Letters of interest indicate that the government is expecting to have certain requirements and that there are opportunities there. It allows businesses to decide, with respect to the specific product or service, that it might be a good idea to position themselves. In fact, if it is a very important product that a business can only partially provide, it may want to position itself with suppliers who are able to supply the complete product.
Let me give you an example. Recently, we issued a large long-term contract for the production of military clothing. The request was disseminated through the MERX system, but there are obviously not 200 companies in Canada that specialize in that line of business. In any case, it attracts their interest and gives businesses only able to provide some of the components an opportunity to get together with other companies to make a joint bid.