Mr. Nigel O'Neill:

TII carries out procurements under public procurement law. Bidders have an entitlement under procurement law to have tender evaluations and the procurement process reviewed under the judicial review process. The reality is that the only way for contracting authorities to mitigate the risk of procurement challenges is to carry out well resourced and properly run procurement, in a very sound and deliberative process. Having said that, whether a procurement is challenged is something that is outside of our control. It is up to the bidders and they have an entitlement to challenge. Unfortunately for TII and other contracting authorities, even where there have been challenges which have concluded successfully from the contracting authorities' perspective, significant delays have been inevitable.