From the outset, I'm going to say that PSPC was not involved in this procurement, so I'm going to give some broadline observations.
The methods of supply for this space of professional services are extremely complex. On the face of it, the issue about which method of supply to use and pairing it, or this view that there's favouritism, may be only that the methods of supply themselves did not lend themselves to the right bidder. It's not always an issue of trying to say that you need to go through this method of supply versus another. I think that's a key piece of information that needs to be understood, because most of our clients don't understand which method of supply is actually the suitable method of supply. That's the first thing I want to draw to your attention.
The second thing I want to draw is that, in this particular case, I believe they competed the solicitation, but again, we need ISED at the table.