In terms of our authority, we have to be careful when we allow a department to use our procurement instrument, whether it's a standing offer or a supply arrangement. Our role is to play a challenge function, making sure that people abide by the rule of having open, fair and transparent procurement.
This is an interesting question you're raising: To what extent can we basically say no to the client? I think here, in the context of the pandemic, you have to remember the context for CBSA employees. It was very difficult to have them at the border stations. All these elements made it a bit more challenging to play a challenge function back then.
I have to say that in the context of regular challenge function eventualities, we will say no. We've said no to clients in the past. For example, they will not be able to leverage some of our procurement vehicles if they don't abide by the terms and conditions.