Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask a question to the Minister of Education. Mr. Speaker, I have asked over the time of our session with respect to a tender bid, or a tender call, regarding Arctic College catering food services contract On May 25, there was a notice for an invitation to tender. The Minister of Education has stated in this House, on June 20, that this tender was not considered a tender once it was opened. It was considered a proposal call. However, the Minister of Finance has, to date, told me that the contract with tenders, the exact requirement for contracts is to be known and specified to interested parties, and the contract is awarded to the party that has tendered the lowest bid, As the lowest bid is the single deciding factor, the value of each bid is announced at the time of the public bid opening.
I would like to ask the Minister of Education why the tender procedures were not used when opening the bid for tender call regarding the cafeteria food services at Arctic College. Thank you.