[Gllug] Open Source lobbying meeting - UKUUG London Thurs 19th

[Christopher Hunter]

On Saturday 14 Oct 2006 20:47, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Sat 14 Oct, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> > many years.  Over the years, we could find NO government contracts
> > untainted by some form of underhand dealing.
>
>    It is not always the case that corruption wins contracts. A contract for
> designing, building, and installing some very expensive kit where I used to
> work went to an American company, and it was a near disaster.
>    Representatives from the manufacturer remained on site to rebuild the
> kit and replace the bits that fell off every time it was used. The reason?
> We had a very good, experienced regular supplier, but nobody told that
> supplier about the contract on offer, and they missed the deadline. Only
> one bid was received, and we were stuck with it.

That's very unusual.  You'll probably find that the contract wasn't 
effectively publicised so that the "regular supplier" wasn't aware of the job 
until it was too late!

Chris

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