Typically, government is not going to want to go to tender to buy 10 of something. It's going to want to buy 100 of something. You're going to have to write the statement of requirement from DND, and then it goes to PSPC. PSPC does a whole tender process and issues a tender. There are questions and answers, and the next thing you know, three months go by before anything's done.
On November 2nd, 2023. See this statement in context.