Report to/Rapport au :

 

Council

Conseil

 

12 November 2009 / le 12 novembre 2009

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Alain Lalonde, Auditor General/Vérificateur général

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Alain Lalonde, Auditor General

(613) 580-2424 x14226, Alain.Lalonde@ottawa.ca

 

Capital/Capitale (17)

Ref N°: ACS2009-OAG-BVG-6

 

 

SUBJECT:

OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL - 2009 AUDIT OF THE LANSDOWNE PARK PROPOSAL PROCESS

 

 

OBJET :

BUREAU DU VÉRIFICATEUR GÉNÉRAL - VÉRIFICATION DE 2009 DU PROCESSUS DE DEMANDES DE PROPOSITIONS CONCERNANT LE PARC LANSDOWNE

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive the attached report:  2009 Audit of the Lansdowne Park Proposal Process.

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Conseil prenne connaissance du rapport ci-joint: Vérification de 2009 du processus de demandes de propositions concernant le Parc Lansdowne

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

At its meeting of 2 September 2009 Council approved the following two motions:

 

MOTION NO. 71/34

Moved by Councillor C. Doucet

Seconded by Councillor G. Bédard

 

WHEREAS a solicited proposal requires a competitive process for purchase of city goods and services, and construction; and

 

WHEREAS City Council has approved a process refining a proposal from OSEG; and

 

WHEREAS city staff have been working diligently with the proponents to clarify and define the proposal;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Auditor General be requested to determine if the OSEG bid remains unsolicited or should be considered as a project subject to the process under the Purchasing By-Law for Requests for Proposals, and that this report be made available prior to the Committee of the Whole discussion.

 

MOTION NO. 71/36

Moved by Councillor J. Legendre

Seconded by Councillor G. Bédard

 

WHEREAS as Council has requested an unsolicited proposal for a Lansdowne Park Partnership Plan;

 

WHEREAS City staff have reviewed the proposal for value-for-money;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Auditor General be requested to consider auditing the staff review of the proposal and that his audit report be tabled prior to Council’s scheduled approval of this partnership proposal.

 

The attached report contains the results of the audit requested by Council related to Lansdowne Park.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

Consultation with management occurred throughout the audit.

 

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Document 1 – Office of the Auditor General – 2009 Audit of the Lansdowne Park Proposal Process

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

N/A