Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As the Minister indicated, the request for proposal process is usually used when we know what we want to do, but not necessarily how we want to do it. We take into account a number of factors when we evaluate the proposals that are received, including the scheduling the proponents are coming forward with; the team skills of the people who make up the team that will do the work; the experience that they have had in doing similar work in the past; cost that is not necessarily a bottom-line cost, but can represent the going rate for the industry and a general outline of how they propose to do it.

Once that work is done, we then proceed to the tendering process, because we know exactly what the building is supposed to look like, what is supposed to be in it and what kind of material is needed. That is when it is more appropriate for us to say, give us a bottom-line dollar figure for how much it will cost to put up this building. In the front-end of the process, we are looking more for how to do it, who is involved and what is the schedule that is associated with the work. Thank you.