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I tweeted about this. For $100M they could have bought a Chinese phone manufacturer and still had more than enough budget ($60M) left over to easily pay wages a
by grizzles 9y ago
I tweeted about this. For $100M they could have bought a Chinese phone manufacturer and still had more than enough budget ($60M) left over to easily pay wages and produce the phones. I'm not joking. As an entrepreneur, I find these type of corporate conquest deals hard to watch. Any no bid contract awarded like this should trigger an automatic bribery investigation.
- throwawaycanada 9y agoAgreed. I've worked in the public sector though and this is shockingly equally likely to be nothing but regular old stupidity mixed with total lack of accountability. If a government department throws away all it's money they are just given more.
- amygdyl 9y agoCannot the no bid nature itself be construed to be in breach of fiduciary public duty just by virtue of absence of comparisons? A formative experience was consulting on a "public - private" NHS tender, but total absence of the process is unlawful in the UK.
- anitil 9y agoTwo great ideas