With regard to the risks, I think you have to ask yourself what objective the government is seeking to attain. Is its purpose to minimize risk as much as possible and acquire technology? Is it to have the best innovations and the best solutions? Or is it to ensure that procurement causes beneficial socioeconomic ripples throughout the country?
At this time, the procurement environment limits the government's ability to generate that socioeconomic effect. We don't have the data showing how many SMEs are awarded government contracts, what type of contracts are awarded, or to what extent the businesses in question are culturally diversified. We don't know.
What is the government's objective? If you change procurement methods and specify the technology you need to meet the needs, you will obtain a larger number of bids. The participation of SMEs in complex procurement is limited because of the investment involved. If it takes two years to obtain a project, I can't have three people working on it, especially since I might not get it. There are no guarantees, basically. For about 20 companies that take part in the process, only one or two will win.