Thank you very much for this question.
Mr. Chair, at PWGSC we are very committed to maximizing the use of fair, open, and competitive processes to choose the contractors we work with. I can say that even the use of standing offers does not preclude the element of competition, since standing offers themselves are first subject to a public tender.
We do use our open system, buy and sell, to advertise the possibilities. Even in the cases where we have chosen a project construction manager, for example, PCL for the West Block, the contract with the construction managers includes very specific terms and provisions requiring the tendering of subcontracts, depending on the value of those subcontracts.