Thank you for your excellently reasoned post on some ideas to improve public procurement. As always, you remove any points of conflict and show possibile answers to us.
Standard vs bespoke contracts often already solve the transparency issue. If they miss some consumer protection then better the government spending their energy fixing this for themselves and everyone than crafting a private contract that won’t be enforced properly anyway.
I have worked on a few tenders from the private company side. It's unfortunately all too common to say that the 'product' meets the requirements laid out, but the small print says it is all bespoke development. Indeed, it can be stretch to call it a product at all. I don't know if that sort of approach fools anyone, but I do wonder if the lack of candour should result in a proposal being marked down.
Thank you for your excellently reasoned post on some ideas to improve public procurement. As always, you remove any points of conflict and show possibile answers to us.
Standard vs bespoke contracts often already solve the transparency issue. If they miss some consumer protection then better the government spending their energy fixing this for themselves and everyone than crafting a private contract that won’t be enforced properly anyway.
Great series.
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Typo alert at “asset its contractual…”
I have worked on a few tenders from the private company side. It's unfortunately all too common to say that the 'product' meets the requirements laid out, but the small print says it is all bespoke development. Indeed, it can be stretch to call it a product at all. I don't know if that sort of approach fools anyone, but I do wonder if the lack of candour should result in a proposal being marked down.