June 11 meeting. The letter outlined CMC-Canada's concerns with the RFI process and with procurement model/approach being followed. Read the letter here.
March 2008
March 3: A letter to the editor, from Ken Davies, FCMC, CMC-Canada Chair, on reforms to sole-source contracts, was published in the Ottawa Citizen. Read the letter here.
CMC-Ontario: CMC-Ontario Announces Procurement Breakthrough
June 2007
June 8: CMC-Ontario: Summary and Highlight Information from CMC-Ontario's Professional Development Procurement Outreach Session
January 2007
January 19: CMC-Ontario: CMC-Ontario President Lynn Bennett, CMC, was invited to share the Ontario Institute's views and speak directly with the Minister of Finance regarding the upcoming 2007 Ontario Budget. Her presentation addressed two of the four questions posed by the Ontario Finance Minister: What can the Ontario government do to continue to foster economic growth and job creation in the province? What should the government's top priority be for this year's budget and how should it be funded? Read the presentation here.
November 2006
CMC-Canada and CMC-Ontario Respond to the Ontario Government: Click here to read the response to the Ontario Government "Draft RFP for General Management Consulting Services."
October 2006
October 3: CMC-Canada Federal Procurement Initiative: The Association submitted a detailed letter to Dr. Michael Bloom, VP of Organizational Effectiveness at the Conference Board of Canada, outlining concerns with the Pre-Consultation Report on Temporary Help Services (THS). The Association addressed concerns with the following areas of the report, and made recommendations for improvement: Management Consulting Services in the Professional Services Stream; Professional Certification; Small Business; and Consultation with Industry and Professional Associations. Click here to read the full letter.
June 2006
CMC-Canada: Mike Appleton FCMC represented the Association's Ad Hoc Committee for Government-wide Procurement at a meeting hosted by PWGSC on June 6, 2006. The meeting was held to review the latest developments in the IPS New Method of Supply. The meeting produced a number of concerns that Mike outlined in a follow-up email to Jerome Thauvette, Director of the Informatics Procurement Directorate. PWGSC responded with a revised TBIPS Strategy document. PWGSC gave in on several areas as a result of the Association's intervention and the intervention of several others (ITAC, CABINET, CATA, etc.). The Committee feels that the revised strategy is not yet perfect, but does present a much more reasonable approach. Click here to read Mike Appleton's Message to PWGSC.
Click here to download the TBIPS Revised Strategy (PDF).
April 2005
April 20: CMC-Canada Ad Hoc Committee for the Parliamentary Secretary's Task Force on Federal Procurement Reform. As many will recall, CMC-Canada created an ad hoc committee to represent our members during the Parliamentary Secretary's Task Force on Federal Procurement Reform policy formulation efforts. That work has now transitioned to collaborating with the Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) procurement staff as they implement those Task Force recommendations selected for approval. The mandate of the Task Force was to review the current system used by the federal government for the procurement of goods and services, and to make recommendations for improvement. The objective of the CMC-Canada ad hoc committee was to represent the views of the Association and its members to the Task Force and to the federal government's procurement staff, in particular, to recommend that the CMC designation be featured in future federal government procurement of management consulting services. Click here to read Mike Appleton's complete report on the committee's progress to date.
March 2005
March 22: Update on Ontario Procurement Task Force Hearings. Representatives of CMC-Canada made presentations to the "Doing Business with the Ontario Government" Task Force in March 2005. Presentations were made in Ottawa, London and Toronto. CMC-Canada members raised a number of points during the hearings. Highlights include: there should be distinction in RFPs between management consulting and IT projects. Management consulting covers a broad range of services, and reflects diverse competencies. They are delivered by large, medium and small partnerships, corporations, consortia, and sole providers; and, many of the VORs currently with the Ontario Government have built-in biases against small and medium-sized firms and small providers. For example, the information and level of detail required can make it onerous for small providers to bid. Click here to read the Association's follow-up letter to Wayne Arthurs, MPP, Chair of the "Doing Business with the Ontario Government" Task Force. Click here for a copy of all speaking notes from Association representatives.
June 2004
June 30: Letter to Mr. Neil Sentance, Director, Procurement Policy and IT Procurement Branch, Government of Ontario. On June 30, 2004, the Association submitted a letter to Mr. Neil Sentance expressing concern over the recently released Request for Proposal for Business Management Consulting Services (MBS-BMS-01). Click here to read CMC-Canada's letter to Neil Sentance.