 Malian hydroelectric project awarded in 1997 by CIDA, the Office of the Auditor-General of Canada identified "serious problems in the selection of the winning company", finding that CIDA "failed to show due diligence" in response to complaints from competing bidders, and that it failed to disqualify one bidder despite its lacking the minimum relevant experience.Laval, Quebec-based Transelec /Common inc was identified as the $6.3m.CIDA contract beneficiary, and it installed a 150 kV, 130 km line in Mali.