I've no idea. But I'll tell you one thing. It is partly because of spending five years in the Department of Public Works, which is in fact the arm responsible for the integrity of the process, that I became so focused on that. I had a special organization set up to make sure that there were never.... Before anybody wanted to sole-source something, they had to go through an extra challenge function before I would approve it.
So is 8.8% too much? I don't know, but I do know that I took non-sole-sourcing very, very seriously.