There are two issues.
I'm surprised about the concern as to how much it costs to go to CITT. My understanding was you didn't even need a lawyer to go to CITT, but you could talk to them about their processes.
On the second issue, I understand fully that SMEs have a problem when the breadth of a requirement is so large. These are small businesses who can't meet $50 million requirements. I understand that. The second thing I understand is that when it says you have to supply goods all across Canada and you have only established in one little office some place, you have an office in Gatineau here and you have to supply something to Winnipeg, you have a problem with an SME, and if it's a.... My understanding is that the department has taken some action to rectify those things. My understanding is that the department is finding ways to do some vertical slices so that you don't have to bid on the whole requirement but parts of the requirement. But that's an understanding based on what I hear. We have not verified that.
The last issue you raised was really important. You said that if there's a mandatory requirement that the contractor must have the manpower and he doesn't have the manpower but he gets the contract, well, I'm sorry, the evaluation was not done properly. Please come and talk to us. Clearly, if it's a mandatory requirement, it has to be met before the contract can be awarded. What does happen is that your understanding or somebody's understanding of that mandatory requirement may be that he has to have employees rather than access to subcontractors. There are technical things that are involved here. It's not that straightforward usually.