I think it's a good thing to have a threshold exempting some contracts from a competitive process. Sometimes, low-value contracts are needed to speed things up and it's not always necessary to go through a major contracting process.
We always verify whether there were abuses or whether departments split contracts or granted a first contract under the RFP threshold to then grant more later. However, we didn't see this with GCStrategies, as I already mentioned. I saw that kind of situation during the first audit of the professional services contracts awarded to McKinsey. I expect, too, that departments will ensure contracts aren't split to circumvent the competitive process, which should always be the first choice when it comes to procurement.