Based on what brief and little feedback we got on this, it pretty much was a fait accompli that they were going with large integrators before the RFI appeared on the street. That's when we woke up to the fact that SMEs were not going to be able to play in this game.
It's not just Ottawa-Gatineau SMEs; these are SMEs across the country, because this is a national network, and anybody who does work in any of these sectors across Canada will either have to pony up to the winner or find other business elsewhere.