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Case in point #2: the new Bay Bridge. Case in point #0: the Space Shuttle (STS).
by DrScump 9y ago
Case in point #2: the new Bay Bridge.
Case in point #0: the Space Shuttle (STS).
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoSorry, you're citing the Space Shuttle [1] as a successful public procurement process? [1] https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/382045main_19%20-%2020090730.11.STS%20Problem%202003.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/382045main_19%20-%2020090730.11.STS...
- DrScump 9y agoNo, my cites relate to the parent comment: Cost plus percentage gives a very clear incentive to raise costs Compare the original winning bid for the STS with the actual costs; I think they rose more than tenfold (and the per-flight cost rose more than that), IIRC. And had the competing team won, the Challenger disaster never would have happened, because the solid-rocket boosters would have been manufactured as units and transported to the Cape by barge rather than having to be broken into small enough components to fit on rail cars.