Specifically with regard to the citation and the report, the issue you've identified is an issue of transparency. That specific solicitation said up to two contracts would be awarded, but it was quite clear in the communications between the departments that the intention was to award only one. We added that additional observation because the incentive was to encourage participation by indigenous businesses. They received high participation from indigenous businesses based on the prospect of awarding two contracts, but ultimately only one was awarded.
We put that in there specifically for transparency purposes. It's very important to be clear with suppliers what the true intentions of the contract are. If departments knew only one was going to be awarded, they rightly should have indicated so.
In terms of your reference to the procurement strategy for indigenous business, I just want to read you the requirement associated with joint ventures. It states that 51% of the ownership and control of the joint venture must belong to an indigenous business, and at least 33% of the total value of the work must be performed by an indigenous business contractor or by a combination of that contractor and other indigenous—