Health committee  Is that with respect to awarding the contract or throughout the process?

Health committee  Yes, throughout the process, we would have been in contact with people at the ADM and DM levels as well.

Health committee  Yes, thanks, honourable member. Certainly, in relation to the contract we entered into through the RFP, a very competitive process, our dealings throughout the contract have been at the officials level, at a variety of different levels.

Health committee  Is that for dealing operationally throughout the contract?

Health committee  Prior to the contract being signed, it would have been officials at PSPC at a level—

Health committee  I would say it was at management level. We entered through the normal process, applied, as per all of the rules, and followed the process accordingly.

Health committee  Prior to the RFP for services being issued, we entered into the contract competitively, followed the process accordingly and were awarded the contract on its merits.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  That is because we wouldn't have been lobbying prior to the awarding of the contract.

Health committee  That's correct. No lobbying took place.

Health committee  In the process of getting to award the contract for this particular instance, we followed the process completely—

Health committee  These were sessions on information—operational procedures and sharing of information, for the most part—so everything would have been above board with regard to the Lobbying Act. None of our employees would spend more than 20% of their time lobbying in any form.

Health committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. We're going to split our time very quickly, but we'll be under six minutes. Thank you, and good afternoon, honourable members. Thank you so much for inviting us today to talk about Switch Health's innovative at-home testing solution that was developed in response to Canada's fight against COVID.