2.43 During the procurement of the PFI deal in 1997, the Department had provided bidders with the MASS software that it had already developed, together with associated documentation. ICL based its bid on developing the MASS software, which included an initial three month evaluation of the MASS software, and a positive outcome from that evaluation. After evaluation of the MASS software ICL decided that it could not use the MASS software development and chose to proceed with its own development. The decision was made by ICL three months after contract signature.