Mr. Maurice Buckley:

For many of the smaller contractors, we would use the best procurement method available to us on a case-by-case basis. Some of these items would have been covered by framework contracts and some would have been under existing contractual relationships. As there was no time to do individual procurement, our focus was to ensure that the prices quoted and charged to OPW stood up to scrutiny and had been checked and vetted to public procurement standards in recent times.