Again, I obviously am not a spokesperson for the department, nor should I be, but based on the information provided to us as part of the review, the changes made also align with a broader change towards a solutions-based environment, meaning that the contracts we looked at were task-based. Internally, I've used the example to demonstrate the difference, and I was just waiting for the opportunity to tell it, so if I'm allowed, I will.
The difference between a task-based and a solutions-based opportunity, in laymen's speak, would be as follows: If I need my lawn cut on Tuesdays and I pay you on a weekly basis, that would be an example of a task. In a solutions-based environment, I tell you that I'm an individual who travels a lot and wants a nicely maintained lawn but isn't around to figure out how to have that done, and the solution offered would be to provide a solution to my problem, as opposed to the tasking.
Hopefully that centralizes the difference between a task- and a solutions-based.... The government is moving towards more of a solutions-based environment, where there's more emphasis on creativity on the part of suppliers.
Again, I'm not a spokesperson for the department. That's essentially the decision that was taken. I will say that there were subsequent changes made effective in July of this year, also around professional services, that include things like a cap for the total value of professional services that can be contracted.
I'll leave it there.