The first exhibit shows the number of contracts between $24,000 and $25,000 while the second shows the number of contracts amended by more than 150 per cent. To us, these are signs of a potential problem. This type of analysis allows is to verify if there are many contracts valued at just under the $25,000 threshold and to see if it would have been possible to split up the contracts, rather than assign only one with a higher value which should have been put out to tender.
These indicators are what we call red flags. The numbers have dropped significantly. We observed that a new management team was put in place and procedures have changed significantly.