we issued an r.p.f. 21 proposals came in. 19 met minimum qualifications and were allowed to proceed to the stage where we looked at their proposal and they had to go through an interview process. we used a panel to score the proposals and they determined that all 19 were qualified and received the points and we selected all 19 of tier one contract of $20 million and these right here are those 19 contracts. they're 19 companies that offer a variety of skills, expertise and product offerings to city departments. together they provide with what we hope to be, you know, anything they would need in terms of i.t. some of these are specialists. they specialize in a certain product line, but most are generalists, meaning they can do a lot for city departments. together we believe they are a robust and hopefully a fruitful group of products for departments to use when they have a need for an i.t. purchase whether it's services or products. any other questions? >> president cohen: colleagues, any other questions? none? okay. thank you very much. let's go over to b.l.a. >> the 19 pieces of legisl