The amount of email is pushing the Firstgov team to quickly find ways to route the requests to the appropriate agencies. They are considering customer relationship management technology as a possible solution. BIDS Qu bec, operated by Terry Meehan, will provide existing subscribers with bidding opportunities in the province of Quebec, especially within the hospital sector. In Atlantic Canada, BIDS distributes about 80 percent of the hospital tenders, is the only company to distribute provincial government tenders for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and is the prominent bidding service for Atlantic companies in the oil and gas sector. Queensland Purchasing recently launched an online Procurement Resource Centre in the hope that it will become an international centre of procurement excellence.
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Government travel gets points Late summer 2001 was set as the time for the draft RFP for travel modernization. The government anticipates having a phased implementation for travel modernization in place for spring 2002. As well, Treasury Board has taken further implementation initiatives. The list of companies, refreshed annually, has representation across Canada, but by far the largest representation is from the national capital area. The green scene Alternate fuels seem to be gaining ground.