Mr. Huppé, you mentioned earlier that deputy ministers are responsible for applying the processes in place. Public Services and Procurement Canada has processes in place for awarding non‑competitive contracts, for example.
However, we see that Treasury Board is probably the department that awards the most non‑competitive contracts for amounts over $25,000. In fact, even after the pandemic, in 2023, 60% of Treasury Board contracts were awarded non‑competitively, without any guarantee of value for money. One‑third of contracts over $100,000 were awarded non‑competitively.
In such cases, what can you tell us about the follow‑up of the processes?