It was only when the losing incumbent service provider complained to the OPO — who then brought the complaint to the RCMP — that the police force realized what had happened. “The complainant claimed this gave the employee an unfair advantage and allowed the employee to underbid the complainant,” reads the report by Procurement Ombudsman Alexander Jeglic. According to his report, the RCMP ordered Potter to stop working on the contract two months after the complaint. Unfortunately for the ombudsman, because the contract was cancelled, he was legally bound to put an end to his investigation. But that did not stop Jeglic from writing the RCMP to recommend that they compensate the losing incumbent bidder who had filed the complaint.

Source: National Post November 05, 2020 12:00 UTC