BG - 14.005 - February 5, 2014
The Defence Procurement Strategy incorporates a new challenge function within National Defence that will support the review of projects and associated resource allocation.
This will result in greater up-front clarity in the procurement process and help validate military requirements, enabling more timely resolution of contract letting.
It will be implemented in the first phase of the Defence Procurement Strategy and will include expert third party reviews of High Level Mandatory Requirements for all projects valued over $100M, and for other select projects below this value.
An Internal Review Panel will provide recommendations to the Deputy Minister of the Department of National Defence bringing together the necessary expertise from military, scientific and policy communities to coordinate third-party reviews. The Panel will have full access to all available information used in the development of the project documentation, including cost estimates.
The third-party review will take place concurrently with the early options analysis stage of a project, with a pre-determined and fixed timeline for review panel recommendations to the Deputy Minister.
It is anticipated that the new governance regime for military procurement will also help identify specific procurements to which distinct third-party reviews could apply.
