I'm sorry, but that's not a proper response.
We're talking about non-competitive awarding of 3,000 contracts during the pandemic, and 1,600 more in 2023, well after the pandemic. It's absurd to say that 80% of contracts are awarded based on a competitive process, for one. Furthermore, that doesn't answer my question at all. How is it that so many contracts were awarded in a non-competitive manner? This really doesn't show that taxpayers' money is being spent soundly and wisely.