Please consider this. - In software engineering it is notoriously difficult to distinguish between capable and incapable companies/individuals. You basically n

Please consider this. - In software engineering it is notoriously difficult to distinguish between capable and incapable companies/individuals. You basically need a very capable person to make the evaluation. But who chooses the evaluator ? - Even a capable company can screw up by no putting the right people in the project. - Even one person in a capable team can derail a project. - A project needs time to ramp up, go from alpha testing to beta testing to production. A project that goes from dev to production in one night has 10x the risk of a regular project. - 60k is very little money for such a risky project. - Finally, The obligatory don't ever, ever trust voting software https://xkcd.com/2030/ https://xkcd.com/2030/