The early part of the NextGen process was to have the three gates to determine who would potentially be qualified suppliers to work with the Government of Canada to do an HR-to-pay, a full system. That was under the auspices of the Treasury Board Secretariat. The Treasury Board Secretariat is not so much a ministry that operates major IT-based activities, whereas Shared Services is, so at a certain point it seemed appropriate.
That point came about when, through exploration and consultation, the wide field of potential vendors had been narrowed down to three. Right now, we have three vendors that are qualified to work with the Government of Canada. We are very engaged in an exploratory process with one lead vendor, SAP, working with one of our departments, the heritage department, to test the different requirements that public servants have for HR-to-pay in the heritage department. That exploration will lead to a pilot to see if SAP can satisfy and supply HR-to-pay.
We're doing this in sprints. We're checking out, we're learning, then we're doing the next thing, and we'll continue in order to have a successful outcome.