Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is just a fundamental point of accountability in terms of getting the requirements for an RFP. In other words, when a requirement for any service or any good is shaped, we deal very closely with the program departments, which can look at what is needed in the current environment and what is needed going forward. In terms of asking Public Works and Government Services how it could design a process like this and how could it take these business volumes, we work very closely with departments that are required to oversee and deliver those services. So the answer to the question, in terms of how we could design a program such as this, is that we work very closely getting the best information that we can from the departments. That is the information that was reflected in the RFP.
On December 7th, 2006. See this statement in context.