Originally Posted by
Wader2
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.
There's a little known clause in the competition process that allows previously successful companies to be "awarded" new contracts because it's 'already proven' that they've previously satisfied all competitive requirements. That's the way British Waste of Space et al manage to continue to fill their coffers at the taxpayers expence. It also may have something to do with many contractors' staff sitting in IPT's on a secondment basis and being able to rub shoulders with people in the know. But then again it might not, I'm only guessing.