Yes, we have had that comment come to us, and not just when it comes to technology but in other areas of procurement as well. We call it bundling. It has been occurring for the last few years, and we have seen it in things like temporary health services and translation services, which is partly why those two areas are feeling a little bit more in dire straits than they have in the past, and certainly in the technology as well.
It does exclude smaller companies from being able to bid. Often these bids are put together as well with very specific technology requirements, and this is beyond even just in the technology sector. It could be in other sectors as well that are very specific to perhaps one or two companies, so it becomes very clear that it seems to be targeted at a larger company, and everybody in the industry kind of knows about it.
Those are the types of things that a lot of small firms--I wouldn't say a lot, but some small firms will come to us raising concerns about this bundling idea, and certainly have tried to push back a little bit to recognize. That's why one of our recommendations has been that one role that OSME could play is to look at some of these larger contracts and determine whether they should be cut up into smaller contracts. This is something the U.S. Small Business Administration does in the United States, and we believe it's something that could be applied here, just to make sure. Some contracts have to be big--we understand that--but some don't, and perhaps we need a second piece of oversight to see whether or not they really need to be as big as they are.