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That wouod be the first time the government took the cheapest option available. Agencies writing their requirements takes care of those low-tier, cheap, COTS op
by hef19898 3y ago
That wouod be the first time the government took the cheapest option available. Agencies writing their requirements takes care of those low-tier, cheap, COTS options very efficiently.
- mcv 3y agoThey are quite often required to take the cheapest option available, but governments are often also very limited in how they can negotiate those options and in what counts as "available" for them. There are entire industries dedicated to ensure that "the cheapest option available" is very expensive.
- hef19898 3y agoSure, they have to take (oversimplified) the cheapest option that meets requirements. And that bit is crucial, because no purchase I was involved in, on the buying or selling side, commercial or governmental, was simple enough to not have special requirements way beyond the "freemium" tier of some SaaS product. Reasons: - user count - tool integration - compliance - support - processes - any kind of other things And yes, this is toyed constantly when it comes to public purchases of everything to assure the preferred supplier wins a bid and still makes money on his low ball offer.