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Public procurement processes put in to enable competition and prevent corruption (ostensibly) enable situations where you make public bids for network infrastru
by p_l 3y ago
Public procurement processes put in to enable competition and prevent corruption (ostensibly) enable situations where you make public bids for network infrastructure and get whatever the lowest price bidder grabbed.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoDoesn't the lower bidder still have to provide proof of a chain of custody for sensitive equipment? Just one procurement officer with the slightest doubt, and calling up someone at Cisco HQ to double check a serial number, would have discovered this scam almost instantly.
- pigbearpig 3y agoThat procurement officer could be less than a year removed from high school and in charge of ordering anything from ballpoint pens to medical devices and weapons. They aren't experts in what they are purchasing all the time. I doubt there are specific details on how these got ordered, but there are scenarios that could lead to little questioning.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoScenarios that lead to little questioning, sure, but none that lead to zero questioning. Unless they are already part of a well established contractor. And even then at least a few dozen sets of eyeballs are going over the paperwork from my understanding.