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I have run consulting before and was thinking of getting back into with a similar arrangement. Having been involved tangentially in government procurement for s
by sitkack 2y ago
I have run consulting before and was thinking of getting back into with a similar arrangement. Having been involved tangentially in government procurement for small software projects, you get first had visibility into how the normal predatory ISVs operate. Their single site licensing cost is from my experience 20-30% below what it would cost to build it yourself. But then you don't own the software and have to pay for ongoing maintenance. It looks cheaper but ends up costing more for worse software.
This whole sector is ripe for getting flipped because every actor in it operates using the same set of greedy rules.
- neilv 2y agoI wouldn't want to have to be playing bidding games against one of the big consulting firms that sometimes bill massively to create disasters. I'd rather just have more information systems be recognized as necessarily a government core competency, to in-house. And to pay well enough, to hire the best teams for that (without leaning on their altruism/patriotism so hard that they have to worry about money).
- sitkack 2y agoI agree, but they often don't have the skills. I do think many states could benefit from something like digital service, where a state level dev shop could supply services to towns and counties.
- jahewson 2y agoI’m with you but much in-house work relies upon consultants anyway. “Doing things” isn’t a core competency of most modern governments.