That's what we think, too, especially when potential bidders questioned it, and then when there was a zero bid that came in. Anyway, the department will have their explanation for why they feel they shouldn't have compared those bids, but there were a lot of red flags there that should have raised questions in someone's mind.
We've also been told that it was actually very easy for the department to obtain the correct business volumes, that it was a very simple process to do that.