Thank you for the question.
It is operational requirements. It would have to do with the urgency and the criticality of the government infrastructure and the services to Canadians. If that infrastructure is at risk, or there are limited numbers of vendors who are able to provide the support and services, those are examples of the process that is used.
It goes through a governance committee, at which it is challenged and reviewed by people outside SSC to make sure that we are objective and transparent in what we are doing.