We absolutely believe in segregation between the political arm and the procurement process. There should be no intervention from political actors whatsoever in procurement-related decisions.
Specific to the reviews we undertook, we had a case within our procurement practice review where there were issues associated with the conversion of Leopard-style vehicles into monuments. We saw that contract inappropriately awarded, because the bid was no longer valid at the time the contract was entered into. The bid validity period was 90 days, and the contract was awarded after 187 days. There was no extension of the bid validity period.