Feds give $270 M student loans contract to

[Saturn]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...PStory/Business

Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund has won a five-year, $270-million contract to handle Canada's student loans program for Human Resources and Social Development Canada.

Interestingly enough, RBOIF is the successor of BDP Ltd, which handled most of the very efficient and successful gun registry.

http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzg.../2005_nov15.htm

Ottawa – Today, Garry Breitkreuz, M.P. for Yorkton-Melville and Conservative Firearms Critic, released a 14-page document listing more than $527 million in computer contracts issued by the Canada Firearms Centre since 1997. The 133 contracts and contract amendments were issued to five companies. “How can the gun registry computer systems possibly cost more than half a billion dollars?” asked Breitkreuz. “The size of these numbers never ceases to amaze me. After all, it cost only $8 million to register 40 million cows and that registry actually works.”

The documents (see link below) obtained through an Access to Information Act request show the following:

• SHL & EDS Systemhouse: 13 contracts totaling $ 39.2 MILLION

• EDS Canada Inc: 62 contracts totaling $ $150.5 MILLION

• BDP Business Data Services: 20 contracts totaling $ 17.4 MILLION

• CGI Information Systems: 29 contracts totaling $ 2.0 MILLION

• TEAM CENTRA (CGI & BDP): 5 contracts totaling $318.2 MILLION

http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzg...2005_oct_19.htm

Ottawa – Saskatchewan M.P. Garry Breitkreuz and the Conservative Firearms Critic, is fuming over the secrecy surrounding a $273 million dollar contract amendment awarded by the Canada Firearms Centre...

Contract Amendment #19162-000860/002/XI - 004 in the amount of $273,169,216, awarded on March 23, 2005, to CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. and BDP Business Data Services Limited [now known as Resolve Corporation], a Joint Venture, awarded by the Department of Public Works and Government Services for the Client: CANADA FIREARMS CENTRE.

http://www.resolvecorporation.com/investor..._Prospectus.pdf

Lawrence Zimmering, Director, RBO GP and President and Chief Executive Officer, RBO GP and New Resolve.

Mr. Zimmering was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Resolve in May 2004. He joined one of

Resolve’s predecessor companies, BDP Business Data Services Ltd., in 1996, where he served as Managing

Director, before taking on the position of President later in 1996.

From a Liberal boondoggle to a Conservative boondoggle?

[geoffrey]

That's ridiculous to give someone a deal on such a poor performance history. We don't know the beaurocratic rules yet though that made this possible.

Let's see what the results of the spending are first, then criticise if it turns out to be a poor investment.

[Saturn]

That's ridiculous to give someone a deal on such a poor performance history. We don't know the beaurocratic rules yet though that made this possible.

Let's see what the results of the spending are first, then criticise if it turns out to be a poor investment.

I don't know. Any company with gun-registry performance would be a bad bet IMO. Hopefully history won't repeat itself (but I have a bad feeling about this one).

[Ricki Bobbi]

I don't know. Any company with gun-registry performance would be a bad bet IMO. Hopefully history won't repeat itself (but I have a bad feeling about this one).

Seems like you have already proclaimed judgement.

[Who's Doing What?]

Seems like you have already proclaimed judgement.

Are you defending the gun registry performance or just being argumentative with Saturn?

[Ricki Bobbi]

Are you defending the gun registry performance or just being argumentative with Saturn?

Neither of your options point to my true motivation.

Just pointing out that he appears to have already passed judgment while claiming not to.