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Doesn'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
by MichaelZuo 3y ago
Doesn'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.