Public Accounts committee  Basically, our department is there to work with the client, the business owner, to provide the contractual vehicle that will work and that will operationalize their requirements. In the case at hand, we basically had a supply arrangement. Task authorizations were issued against that.

Public Accounts committee  If it's within our authority, then we have to work with the client and play that challenge function. It's something that we do.

Public Accounts committee  In the context of the current contract, this is the type of advice that our procurement officers should be providing. They should be playing that challenge function. It's what we expect from our procurement staff.

Public Accounts committee  On that one, I'm less familiar with the department. I started in my role recently.