Our team has shared a package of information around that, but to describe it in more detail, you will see that there is an exchange of emails. As just noted, the sole-source justification is the responsibility of the department. They created a sole-source justification. The contracting authority pushed back several times, looking to ensure that the information was accurate and that it was really clear. We had to be convinced that there was only one IT firm that could provide staff augmentation on this, looking at the timelines that were provided.
There was a whole series of steps, with a challenge function at the DG level within CBSA, to outline specifically what was required to move forward.