Mr. John Pollock:

The construction contracts were signed in August 2017 between the NPH, which was the client for the build, and the three contractors, BAM, which was the main civil engineering structural contractor; Jones Engineering Group, which was the mechanical contractor; and Mercury Engineering Ireland for the electrical contract. We signed contracts with all three parties. When we signed contracts in August of 2017 for the phase A works, which are the below ground basement works, that is what they had an entitlement to until we completed the phase B works which are the above ground works for the full 6,000 rooms. They did not have an entitlement to get that contract. Having concluded the process of determining the cost for it, we went back to Government to say our recommendation was to award it to the same three contractors but there was an option not to award it to them. It was not binding on us.