Why did PWGSC outsource some of its property management services in 1997?
PWGSC had three key goals related to procuring certain property management services from the private sector, namely to save money, improve responsiveness and eliminate the perception that PWGSC was in competition with the private sector. In 1997, the Department contracted out operations and maintenance of PWGSC facilities in British Columbia and Saskatchewan to those provincial governments and, through a competitive process, assigned the responsibility for some 300 office buildings to the private sector in 13 separate, provincially-grouped portfolios.
