Originally Posted by
MReyn24050
The problem to be faced in the future is when the Operational Support Contracts come up for renewal the prices will go way up and the MoD will not have the staff to fall back on and have no option but to pay the increases.
There is another option.
At contract renewal the new requirement will sweep up all those things that were missed first time round (increased bid from the contractor) and scrub those things that were in but no longer needed (no reduction from contractor). The new bid will then be 3x the original (it was).
It was also a lot more than had been budgetted for
so it was back to the drawing board and lines were crossed out, the contractors were asked to resubmit etc, and a new, x2.9 contract awarded.
The customer does not get what he needs and the contractor does his level best to recover that lost 0.2+ (mic).
Oh, and the number of contractors putting in competitive bids? You don't have to take your mittens off.