If you want a really good example of a process that was free of this kind of politicking, look back in history to the time when the Government of Canada replaced a number of fleets of jet fighters with the CF-18 Hornet. The Liberal government of Pierre Elliott Trudeau managed that particular process excellently, and it was not at all politicized except right at the very end when the Parti Québécois government of René Lévesque was involved. Essentially, I think that still remains, after all of these years, an excellent example of a depoliticized process.
On April 5th, 2022. See this statement in context.