Backgrounders

2013

• Backgrounder on the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) - Year 2: A Status Update [2013-10]
• Backgrounder: Making the decision on the construction of the large non-combat vessels: the Polar Icebreaker and Joint Support Ships [2013-10-11]
• Backgrounder: Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships – The Facts, Response with respect to September 18, 2013 CBC story [2013-09-19]
• Backgrounder: Harper Government signs contract with Irving [2013-03-07]
• Backgrounder: Arctic/Offshore patrol ships design and build approach [2013-03-07]
• Backgrounder: Joint Support Ships (JSS) [2013-02-27]
• Backgrounder: Background on National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy [2013-02-22]

2012

• Recap of the First Year of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy [2012-10-31]
• Backgrounder: Harper Government Signs Preliminary Contract with Irving Shipbuilding for the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships [2012-07-10]

2011

Results of the Request for Proposals to build large vessels for Canada [2011-10-19]

• Backgrounder: Storyline
• Backgrounder: Achieving Best Value in Shipyard Selection
• Backgrounder: An Independent Process to Select Shipyards
• Backgrounder: Shipyards Help Define the Procurement and Evaluation Process
• Backgrounder: Widespread Economic Benefits
• Backgrounder: A Unique Process
• Backgrounder: The Ships to be Built
• Backgrounder: Technical Briefing
• Backgrounder: Evaluation Results

2010

• Background on National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy [2010-06-03]