[SC.LUG] Staffordshire, proprietary software, & EU procurement rules

[Richard Smedley]

"Staffordshire County Council had just published a tender for a contract 
worth up to £28 million for a three year contract divided into 16 lots:
"    servers; storage; ICT spares; workstations; portable devices; Apple 
iOS devices; Microsoft software; network infrastructure components; 
managed wireless; cabling components; data cabinets; peripherals; 
support partnership; curriculum software; network management; and 
bundled items"

Sources:
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2012/mar/22/ipads-workstations-schools-ict-equipment>

<http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/content/view/192/89/>

<http://www.essex.gov.uk/Business-Partners/Supplying-Council/Documents/110117_Introduction_to_the_EU_rulesa.pdf>


Aside from illegally specifying particular proprietary software, this is
rather telling of localgov profligacy:
"The most expensive lot will be for workstations, which will cost 
between £6.4m and £12.8m, according to the notice"

<hint>LTSP, Skegness Grammar School</hint>

  - Richard