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Government Temporary Help Services Advisory Committee Meetings - January 31, 2007

Agenda

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
11A1 Room 101
Gatineau, Québec

  1. Approval of Record of Decision
  2. Categories of THS Personnel (cont'd)
    1. Review of Categories of THS vs IT Professional Services
    2. Discussion of "Grey Zones" in Categories
  3. Review spreadsheet measuring the two options
  4. Right of First Referral
  5. Diverse Workforce Placements
  6. Invoices and Timesheets
  7. Other Items
  8. Next Meeting
  9. Roundtable and closing remarks.

Record of Decisions

In attendance:

  • Steven Turner, Chair (Consultant)
  • Captain Crane, DND
  • Helen Seto, Health Canada
  • Sylvain Cardinal, PWGSC
  • Debbie Sinclair, PWGSC
  • Patricia Lalonde, PWGSC
  • Line Dugas, PWGSC
  • Meredith Egan, ACSESS
  • Jeremy Ingle, ACSESS
  • Kathryn Tremblay, ACSESS
  • Paul Gagnon, Portage Personnel
  • Daniel Moorcroft, QMR Staffing Solutions Inc.
  • Pierre Paquette, Secretary, PWGSC

Item

Item 1 New Members to the Committee

  • A new member has joined the Committee representing Client De-partments/Users of THS. Patricia Lalonde was invited and agreed to join the Committee. She is from PWGSC.
  • The Committee was informed that Debbie Sinclair has replaced Richard Goodfellow as a member of the Committee. Debbie is the new Manager responsible for the procurement of Temporary Help Service

Item 2 Record of Decision

  • The Record of Decision was adopted by the Committee.

Item 3 Categories of THS Personnel

  • The list of Categories were reviewed at length and compared to the IT Professional Services categories
  1. PWGSC have a number of taskings to complete pertaining to the List of Categories for THS prior to the next meeting.
  2. ACSESS will provide PWGSC with a revised list for discussion at the next meeting.
  3. PWGSC will discuss the finalized list with the Commodity Council for THS which includes several Client Departments

Item 4 Roundtable and Closing Remarks

The business rules which would apply to the two options for "Method of Supplier Selection" for THS were briefly discussed.

Item 5 Next Meeting

The list of issues for Discussion previously established by the Committee will be reviewed at the next meeting under the Agenda Item “Work Plan-ning". Attached is a copy of the revised list.

The next meeting will be held February 7, 2007 at Place du Portage, 11 Laurier, PDP III, Gatineau, Québec, Tower A, 11A1, Room 101 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The Agenda for the next meeting will be sent to members via e-mail prior to the meeting.