At the time—this was in April 2020—we were asked to administer the program and get it up and running as quickly as possible to support the companies that needed the facilities. That's when we sole-sourced it. We had an arrangement with Accenture, which was supporting EDC for other matters. That meant we were able to avoid what would have been a six- to eight-month RFP procurement cycle to get the funding into the hands of companies that needed it at that point in time.
On February 29th, 2024. See this statement in context.